61 The Woman at the Well [John 4:4–42]
The Bible passage: [John 4:4–42]
The Story:
Jesus had to travel through Samaria, so He came to a town called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. “Give Me a drink,” Jesus said to her.
She asked Him, “How is it that You, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?”
Jesus answered, “If you knew who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”
The woman said, “Sir, You don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get this ‘living water’? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.”
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. Whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up inside him for eternal life.”
The woman said, “Sir, give me this water so I won’t get thirsty and have to come here to draw water.”
Jesus told her, “Go get your husband and bring him back.”
“I don’t have a husband,” she answered.
“You have truthfully said, ‘I don’t have a husband,’” Jesus said. “You’ve had five husbands, and you’re not married to the man you live with now.”
The woman replied, “I can see that You are a prophet. Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain. You Jews say that Jerusalem is the only place to worship.”
Jesus told her, “Believe Me, a time is coming when you won’t worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you don’t know. We worship what we do know, because salvation comes through the Jews. A time is coming, and it’s here now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father wants such people to worship Him. God is spirit. Those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
Jesus told her, “I am He.”
The Lessons:
- Jesus was a Jew and Jews didn’t associate with Samaritans. But Jesus did talk to this woman. Jesus came to break down barriers between people and God.
- Jesus explained to her that worship would change. In the old covenant between God and man, the Jews worshiped at the temple, sacrificing animals to pay the price for their sins. In the new covenant, anyone can worship God, and we worship with our spirits, with Jesus as the sacrifice for our sins.
- Jesus told the woman that He was the Messiah.
- The woman went to the well to get physical water. Jesus offered her so much more. He offered her eternal life.
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