Come & See | John 4:3-26

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Hey all, Pastor John here. Thanks for tuning
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Now let's dive into this week's message. There
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are a few things in life that we don't really
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appreciate until they're gone, right? Well, one
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of those is electricity. We don't wake up in
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the morning, flip on the light every morning
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and say, thank God for electricity, do we? But
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what happens when the power goes out for six
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hours? You know, we dread, we wonder when it's
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going to come back on. We walk through the house
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and we flip on switches praying that they didn't
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get the memo, right? Maybe there's a little power
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left in this switch, right? Another one is Wi
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-Fi. Wi -Fi, that's another one we don't really
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appreciate until it's gone, right? Nobody appreciates
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Wi -Fi until that little exclamation mark shows
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up in your Wi -Fi bars and suddenly like you're
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standing in your living room holding your phone
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up like you're an antenna, right? Searching for
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a signal, thinking you're going to find it. But
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there's something that your body needs far more
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than either of those things. And that is water.
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Water. You know, you can go quite a while without
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food. Angus Barbary, he set the Guinness Book
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World Record for 382 days without food. And if
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any of you are like, oh, I'm going to try that.
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He went from almost 500 pounds down to 180 pounds.
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Your skinny little 140 pound body ain't gonna
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do it for 382 days, sorry. But take away water
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and really quickly our bodies start telling us,
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I need something now. I need something. And that
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is what we call thirst. And here's the thing,
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you can't talk yourself out of thirst. Like you
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can't play any sort of Jedi mind tricks on yourself.
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Your body knows something is missing. And I think
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there's a thirst like that inside of every human
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being, but it's not physical. It's a lot deeper.
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Something that's inside of us that tells us I
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need something. I need to be loved. I need security.
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I need peace. I need to know my life means something.
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And every one of us, tries to satisfy that thirst
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somewhere. We just go to different wells. We
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go to different wells to draw water, to quench
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that thirst. We go to the relationship well.
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Oh, if I could find the right person. We go to
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the success well. If I could just accomplish
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enough, we go to the money well. If I just had
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enough, we go to the family well. Well, if my
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kids turn out okay, then I'll be okay. We go
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to the sex or substance abuse or achievement
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or approval well. We even go to the religion
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well. We all have wells. These are places we
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return to again and again. hoping maybe this
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will finally give me what I'm looking for. The
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problem is we always find we're thirsty again.
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We get the thing that we thought we needed, and
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for a while it's all good, and then the thirst
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comes back. And so we think, well, maybe I just
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need more of that thing. If I just had more of
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that thing, then I'd finally quench this thirst,
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more money, more success, another relationship.
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And so we go back to the well, we drink again,
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and eventually we're thirsty again. In the book
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of John, the gospel of John chapter four, a woman
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comes to a well looking for water. She thinks
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it's an ordinary day. She's going to get some
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water from the well, she's going to carry it
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home, and she's going to go on with her life.
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She has no idea that sitting at that well is
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Jesus. And before their conversation is over,
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Jesus is going to show her the thing she's really
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been searching for is him. John chapter 4, if...
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We start in verse 3. It says this. He, being
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Jesus, left Judea and went again to Galilee.
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He had to travel through Samaria. So he came
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to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the
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property that Jacob had given his son Joseph.
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Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, worn out from
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his journey, sat down at the well. It was about
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noon. John gives us this little phrase that I
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don't want to rush past. In verse four, he says,
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Jesus had to travel through Samaria. Now, at
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first, it sounds just like a simple geography
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reference here. Jesus is heading in Judea. He's
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in Judea and he's heading to Galilee. And between
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Judea and Galilee sits Samaria. But there had
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been centuries of religious and cultural and
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ethnic hostility between the Jews and the Samaritans.
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They did not like each other one bit. This is
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like anchovies on ice cream. If anyone says,
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I like that, you're out of here. Like, ushers,
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escort this person. I used to have a cousin who
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would put A1 sauce on his vanilla ice cream.
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We're live streaming. You know who you are. They
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didn't like each other one bit. And most Jewish
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travelers, if they had to get from Judea to Galilee,
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they would go the long way around Samaria. They
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wouldn't walk through Samaria. But John said
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Jesus had to go through Samaria. He had to go
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through Samaria. Why? Because there's someone
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there he's going to meet. She doesn't know it
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yet. She's not even looking for Jesus. As far
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as she knows, she's just coming for water, but
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Jesus is already sitting beside her at the well.
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And maybe that's the first thing that someone
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needs to hear this morning. You may not have
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come here looking for Jesus. Maybe someone invited
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you. Maybe you decided to come alone. Maybe they
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wouldn't leave you alone. They kept texting and
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pestering you. Maybe they promised you tacos
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and never underestimate what God can do through
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tacos, okay? But maybe you haven't been inside
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a church in years and you're not even sure what
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you believe. That's okay because this story doesn't
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start with a woman searching for Jesus. It begins
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with Jesus coming for her. And that's what the
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good news of Jesus is all about. Not with us
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trying to figure out how to climb our way up
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to God, but with God coming down to us. Jesus
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enters our world. He crosses the divide. Jesus
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walks into Samaria. Jesus sits down beside the
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well because there's one more person he came
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to find. And she's about to walk around the corner.
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If you're taking notes, I have three points this
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morning. The first one, Jesus knows what you're
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really thirsty for. Verse seven, a woman of Samaria
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came to draw water. Give me a drink, Jesus said
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to her. This doesn't... sound particularly shocking
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to us, but it was shocking to her. If you jump
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down to verse nine, how is it that you, she says,
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how is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from
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me, a Samaritan woman? She asked him, for Jews
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do not associate with Samaritans. There are all
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kinds of lines Jesus is crossing just by talking
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to her. He's Jewish. She's Samaritan. He's a
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man. She's a woman. He's a rabbi. You guys know
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as a pastor, you ever seen this before? I see
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it all the time. You're a pastor. As a pastor,
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someone cusses in front of you or does something
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weird, right? And they immediately like, oh,
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oh, sorry, pastor. Oh, I'm sorry. As if I have
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some sort of special ears or some special judgments.
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I don't know what. Can I curse you? I don't know.
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What are they thinking, right? But he is a rabbi
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and we're going to find out that her life is
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complicated. There are plenty of reasons. Jesus
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could have just ignored her, just passed by Samaria,
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but he doesn't. And she basically says, why are
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you talking to me? And Jesus answers, verse 10,
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if you knew the gift of God and who is saying
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to you, give me a drink, you would have asked
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him and he would give you. Living water. She
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thinks she had something Jesus needed. And Jesus
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says, if you knew who you were talking to, you'd
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realize I'm the one who has something you need.
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Living water. But she doesn't understand it.
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Verse 11, sir, you don't even have a bucket and
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the well is deep. So where do you get this living
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water? In other words, like no bucket, bro. Like
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you talk a pretty big game for a dude who forgot
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all the basic equipment that goes along with
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getting water out of a well. But watch how Jesus
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starts here and he starts to get underneath to
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the root of what this woman is really. looking
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for. Verse 13, everyone who drinks from this
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water will get thirsty again. He's talking about
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Jacob's well. He's sitting right next to Jacob's
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well. He says, drink today, and you're going
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to be back here tomorrow. But again, he's using
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physical thirst to expose this much deeper thirst.
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Everyone who drinks from this water will get
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thirsty again. And that's got to be one of the
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best descriptions of a life lived apart from
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God anywhere in the Bible. And that's what we
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do. We drink and then we get thirsty again. If
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I could just get that job and then we get the
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job and we're like, you know what? Actually,
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the promotion sounds better than the job that
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I prayed for so much for. Or if I could just
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make this money and we finally make the money
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only to find out it seems like our pockets have
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holes in them. Or if I could just find someone
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who loves me, we find them, and before long,
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we're asking that person to carry a weight that
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no human being was designed to carry. Make me
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happy. Make me secure. Make me whole, or what's
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the old movie line? You complete me. And when
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they can't, maybe we need someone else. Another
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relationship, another accomplishment, another
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purchase, another drink, another like and subscribe
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and click the notification bell, another person's
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approval. And Jesus says, you're going to get
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thirsty again. The problem isn't that every well
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is bad. Marriage is good. Family is good. Work
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is good. Success can be good. The problem is
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when we ask a good thing to give us something
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only God can give us. Good things make terrible
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saviors. And some of us have spent years going
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back to the same well, wondering and flabbergasted,
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stupefied as to why we're still thirsty. Maybe
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I just need a little more. If this relationship
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works out, if these people finally appreciate
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me, if I can prove I'm enough and every time
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eventually thirsty again. But verse 14, but whoever
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drinks from the water that I will give him will
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never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I
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will give him will become a well of water springing
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up in him for eternal life. Jesus says, I have
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something this world cannot give you. Not a temporary
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fix, not another well that you're gonna have
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to crawl back to tomorrow. Life. real life, eternal
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life, life reconnected with God, our creator.
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And notice he doesn't say, I'll teach you how
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to get it for yourself. He says, the water that
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I will give, the water I will give. It's a gift.
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That's exactly what he called it back in verse
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10. If you knew the gift of God. See, Christianity
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isn't ultimately about what you can do for God,
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but it is about what God has done for you in
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Christ Jesus. And the woman replies in verse
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15, Sir, give me this water so that I won't get
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thirsty and come here to draw water. She's like,
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I want that, right? You mean to tell me I never
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have to carry this jar to the well again? Like,
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I'm in. She still doesn't get it, does she? Sometimes
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we do this, don't we? Jesus, what I really need
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you for is to fix this inconvenience or pain
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point in my life. Could I just sprinkle a little
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Jesus juice on it and we can just take care of
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that and then I can get back to all my life and
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whatever I want to do and just be ready when
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I need you again for a little Jesus juice to
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sprinkle on something, right? We do the very
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same thing. You mean to tell me you can make
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it so that I don't have to carry this jar here
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to the well anymore? All right, let's do that.
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I'm down. But Jesus knows that her thirst goes
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so much deeper than the water in this well. And
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so watch, because Jesus is about, in this story,
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Jesus is about to put his finger right on the
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place that she's been trying to find life. He
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says to her, go call your husband. Number two,
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Jesus knows the real you. Verse 16, go call your
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husband, he told her, and come back here. One
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minute we're talking about water and the next
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minute Jesus is talking about her life. I don't
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have a husband, she answered. And Jesus says,
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you have correctly said, I don't have a husband.
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For you've had five husbands and the man you
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are now with is not your husband. What you have
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said is true. Now we have to be careful here.
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It's really easy to fill in all the details that
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John doesn't give us here. We don't know how
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she ended up with five husbands. There may have
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been death, abandonment, a divorce, her own sin
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or sin committed against her. We just don't know.
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But what we do know is that she is currently,
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in this story, living in an intimate relationship
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with a man who is not her husband. She's sharing
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a relationship that God designed to belong only
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within marriage. We know that, but we also know
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That Jesus knows her whole story. She gives one
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sentence, I don't have a husband. Jesus already
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knows the rest, the relationships, the brokenness,
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the choices, the wounds, the sin. He knows it
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all. Jesus knew all that back in verse 10, before
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she admitted anything, before this part of her
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life ever came into the conversation, Jesus already
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knew. And he was still the one who said, if you
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knew the gift of God that is being offered to
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you right now. Don't dismiss that. See, Jesus
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didn't find out about her past and then decide
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whether he wanted to offer her living water.
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He knew her completely when he offered it. And
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somebody needs to hear that today because one
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of our deepest fears that we carry around is,
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if you really knew me, would you still love me?
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If you really knew what went on in my heart,
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if you really knew what went on in my head, would
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you still want me? And we spend an enormous amount
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of energy trying to manage what other people
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know about us, don't we? We are experts at, I'm
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good, I'm doing good, even when our life is falling
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apart. People know the version of us that we
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allow them to know, but God knows the unedited,
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unfiltered version. He knows what you did. He
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knows what was done to you. He knows what you're
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ashamed of. He knows what you keep going back
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to. He knows every secret and he knows every
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sin. And Jesus still came to the well. He still
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came to the well. And that's called grace. That's
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grace. Grace doesn't mean Jesus excuses it like
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it doesn't matter. He loves this woman enough
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to bring her sin into the light. Go call your
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husband. Why? Well, Jesus didn't come just to
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make her feel better about herself. He didn't
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come to affirm her. That's one of those wells
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our culture promises that if you just drink from
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it, it will satisfy your thirst. Just affirm
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me, pretend nothing is wrong with me. No, Jesus
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came to give her new life. Some imagine Christianity
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is God loves me, so how I live doesn't matter.
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Nope, it's not the gospel. But the opposite isn't
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the gospel either. Clean myself up, fix what's
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wrong with me, and then maybe God will love me.
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Nope, that's not the gospel either. The gospel
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is far better good news than either of those.
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The gospel is that Jesus knows you completely,
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he loves you truly, and he refuses to leave you
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where he found you. Grace, grace doesn't hide
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our sin. Grace doesn't hide our sin. Grace brings
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our sin into the light so Jesus can save us from
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it. Because our deepest problem isn't that life
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hasn't gone the way we wanted. Our deepest problem
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isn't that we haven't found the right well yet.
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Our deepest problem is sin. It's sin. The Bible
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tells us that every one of us has turned from
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the God who made us. We said it in a thousand
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different ways. God, I want your gifts. I want
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life. I want breath. I want relationships. I
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want provision. I want purpose. I want this life
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that I have to last as long as possible. Oh,
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by the way, I don't want you ruling over me,
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though. I'll decide what's right for me. I'll
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decide what's good for me. Thank you very much.
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I'll decide however I want to live. That's sin.
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Sin isn't breaking a bunch of religious rules.
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Sin is rejecting the rightful rule of God over
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our lives. Sin is rejecting the rightful rule
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of God over our lives and then trying to find
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life somewhere else. And that's why you keep
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running to wells that can't satisfy. You're trying
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to get from creation what can only be found in
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the creator. And Jesus loves this woman too much
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to let her stay there. And so he puts his finger
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right on the broken place, right on the place
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of sin, not to humiliate her, not so that she
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runs off, but because you cannot receive the
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salvation Jesus offers while pretending that
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you don't need to be saved. And wow, look, she
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doesn't run away. She doesn't run away. Number
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three, Jesus isn't offering religion. He's offering
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himself. Verse 19, sir, the woman replied, I
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see that you're a prophet, duh. Like he just
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read her mail. I see that you're a prophet. That's
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a fair conclusion. Good job. And so she asked
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him a religious question. So tell me this, our
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ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you
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Jews say that the place of worship is in Jerusalem.
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And this was a real disagreement that they had
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at this time. The Samaritans worshiped on a certain
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mountain, Mount Gerizim, and the Jews worshiped
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at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. And essentially
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she's saying, who's right? Which place, which
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tradition, which religion? And 2 ,000 years later,
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we're still asking versions of the same question.
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Which church, which denomination, which rules
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do I follow? How good do I have to be? What do
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I have to do to get to God? And Jesus shows her,
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man, there's something much bigger than you could
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ever imagine happening. Verse 21, Jesus told
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her, believe me, woman, an hour is coming when
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you will worship the Father neither on this mountain
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nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what
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you do not know. We worship what we do know because
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salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming
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and is now here when the true worshipers will
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worship the Father in spirit and in truth. Yes,
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the Father wants such people to worship him.
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God is spirit and those who worship him must
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worship in spirit and in truth. Jesus is saying
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something is changing. The question is no longer
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which mountain can get me close enough to God.
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Why? Because in Christ Jesus, God has come down
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to us. Something's changing. And she still doesn't
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fully understand. Verse 25, I know that the Messiah
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is coming who is called Christ. The Messiah is
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this promised one that God was going to send
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to rescue his people and make all things right.
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And she says, I know the Messiah is coming, the
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one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will
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explain everything to us. She's like, I don't
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have all the answers. She wanted to start a theological
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discussion and then she's like backing out. We'll
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just wait for Messiah. He'll answer all that.
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Someday when Messiah comes, we'll know. And look
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what Jesus responds with in verse 26. I, the
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one speaking to you, am he. That's all the answer.
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There's the answer to her question. There's the
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answer to every one of our deep longing questions.
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The woman came looking for water at the well.
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Jesus offered her living water. She wanted to
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talk about religion. Jesus offered her himself.
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It isn't about finding the right mountain to
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worship on. It's not about finding the right
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set of rules to obey in order to make yourself
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acceptable to God. The answer is Jesus. Some
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of you have spent your whole life thinking that
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Christianity was basically about being a good
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person, on the scales, do more good than bad,
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be nice, don't cuss, stop smoking, don't do the
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really bad stuff, because believe that God exists,
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and hopefully when it's all over, you've done
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enough that God will let you in. Nope. That's
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not Christianity. That's a lie. That's a fraud.
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You see, if you could make yourself right with
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God by being good enough, you don't need Jesus.
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Our problem is deeper. Our problem is sin. For
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all have sinned. And fall short of the glory
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of God, the Bible says all, not just the woman
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at the well, not the person whose life looks
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like a walking, talking category five hurricane.
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You know who I'm talking about. All have sins.
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All have sins. You, me, all. We've all turned
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from the God who made us and rejected his rightful
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rule over us. And you know what? That's not just
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bad. That's treasonous. You know what the punishment
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for treason is? And this is cosmic treason. Cosmic
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treason. Why does it matter? God is perfectly
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good. God is perfectly righteous and just and
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a truly just God cannot pretend that sin does
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not matter. Our sin separates us from God and
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we can't just make it go away. You can't out
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good your guilt. You can't become religious enough.
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Someone recently was asking a Christian on an
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interview whether there was room in Christianity
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for a Buddhist Christian? And you could tell
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the guy squirmed in his seat a little. He's like,
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huh? It's like, is there room in Christianity
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for a Buddhist Christian? Why stop there? Right?
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Why stop there? Buddhist, wait, why not a Buddhist,
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Muslim, Catholic, JW, Hindu, Latter -day Saints,
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you know, who worships the flying spaghetti monster
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Christian too, right? You can't save yourself
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with enough religion. You can't cover your bases
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by adding them all together and thinking at the
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end, well, I'm hoping it'll all work out. Yes,
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that's the terrible news. That's the terrible
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news for you. That's the terrible news for me.
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Until you realize who's sitting at the well.
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Until you realize who had to go through Samaria.
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Until you see the links that God has gone to
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reach you. The Messiah this woman was waiting
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for had come. God, the Son, stepped into the
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world. Jesus lived the life you and I failed
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to live. He never sinned and he lived in perfect
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obedience with God. And then he went to the cross.
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And on the cross, Jesus took upon himself the
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judgment for our sins, the judgment we deserved.
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Can't you see it? The innocent one stood in the
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place of the guilty. The righteous one for the
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unrighteous. Jesus took our sin and he gave us
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the right relationship that he had with the Father.
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He died, he was buried. He rose again on the
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third day, triumph over death. He defeats sin
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and death, and now he comes to the well and he
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offers forgiveness, reconciliation with God,
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and eternal life, not as a reward for people
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who have earned it, but as a gift to people who
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haven't. If you only knew the gift of God, you
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would have asked him for eternal life. It's a
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gift. That's the gospel. That's the gospel. That's
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the gospel. You receive it. And maybe you walked
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in here thinking, you don't know what I've done.
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You're right, I don't. But Jesus does. I've made
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way too many mistakes. He knows. I've messed
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up way too badly. He knows. You've been running
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from God for years. He knows. He knows. He knew
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her entire story. Before he ever offered her
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living water. And he knows yours too. He knows
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yours. The question isn't whether you're good
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enough for Jesus. You're not. Neither am I. That's
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why it's called grace. The question is, will
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you receive what Jesus has done for you? The
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Bible calls this repentance and faith. To repent
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means I stop defending my right to run my own
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life and I turn from my sins. And faith means
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that I put my whole weight and trust on what
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Jesus has done to make me right with God and
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nothing else. His life in place of mine. his
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death for my sin, his resurrection as my hope,
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his lordship over my life. And when you come
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to him like that, Jesus gives you exactly what
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he promised the woman. Life, forgiveness, reconciliation
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with God, a new heart, a new future. He gives
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you a well of living water that springs up to
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eternal life within your own soul. So I'm gonna
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ask everyone to bow your head for a moment. And
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I'm gonna ask that we don't look around. If you're
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here today and you know, I've never really trusted
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Jesus. Oh, maybe I heard about him before. Maybe
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you've been around church. Maybe you've even
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called yourself a Christian, but if you're being
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truthful, your trust has been somewhere else.
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You've been drinking from another well. You've
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been running your own life. And today you know,
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I need Jesus. I need what only he can give me.
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And if that's you, right where you're sitting,
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you can talk to him. You can talk to him right
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where you're at. These aren't magical. but from
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your heart, if that's you, you can say, Jesus,
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I know that I have sinned. I know that I cannot
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save myself. Oh, you know I've tried. I believe
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you died from my sin. I believe you rose again
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from the dead and I'm turning from my sin and
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I'm placing my trust in you and you alone. Forgive
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me. Give me new life. Jesus, give me living water.
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With our heads still bowed, if that's your decision
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this morning, if today you're saying, I'm putting
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my trust in Jesus, I'm gonna pray for you, but
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first I want to know who I'm praying for. So
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right where you're at with all heads bowed, if
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that's you, would you raise up a hand? Just raise
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up a hand and say, that's me. I'm trusting Jesus
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today. Thank you. Thank you. I see the hands.
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You can put your hands down. I'm gonna pray.
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Father, I thank you that you came looking for
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us before we ever came looking for you. Thank
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you that you know us completely and you still
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offer us grace. Thank you for Jesus, for his
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perfect life. Thank you for his death in our
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place and his resurrection from the grave. And
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for everyone who is trusting Jesus today, I pray
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that you would give them confidence that salvation
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is not something that they have earned, but it
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is a gift that they receive now by grace. And
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give them the courage to follow you, not just
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today, but tomorrow and the next day and for
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the rest of their days on this earth. And I pray,
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Lord, that you would surround them with people
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who will help them take their next step with
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Jesus. Help them to walk day by day with Jesus.
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To learn from Jesus. To trust Jesus. And let
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them know that today is the beginning of a completely
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new life in Christ. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.
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The Bible says that there is... joy in the presence
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of angels over one sinner who repents of their
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sin. Can we just celebrate those who trusted
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in Jesus today? Thank you, Lord, that you offer
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such great grace to us. And if you did today,
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if you prayed that prayer and you're trusting
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in Jesus, I just want to encourage you with one
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thing. Tell someone. Tell someone. Tell someone,
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I made that choice today. Even if it's embarrassing.
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Even if it's someone that you thought, but they
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thought I was a Christian already and they thought
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I was already walking with Jesus and I was perfect
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and holy and I levitated and I was amazing. No,
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they didn't think that, first off. And second
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off, they want to celebrate this new life with
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you. They want to walk with you in this new life
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that Jesus is offering. Tell someone. Maybe it's
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the person you came with. Maybe if you want to
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tell someone else that you trust here or if you
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want to swing by the back after service, I'll
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be standing back there. I would love to hear
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that too. Tell someone. We would love to celebrate
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this new life with you and we would love to help
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you keep taking steps with Jesus. This is the
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beginning. There's so much more. And one last
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thing. What happened to the woman? What happened
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to the woman at the well? The Bible tells us
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that she left her jar behind. What she came for,
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water, which is like really important. Like she
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left it behind and she ran into town and she
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told people, come and see a man who told me everything
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I ever did. This woman met Jesus and immediately
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her first thought was about someone else who
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needed to meet Jesus. She didn't have all the
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answers. She hadn't studied theology. She didn't
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know all the frameworks that she needed to abide
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by or live in, right? She didn't have all her
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doubts and questions answered yet. She ran into
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town and she said, come and see. And some of
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you are sitting here today, amen. Some of you
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are sitting here today with us because somebody
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did exactly that for you. They've been praying
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for you by name. They sent a text. They made
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an invitation. They annoyed you a little bit
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and they said, come and see. And John tells us
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that when the people from the town came out and
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met Jesus themselves, then they all said, we
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have heard for ourselves and know that this really
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is the savior of the world. Village, that's why
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we exist. Because somewhere around us, there's
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always one more who is thirsty for the living
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water and they're going to every other well there
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is and we can bring them to the living water.
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And so I just want to encourage you to keep praying.
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to keep inviting, to keep making space in your
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heart and making room here at Village and keep
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saying, come and see.