Today at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series, “Conversations,” from John’s Gospel with a message entitled “A Deeper Thirst” from John 4:1-42.
You can listen to my message online at the Eastbrook web-site here. You can also subscribe to the Eastbrook podcast here or follow Eastbrook Church on Twitter.
The message followed this outline:
Jesus is Personal
- Jesus relates to every person individually
- God is almighty and eternal, but uniquely personal
Jesus Crosses Boundaries
- Jews/Samaritans (v 9)
- Men/Women (vv 7, 27)
- Righteous/Sinners (vv 16-18)
Jesus Brings Thirst Quenching Water
- Not well water, but running water (vv 10-12)
- Not physical water, but spiritual water (vv 13-14)
- His life-giving words/teaching (vv 23-24; 1:17-18)
- His life-giving Spirit (vv 23-24; 1:32-34; 7:37-39)
Jesus Must Be Known
- Not as an idea or information or abstract truth
- Personal, relational knowing
- The Samaritan woman’s changing view of Jesus: a Jew (v 9); a thirsty man (vv 11-12); someone who might help her (v 15); a prophet (v 19); the Messiah, or Taheb (v 25)
- The Samaritan woman avoids her sin (vv 16-18)
- The Samaritan woman evades Jesus through religious debate (vv 19-25)
- The Samaritan woman’s transformation through knowing Jesus (vv 26, 28-29)
Jesus and the Harvest
- The Samaritan woman’s testimony (vv 28-29, 39)
- The Disciples and the coming harvest (v 35)
- The Samaritan community’s declaration (vv 40-42)
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