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John gave his reason for writing this account of the good news of Jesus.
Does anyone remember what the reason is?
John writes this account of Jesus because he is concerned for his audience, then and now.
He is concerned that we might miss Authentic Faith.
We might miss who Jesus is.
We might miss what Jesus’ said.
We might miss that continuing, growing faith in Christ, and hence, miss out on true life.
John does not want us to miss true life, so He writes this account so we can Find Jesus, and authentic faith in Him.
Let’s pray.
Big Question: What is faith?
Authentic faith?
There is a word that is repeated in this passage of John.
Did anyone catch them as we went through it?
Believe/Believers - 39, 41, 42, 48, 50, 53
This passage is about those who believe, and those who did not.
When contrasting those who believe and those who do not, oddly enough it is a contrast primarily between...
The contrast: Samaritans and Jews
The Samaritans who did not truly follow God, and have the full revelation of scripture believed, and the Jews who had the word of God did not generally believe.
But what do we mean by believe, or faith?
What is it to have authentic faith?
I believe this passage shows us four things about authentic faith.
Authentic faith takes Jesus at his word.
Authentic faith accepts who Christ is.
Authentic faith acts on Jesus’ word.
Authentic faith continues and grows in Christ.
Where do we see that in this passage.
Let’s go back through it.
Authentic Faith takes Jesus at His word.
This woman heard what Jesus said, and believed him.
She believed what he had to say!
When He said, “I am,” she accepted what He said, and accepted Him as the Christ, the savior of the world!
Authentic Faith accepts who Christ is.
Christ means annointed one.
It is the one that God chose to be the one to save the world.
It is the one that came to fulfill the promises of the Old Testament.
This woman heard what Jesus said and accepted Him for who He is, the Christ, or Messiah.
This woman truly believed Jesus was the Messiah.
And because she knew she had found the Christ, she had to share this wonderful news with everyone back home.
She went running back to the village, and told everyone there!
Authentic Faith acts on Jesus’ word.
She didn’t just think, “Okay, now I have the living water.
Now I have found the Savior.
I am safe.
I will be saved from sin and enter into His kingdom,” and then do nothing.
She acted on this faith!
If he really is the savior of the world, then the world ought to know!
She had to tell everyone!
And because she told everyone, others believed!
Did these Samaritans have authentic faith?
Authentic Faith takes Jesus at his word
They heard it second hand, but they were still hearing Jesus’ word through this woman.
They likely heard as she recounted,
They also heard her declare that this is the Messiah.
Authentic Faith accepts who Christ is.
They heard this, and even though it was secondhand, they still took him at his word.
This is the Messiah!
The one who will explain all things to us.
The one who will make it possible for us to truly worship God!
The one who will draw us near to God!
The one who will give us true life!
But did they just say, “Oh, now we can have living water and eternal life,” and just go on about their business of living?
No, and they came to get the living water for themselves.
They came to hear more from Jesus!
Authentic Faith acts on Jesus’ word.
Then, after Jesus stayed with them for two days, notice what they had to say...
They took Jesus at His word, they accepted who Christ is, the Savior of the world, they acted on His word, and
Authentic Faith continues and grows.
They believed when the woman told them about Jesus.
But then they took two days to spend time with Jesus, and their faith grew.
Now they believed because they heard his words for themselves.
They spent time with Jesus themselves, and their faith grew!
They did not just rest in the fact that they believed back when the woman told them.
They went and spent time with Jesus.
They grew in their faith.
These Samaritans had authentic faith.
Now for the contrast.
John tells us that Jesus left for Galilee, and then mentions how Jesus pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
When did that happen?
Luke records it for us in Luke 4.
Authentic faith takes Jesus at his word.
Authentic faith accepts who Christ is.
Authentic faith acts on Jesus’ word.
Authentic faith continues and grows in Christ.
The Jews, particularly those in his hometown, did not primarily have authentic faith.
They heard what Jesus said, and did not believe.
At first they just thought things like, “how nice.
What sweet words.”
They did not take him at his word.
They did not accept him for who he is.
Instead they thought isn’t this Joseph and Mary’s boy?
They did not act on his words and repent.
Instead, they didn’t like it, and tried to stone him for claiming to be a prophet.
They did not continue and grow in Christ.
Even of those who did ‘believe’ in Him and like his message, when it got hard, fell away.
Why did they turn away?
Because they were just following him for the cool things he could do.
They were not believing His word, His message.
It says that in our passage for today.
They saw, and liked what He could do.
They liked when He cleared the temple.
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