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The Woman at the Well
Samaria:
Give details about the Samaritan people and their disagreements with the Jews.
Samaritans could be considered as “half-breeds”.
They were part Jewish and part Gentile.
Israel had been in captivity earlier in their history.
Upon returning to their land, some of the people could not prove their Jewish heritage and were treated s outsiders.
Therefore, this newly developed group (the Samaritans) created their own temple and religious services to worship God other than in Jerusalem.
Jews and Samaritans hated each other.
Set the Scene:
Jesus leaves where He was at and begins traveling.
He can take a long route to avoid Samaria, or He can go right through.
Don’t forget that Luke 19:10
Jesus was on a divine track.
He was not there by accident.
Jesus now comes to a famous well called, Jacob’s well.
Here He meet a Samaritan woman.
It was not a publicly acceptable thing for a Jew to associate with a Samaritan.
It was also not publically acceptable for a man to speak in public with an unassociated woman like this.
Jesus is a master at conversation.
He is going to make a connection between a drink of water and eternal life.
So He begins by asking for a drink of water.
She responds and recognizes this as an inappropriate request given social customs.
Jesus reveals that if she was aware of who He was, then the situation would be reversed and she would be asking Him for a drink of living water.
Similar to the situation with Nicodemus, she is thinking about the natural order of things.
Jesus was not referring to a literal cup of water.
She questions his significance by comparing Him to Jacob their ancestor who dug and drank from that very well.
Jesus, however, points out that people who drink water from Jacob’s well will be thirsty again.
However, when someone has His living water, they will never thirst but will amount in eternal life.
Is your soul thirsting for something to satisfy it.
Are you unsatisfied in life and just merely moving along?
Jesus alone can satisfy the undeniable thirst that our soul has for Him.
We all often try to satisfy that thirst with worldly things that only last a short amount of time.
Psalm 42:1-2
Psalm 42:1–2 (ESV)
As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
She does not quite seem to understand yet and asks for a cup of this water to drink.
She must have been excited at the thought of not having to go to the well day by day and draw water.
So Jesus again perceives the situation and now makes a statement that will hit a little closer to home.
Go call for your husband and return.
She replies honestly in saying that she does not have a husband.
Jesus knew this along with the fact that she had 5 previous husbands and the man she was with was not her husband.
She appears to be a promiscuous woman and her sinful life has been exposed bare before Jesus.
She perceives that Jesus is from God, but does not associate Him as the Savior but rather a prophet.
In order for us to be saved by Jesus, there must be a conviction of sin.
We must be enlightened of our troubled situation and trust in Jesus as our Savior.
Jesus helps bring this process in the life of this woman.
However, She now changes the topic to discuss the differences between Jewish and Samaritan beliefs and worship systems.
Maybe she is uncomfortable with how much Jesus knew about her life.....
Jews demand worship in Jerusalem, but the Samaritans worshipped on their mountain.
Jesus cuts through this statement to reveal that a time would soon be coming where worshipping God would take place anywhere.
It would be worship done in Spirit and in truth.
God is not limited.
His worship could be accomplished anywhere when done in association with the Spirit of God within that person.
This lady seems to actually know a little bit by indicating that a Messiah would come and clarify things to the people.
Jesus then does something unusual.
He plainly tells her that He is the Messiah.
Jesus doesn’t usually make such a clear and cut statement but He does here with this woman.
At this point, the disciples are returning from the town where they were buying food.
Seeing Jesus talking with this woman was unusual, but none of them questioned Him as to why He was.
All of a sudden, this lady must have made a connection.
She left in such a rush to go share that she didn’t care that she left her water pot back at the well....
She had found the water her soul had been longing for.
She returns to town and is telling people that Jesus knew everything about her…could He be the Messiah?
The people hear her and begin to investigate the situation themselves.
It is interesting that the disciples themselves had gone into town and didn’t seem to tell anyone about Jesus.
However, this woman just meets Him and is spreading word everywhere!
Do you ever get caught up in your own life that you forget that you have access to the living water and the world around you is literally dying of dehydration and thirst?
Let us be more diligent to be on the lookout for opportunities to share this hope!
Now, the scene changes and we are back with Jesus and the disciples.
They were trying to get Jesus to eat some of the food they had acquired.
He would have likely been hungry and tired from His traveling.
The disciples likely would have wanted Him to eat so that He could regain energy and strength.
However, Jesus claims to have an alternate source of food.
“Had someone else brought Jesus some food?”, the disciples thought.
Jesus then makes another comparison.
This time he speaks of harvesting crops.
After waiting for the crops to grow, there is the time for it to be harvested.
Some people must sow (plant the seeds) and others must come behind in time and harvest the crops.
This is the way that farming worked.
Jesus however, is making a spiritual bridge to teach a lesson.
Jesus claims that the fields are ready to be harvested.
These “fields” are people.
Many people are ready to believe in Jesus, but they need someone to come and share the message of hope with them.
(Example of me teaching the Nepali kids for years and then Philip stepping in when I left for school and they all suddenly wanted to accept Christ).
Meanwhile, the people of Samaria were coming out to meet Jesus and investigate the situation based on the word of the woman from the well.
It is likely that Jesus message about the fields being ripe for harvest was also an indication of the people coming out to meet Him.
John tells us that many people believed in Jesus just based on what the woman was telling them.
But when they went out to Jesus, they asked Him to stay with them.
Jesus stayed for two days and shared truth with the people.
As a result of His words, many more believed in Jesus.
Some of the people then began to say to the woman from the well:
At some point in every Christian’s life, there needs to be a personal encounter with Jesus.
It is wonderful when you all believe based on what we teach you regarding the Bible, but you must also come into contact with God personally and confirm within yourself that what you have heard from us is indeed true.
Perhaps this encounter will be during your time spent in prayer.
Not an audible voice, but perhaps one that seems to silently be speaking just as clearly to your soul.
If you know Jesus as your Savior, then you should know what I’m referring to.
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