Location, location, location … 1. Between the circle of sin and the Peace of God 2. An extra portion … a gift of grace 3. A new name … a new identity
John 4:6-7
772 BC – Assyrians conquer Northern Kingdom 597 BC – Babylonians conquer Southern Kingdom 445 BC – remnant returns under Nehemiah 113 BC – Maccabean Jews raid Samaritan temple 63 BC – Rome conquers Israel
Warriors or Blenders?
Warriors or Blenders? RESTORERS
RESTORERS provoked but not offended creators not critics grounded not distracted countercultural not “relevant”
RESTORERS Creation Fall Redemption Restoration
John 4:10
John 4:
Worship of the true God is not confined to a place.
Worship of the true God is not limited to a certain people group.
Worship of the true God is not wrapped up in right theology or philosophy.
Worship of the true God is relationship with the true God.
John 4:22
"In the last analysis, Christianity is not a philosophy which we accept; it is not a theory to which we give allegiance; it is not something which is thought out; it is not something which is intellectually derived at. It is a personal response to Jesus Christ. It is the answer of the heart to the magnet of Christ. It is an allegiance and a love which a man gives because his heart will not allow him to do anything else." William Barclay
John 4:
“I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I could comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.” Brennan Manning
John 4: