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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Thank you, yes.

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 Beautiful.

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 That beautiful song is about the beautiful story that we come to in John 4 today.

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 Mark so helpfully last week showed us the importance, the centrality of Jesus.

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 And we've encountered Jesus here in the Gospel of John as he engages with religious leaders like Nicodemus.

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 And today an encounter Jesus has with someone quite different.

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 With a Samaritan woman at the well.

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 Before we read the passage together, let me read you just a little bit of Ruby's story.

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 Name and details made up by me.

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 Ruby slipped out the back of class a couple minutes before the bell.

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 She was hoping to make it to the next class before everyone else and avoid the hateful stares the hallway seemed full of again today.

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 Just yesterday, the once well-liked senior became hated by what seemed like every girl in the school.

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 Every phone on campus pinged with evidence of her poor decisions with multiple boys.

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 Everyone knew.

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 No one was happy.

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 The hallway was silent.

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 Oh, perfect.

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 Until a door opened on the far end and Reggie hobbled out on crutches.

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 Also getting a head start on the class change.

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 He had to be the nicest guy at the school.

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 Even since he broke his leg in the last football game of the season.

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 I'll just slip quickly by him, Ruby thought, head down.

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 Hey, could you help me open this locker?

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 Oh, sure, she said.

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 Hey, thanks, said Reggie.

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 Hey, I know you've had a hard couple of days.

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 Can I help you with anything?

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 I don't think I need to get involved with another boy right now.

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 Everybody already hates me, Ruby said.

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 Oh, yeah, I get that.

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 But listen, you know there's someone who will love you no matter what, right?

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 You know about Jesus?

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 Yeah, I've heard, Ruby rolled her eyes.

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 I'm pretty sure he won't love me right now.

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 Pretty sure he's seen the pictures too.

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 He might surprise you, Reggie said.

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 Let me tell you the story of when Jesus met the woman at the well.

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 Now, when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John,

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 although Jesus himself did not baptize but only his disciples,

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 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.

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 And he had to pass through Samaria.

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 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar,

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 near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

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 Jacob's well was there, so Jesus,

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 wearied as he was from his journey,

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 was sitting beside the well.

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 It was about the sixth hour.

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 It's noon.

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 Jesus, don't you love his full humanity on display here?

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 He's weary in the heat of a long, dusty walk.

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 Seems likely that he's hoping for a drink from this well or a nap beside it.

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 And someone interrupts his rest.

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 We'll read the rest of the first half of our text where we see his encounter with this woman.

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 There came a woman of Samaria to draw water.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Give me a drink.

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 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

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 The Samaritan woman said to him,

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 How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?

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 For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

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 Jesus answered her,

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 If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you,

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 Give me a drink,

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 You would have asked him and he would have given you living water.

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 The woman said to him,

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 Sir, you have nothing to draw water with and the well is deep.

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 Where do you get that living water?

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 Are you greater than our father Jacob?

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 He gave us the well and drank from it himself as did his sons and his livestock.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again.

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 But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty forever.

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 The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

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 And the woman said to him,

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 Sir, give me this water so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Go call your husband and come here.

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 The woman answered him,

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 I have no husband.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 You are right in saying I have no husband for you have had five husbands

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 and the one you now have is not your husband.

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 What you have said is true.

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 The woman said to him,

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 Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

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 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,

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 but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Woman, believe me,

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 the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

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 You worship what you do not know.

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 We worship what we know,

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 for salvation is from the Jews.

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 But the hour is coming and is now here

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 when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth,

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 for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

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 God is spirit,

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 and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

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 The woman said to him,

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 I know that Messiah is coming,

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 he who is called Christ.

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 When he comes,

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 he will tell us all things.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I who speak to you am he.

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 Jesus,

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 may we encounter you today

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 just like this woman did.

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 Might we really know you?

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 Holy Spirit,

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 would you show us

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 our Savior

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 so clearly,

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 so gloriously,

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 so needfully for us.

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 We ask it in his name.

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 Amen.

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 We'll read the rest of the story in a few minutes.

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 But first,

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 I want you to notice this remarkable interaction

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 between Jesus and this woman

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 as Jesus gives thirst quenching water.

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 The first remarkable thing about it

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 is that this conversation even happens.

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 It's really amazing.

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 To engage this woman,

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 Jesus crosses all sorts of boundaries.

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 He asks for her help,

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 and she knows

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 that he's breaking lots of rules.

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 Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

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 They were considered religious rejects,

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 not pure blood Jews.

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 They're social outcasts.

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 Some said at the time

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 that even their shadow,

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 touching your shadow,

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 would make a Jew unclean.

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 On top of that,

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 she is a woman,

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 minimized in this society,

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 looked down on by many men,

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 certainly not to be spoken to

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 by Jewish men in public.

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 We'll read later,

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 even his disciples are astonished

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 that Jesus is talking with her.

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 Religious, racial,

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 gender boundaries.

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 Plus, and maybe she thinks

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 he doesn't realize this,

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 but I'm morally outcast.

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 So even her fellow Samaritans

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 won't associate with her,

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 which likely explains

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 why she comes for an exhausting task

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 in the heat of the noonday sun

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 rather than early or late in the day

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 with all the other women.

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 Her relationship with men,

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 including one presently married

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 to someone else, it seems,

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 leave her isolated from friends.

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 She's alone.

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 Nonetheless,

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 across all those boundaries,

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 this holy teacher,

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 who by the way,

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 does know all about her,

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 wants to engage her in conversation.

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 Asks for her help,

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 even for her to touch water

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 that he will then drink.

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 It's safe to say that

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 the woman did not come to the well

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 looking for Jesus, did she?

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 In fact, for quite a while here,

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 she'll avoid his personal inquiries.

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 Maybe that's you today.

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 I don't know.

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 Maybe you're stuck here with family.

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 Better plans fell through,

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 if you're honest.

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 You're just clocking in,

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 not looking for Jesus.

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 She is there for one very clear reason,

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 to get water.

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 Not looking for Jesus, right?

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 But Jesus humbly engages her.

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 He takes her natural need,

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 this need for water,

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 and turns it to a spiritual conversation.

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 Isn't that amazing how he does that?

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 Does he do that in your life?

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 Where he meets you where you are,

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 experiencing something in your life,

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 and all of a sudden he starts to

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 starts to kind of work in here,

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 in your heart,

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 to show you something

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 maybe you weren't even aware of.

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 That's the goodness and grace of Jesus,

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 y'all, so on display in this interaction.

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 Listen, at every turn,

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 no matter what the situation,

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 he's more overflowing with blessing

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 than we are with need, isn't he?

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 He's more eager to hear

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 than we are to pray.

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 He's more quick to forgive

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 than we are to repent.

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 Amazing how wonderful Jesus is.

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 We get a taste of it here.

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 She's there for water,

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 and Jesus offers her water,

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 living water.

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 Later in John chapter seven,

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 Jesus identifies this living water

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 as his Holy Spirit.

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 But it's the same word

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 when he says living water,

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 that they also used for running water.

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 So this woman keeps right on

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 with her natural focus

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 on natural water to drink.

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 Even when Jesus takes it up a notch

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 and talks about living water

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 that becomes a spring of water

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 welling up inside you

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 to eternal life

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 so that you never thirst again.

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 Wow!

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 Right?

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 Just hear the words of that song

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 in your mind.

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 You'll never thirst again.

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 There's water that Jesus gives.

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 Amazing promise.

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 And even as she asks for this water,

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 she thinks of it as very natural,

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 doesn't she?

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 It's going to be so I won't have to walk

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 to this well again

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 in the heat of the day.

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 That's as deep as she will admit

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 her thirst at this point.

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 But Jesus is so good.

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 He won't stop there.

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 And maybe where she's stopping for now,

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 but he won't stop

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 at addressing our physical needs.

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 He knows that every one of us

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 is deeply thirsty.

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 Dying of thirst, if you will.

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 Deep inside, we're thirsty.

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 And with insight that this story

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 seems to ascribe to a prophetic gift

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 given to him through the Holy Spirit

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 inside him,

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 Jesus exposes where she's looking

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 to quench her deeper thirst.

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 Do you see that?

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 He's not attacking her.

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 He's not yelling at her.

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 He's not even changing the subject on her,

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 but he's not stopping short

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 of her deepest need either, is he?

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 Go get your husband and come back.

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 I don't have one.

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 True.

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 The man you're with is someone else's.

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 And this is not your first challenging,

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 eventually empty relationship

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 that has left you thirsty.

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 She's not the first or the last person

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 to look to romance or relationships

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 to quench her thirst, is she?

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 You know, one of the reasons that's so common

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 and so many of us experience that

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 is that relationships resonate deeply

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 with each of us

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 because we were made for them.

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 We were made to be in relationship,

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 especially we were made to be in relationship

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 with God himself.

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 That closest and most important relationship.

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 And Jesus is telling her,

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 the water of men will not quench your thirst for long.

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 She needs his living water.

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 She needs something more than what she is tasting currently.

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 Currently.

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 I ask you to consider this morning,

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 where is your thirst most evident?

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 You don't walk to wells very often to get water.

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 Let's think a little deeper than that.

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 Are you desperately chasing relationship and romance?

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 In a marriage?

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 Outside of your marriage?

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 If that boy would just show me attention?

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 If that girl would just like me?

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 Or it may be

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 that your ultimate thirst

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 is exposed in your endless workaholism.

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 Maybe in your desperate chase

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 for fulfilling experiences,

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 for that perfect fall break vacation,

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 not to meddle.

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 Your obsession with your kids' success.

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 I don't know.

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 Where is it that you're looking to quench your thirst

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 that you already realize has left you thirsty?

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 You've tasted it and you're thirsty again.

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 You've gone back.

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 Or maybe you know, if you're honest,

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 that in the blink of an eye,

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 beyond your control,

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 it could leave you there thirsty.

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 That thing that's quenching your thirst today

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 might not tomorrow.

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 Well, the woman,

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 perhaps intrigued by this spiritual conversation,

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 perhaps, as we're wont to do,

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 just asking the most common theological question of the day

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 when she sees this must be a Jewish prophet,

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 she asks about where people should worship.

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 See, among other religiously sketchy decisions

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 that the Samaritans had made,

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 they had built their own temple

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 in which to worship Yahweh.

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 So much angered the Jews

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 that about a hundred years before this conversation,

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 the Jews had come and destroyed

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 this Samaritan temple.

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 Only the temple in Jerusalem

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 for the true God, they said.

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 What do you say?

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 She asks prophet Jesus.

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 The hour is coming

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 when you won't worship here

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 in Samaria

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 or in Jerusalem,

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 specifically, Jesus says.

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 Yeah, the Samaritans were misguided on the temple,

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 but the hour is coming

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 even already kind of here

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 when true worshipers will worship

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 in spirit and truth.

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 This woman is striking out at this point.

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 Religious failure.

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.500
 Moral failure.

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 Social failure.

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 Nothing to her credit.

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 Not worthy of knowing Yahweh,

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 the one true God.

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 And yet,

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 here he is

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 telling her

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 how to do exactly that.

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 How to do what she was made to do

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 to worship God

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 truly

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 in spirit

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 and truth.

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 And there is so much written

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 on what that means.

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 At the heart of it

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 is that the true focus of worship

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 is not a building.

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 It's not a particular place,

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 an outward style

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 or formality.

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 No,

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 true worship,

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 real relationship

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 with the living God

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 happens in all of life

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 and in gathered services

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 like this one

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 through the Holy Spirit

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 and the Son

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 who gives him.

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 Remember just a few weeks ago

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 when Jesus cleansed the temple

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 and then he offered

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 to rebuild it

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 in three days.

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 He was saying,

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 I am

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 the temple.

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 I am

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 the true way

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 to know

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 and to worship God.

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 True worship

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 comes to the Father

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 through Jesus the Son

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 by his indwelling spirit.

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 That's what's essential

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 in worship.

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 All else is secondary

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 to that.

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 Does your worship

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 on Sundays

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 help you encounter

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 and engage

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 with the real Jesus

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 full of grace

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 and truth

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 as the word of God

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 reveals him?

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 Does your worship

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 Monday through Saturday,

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 because it's not just

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 a Sunday thing

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 if it's the true God

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 you're worshiping

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 in relationship,

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 does your worship

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:46.279
 Monday through Saturday

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 help you walk

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 with his spirit

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 moment by moment

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 aware of his presence

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 with you?

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 Aware that he has

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 a plan for your life

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 that you're to follow?

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 Aware that he has

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 a mission that he has

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 sent you on

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 for his glory?

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 That's what you were

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 made for,

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 friends,

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.800
 living with him,

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 learning his heart,

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:11.460
 seeking his glory,

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 and it all happens

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 in Jesus.

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 Especially it happens

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 through his death

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 on the cross.

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 Remember that's what

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.940
 his hour

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 means in John's

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:27.120
 gospel.

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 The hour is coming,

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 verse 23.

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:32.519
 He's ushering in

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 new worship

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 that is focused

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 on Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified.

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 The one way to God.

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 God.

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 And as he talks

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 about it

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 and teaches us

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 that,

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.920
 here he is,

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:45.720
 here he is

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 with the most

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 unworthy people

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 in the world

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 to be participating

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 in this worship.

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 To be a part

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 of this

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 unbelievable relationship.

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 Here he is

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 inviting them

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.980
 into worship,

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.740
 giving his life

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.240
 for them,

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 offering to give

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 them the living

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 water of the spirit.

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 That's a lot.

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 The woman says,

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.220
 you know,

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 the Messiah

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.280
 will come

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 and sort

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.620
 all this out.

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 Although perhaps

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:17.060
 she's wondering

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 now.

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 And Jesus says,

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 pleased to meet you.

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 That's me

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 and make no mistake

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 about it.

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 No more metaphor.

00:21:31.800 --> 00:21:32.759
 No more analogy

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:34.540
 on the person

00:21:34.540 --> 00:21:35.220
 of Jesus

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:37.279
 as the promised king,

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.259
 the hope

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.940
 of every thirsty soul

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 as simple

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:42.220
 and clear

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.500
 as he can possibly be.

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 Don't get confused

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:46.339
 on how you worship right

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:48.120
 or on what the water is

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:49.180
 or what all this means.

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:51.539
 Come to Jesus

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 and have him

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.180
 sort it all out for you.

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 Whether you've trusted

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.460
 Jesus before or not,

00:21:58.880 --> 00:21:59.779
 will you come

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:01.319
 to Jesus today?

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:03.039
 Will you believe today

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.879
 that the one

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.579
 who quenches

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.220
 the thirst

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.319
 you really feel

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.259
 more deeply

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.899
 than you know,

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:09.119
 maybe that you haven't

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.539
 stopped to feel lately?

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.799
 The one who quenches

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.359
 that thirst

00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:13.599
 is not your husband

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.639
 or your wife.

00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:16.500
 It's not your friend

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:18.039
 or your financial planner.

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.960
 It's not any of those.

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.899
 It is Jesus himself.

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.339
 He offers you

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.659
 living water

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:26.200
 that will fill you up

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:27.619
 even when everyone else

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.599
 lets you down.

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:30.299
 Even when everything else

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.639
 leaves you empty.

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:33.480
 He offers fullness

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.940
 of life with him

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:36.360
 that never ends.

00:22:37.520 --> 00:22:38.080
 And in fact,

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:40.140
 it changes everything now

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:41.420
 too.

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:45.620
 That's the second piece

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.200
 of the story.

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:50.340
 If he's meeting you

00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:51.640
 and quenching your thirst,

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.680
 if maybe even

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.740
 for the first time

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.240
 you're thinking,

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.100
 man,

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.480
 there is something more

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:58.180
 that won't leave me

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.280
 thirsty and empty.

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:02.399
 then know that this

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:03.359
 thirst quenching water

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.180
 Jesus gives

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:06.559
 is also overflowing water.

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:11.680
 The woman is living this

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.579
 in this passage

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:14.019
 while the disciples

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:15.319
 are learning this

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.639
 from Jesus.

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.319
 Let's pick up

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.440
 at verse 27.

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.859
 Just then,

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.660
 while this amazing interaction

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.339
 is going on

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.940
 between Jesus

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.440
 and this woman,

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.359
 just then

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.720
 his disciples came back.

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 They marveled

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.559
 that he was talking

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.160
 with a woman

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.759
 but no one said,

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.660
 what do you seek

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.620
 or why are you

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.460
 talking with her?

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.000
 So the woman

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.539
 left her water jar

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.700
 and went away

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.319
 into town

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.480
 and said to the people,

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.980
 come see a man

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:45.120
 who told me

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.539
 all that I ever did.

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.319
 Can this be the Christ?

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.200
 They went out

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.779
 of the town

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.839
 and were coming

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.839
 to him.

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.059
 See,

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.940
 they noticed

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.660
 the boundaries

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:57.620
 that Jesus has crossed,

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.879
 and the woman

00:23:58.879 --> 00:24:00.339
 adds another

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.079
 of her own

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.479
 to those

00:24:01.479 --> 00:24:02.179
 that the disciples

00:24:02.179 --> 00:24:03.059
 can already see.

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.459
 She's going

00:24:04.459 --> 00:24:05.539
 to the people

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.699
 that she was avoiding

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.919
 earlier in the same day

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.939
 that she didn't want

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.679
 to be around.

00:24:10.479 --> 00:24:11.439
 Water jar

00:24:11.439 --> 00:24:12.359
 left behind.

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.219
 Isn't that interesting?

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:15.099
 The cares of this world

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:16.619
 cannot distract her

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.899
 from the glory

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.519
 of Jesus.

00:24:18.719 --> 00:24:19.359
 She needs to go

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.500
 tell people about him

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.599
 even though she's

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.139
 still thirsty.

00:24:22.979 --> 00:24:24.099
 There is now life

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.479
 welling up in her

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.819
 and overflowing.

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.259
 See,

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.220
 Jesus gives water

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.319
 so graciously

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.680
 that when he quenches

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.480
 our thirst,

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.599
 there's always more

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.700
 still pouring in.

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.539
 It changes our lives.

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.860
 It impacts the way

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:38.099
 we live that day.

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.140
 Look how this happens

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:41.240
 with the disciples'

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.000
 perspective.

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.700
 They're about to be

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.620
 confused about

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.660
 natural food

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.519
 just as the woman

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.200
 was confused

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.599
 about natural water.

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.860
 Verse 31.

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.779
 Meanwhile,

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.059
 the disciples

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.940
 were urging him

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.640
 saying, Rabbi, eat!

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:58.100
 But he said to them,

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:00.779
 I have food to eat

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.580
 that you do not

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.259
 know about.

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.559
 So the disciples,

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.820
 they're a little slow,

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.000
 be patient with them,

00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.340
 they said to one another,

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.860
 has anyone brought him

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.680
 something to eat?

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:13.100
 Oh, come on now.

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.259
 Jesus said to them,

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.539
 listen,

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.600
 my food

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:18.019
 is to do the will

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.259
 of him who sent me

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.820
 and to accomplish

00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:23.000
 his work.

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.420
 Nobody slipped me

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.019
 a sandwich.

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.339
 No.

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.140
 Once again,

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.000
 Jesus is taking

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.279
 a natural need

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:32.279
 into a spiritual

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.059
 conversation,

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.559
 isn't he?

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.559
 He wants the disciples

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.380
 to know something

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.240
 so important.

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.880
 Listen, Jesus says,

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.420
 there is nothing

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.740
 as fulfilling

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.900
 as living

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.900
 with God,

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.960
 as going

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.660
 where he

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.519
 sends you,

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.920
 as pointing others

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.799
 to him.

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.099
 Jesus came

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.480
 for the express purpose

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.220
 of giving living

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.620
 water

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:54.319
 to thirsty people

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.599
 and not even

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:57.120
 the need for a lunch break

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:58.059
 can stop him

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.960
 from doing that.

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.500
 That fills him up.

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.460
 See,

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.259
 when you receive

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.339
 this living water,

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.259
 your whole view

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.960
 of life

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:06.180
 is transformed

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.240
 and alongside

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.740
 knowing the one

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:10.099
 who gives it yourself,

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.880
 your highest

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.920
 and most fulfilling

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:14.039
 purpose in whatever

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.700
 you're doing

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.700
 changes.

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:15.860
 changes.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.680
 It's not money

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.120
 anymore

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:19.340
 or fame

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:20.420
 or pleasure.

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.140
 It's actually

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:22.100
 other people

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:23.259
 knowing the one

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.940
 who gives

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.720
 the living water,

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.620
 having their

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.700
 ultimate thirst

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.279
 quenched.

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.319
 That's your new

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.559
 deepest and highest

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.319
 longing

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.440
 and calling.

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.980
 Listen to what

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.740
 Jesus says.

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.480
 Do you not say

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.059
 there are yet

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.980
 four months,

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.180
 then comes the harvest?

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.640
 Look,

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.340
 I tell you,

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:42.039
 lift up your eyes

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.720
 and see that the fields

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:45.259
 are white for harvest.

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.160
 Already the one

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.019
 who reaps

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:49.160
 is receiving wages

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.819
 and gathering fruit

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.700
 for eternal life

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.340
 so that sower

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.840
 and reaper

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.920
 may rejoice together.

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:55.080
 For here the saying

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.759
 holds true,

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.700
 one sows

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.539
 and another reaps.

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:59.039
 I sent you to reap

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.720
 that for which

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.600
 you did not labor.

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.900
 Others have labored

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:03.019
 and you have entered

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.140
 into their labor.

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.640
 Look,

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.259
 Jesus says,

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.840
 now,

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.460
 today,

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.440
 because I am here,

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:14.180
 people are coming

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:15.340
 into the kingdom

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.599
 from places

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:18.139
 you'd least expect it,

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.720
 disciples,

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.819
 across all the boundaries

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:22.659
 you might be thinking of.

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.720
 And this is your calling,

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.720
 your purpose,

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.939
 your delight

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:28.079
 as my followers

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:30.019
 to reap the harvest

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:31.659
 that I have sown.

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.299
 The fields,

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.139
 friends,

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.859
 are ripe

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:38.539
 for harvest.

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.659
 harvest.

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.279
 Is your mouth

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.319
 eager

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.599
 to share

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.700
 the good news?

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.319
 Is it quick

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.500
 to be praying

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.240
 with your neighbors?

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.559
 Are you always

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.940
 talking about Jesus

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.839
 or

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:54.639
 is your mouth,

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.920
 and this is the image

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.779
 that came to mind

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.039
 for me,

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.519
 is your mouth

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.460
 full of bread

00:27:58.460 --> 00:28:00.180
 like the disciples?

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:02.119
 That's what they're

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.680
 thinking about,

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.000
 isn't it?

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.900
 You can't talk

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.339
 well when it,

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.220
 you're just stuffing

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.519
 your own face.

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.000
 Are you so

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.000
 caught up

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.819
 in the things

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.480
 of this world

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.480
 that you can't

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.240
 be bothered

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.880
 to see

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.779
 the glory

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.380
 of Jesus

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.160
 yourself,

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.460
 much less

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.000
 to share

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.819
 of it with others?

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.359
 Or maybe,

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:26.640
 maybe have you

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.359
 left your

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.740
 water jar,

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:29.859
 your

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:31.099
 previous

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.879
 priorities,

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.659
 the things

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.379
 that you

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.699
 so quickly

00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:35.139
 would have been

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.899
 trying to gather

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.459
 to yourself

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:36.939
 and spend

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.479
 your time

00:28:37.479 --> 00:28:38.039
 and your energy

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.339
 on?

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.039
 Have you

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.979
 left your

00:28:39.979 --> 00:28:40.639
 water jar

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.219
 to use

00:28:41.219 --> 00:28:42.159
 whatever relationship,

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.579
 whatever occupation,

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.979
 whatever interaction

00:28:44.979 --> 00:28:46.039
 Jesus gives you

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:47.000
 to let living

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.139
 water overflow

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:49.099
 from you?

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.979
 Jesus has

00:28:50.979 --> 00:28:51.719
 come.

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:52.859
 Jesus has

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.639
 died.

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:55.399
 Jesus is

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.219
 risen.

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.099
 It is

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.359
 harvest time,

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:58.939
 friends.

00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:00.320
 harvest time

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.640
 for people

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.259
 to come

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.480
 into his

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.039
 kingdom.

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.779
 He has

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.299
 done the

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.580
 work.

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.220
 You get

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.960
 to reap

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.279
 and see

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.059
 people come

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:09.440
 in to know

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.440
 him and to

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.059
 taste living

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.480
 water.

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.519
 What a

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.000
 privilege.

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.299
 Look what

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.860
 happens.

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.100
 Maybe you

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.320
 think,

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.720
 he couldn't

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.259
 use me to

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.680
 do that.

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:22.360
 Look what

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:22.820
 happens when

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.620
 an untrained,

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.039
 immoral,

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.559
 theological

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.359
 novice

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.559
 encounters

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.379
 Jesus

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.639
 and is

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.460
 filled with

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.259
 his spirit.

00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:33.019
 Not just

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:34.279
 one Samaritan

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.179
 converted,

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.519
 but a

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.299
 revival

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.500
 of the

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.579
 rejects.

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.779
 Verse 39.

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.139
 Many

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:43.039
 Samaritans

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.539
 from that

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.399
 town believed

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.960
 in him

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.859
 because of

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.399
 the woman's

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:46.819
 testimony.

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.899
 He told

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.240
 me all

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.500
 that I

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.019
 ever did.

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.240
 So when

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.019
 the Samaritans

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.519
 came to

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.659
 him,

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.240
 they asked

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.619
 him to

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.339
 stay with

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.179
 them and

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:55.559
 he stayed

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.939
 there two

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.099
 days.

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.399
 They just

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.679
 wanted to

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:56.959
 be with

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.299
 Jesus,

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.839
 didn't they?

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.439
 And many

00:30:00.439 --> 00:30:01.299
 more believed

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.059
 because of

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.599
 his word.

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.159
 They said

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.379
 to the

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.539
 woman,

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.159
 it's no

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.459
 longer

00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:05.939
 because of

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:06.299
 what you

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.759
 said that

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.359
 we believe

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.119
 for we

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.579
 have heard

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.299
 ourselves

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.259
 and we

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.199
 know that

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.859
 this is

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:13.099
 indeed the

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.559
 savior of

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.159
 the world.

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:17.240
 She points

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.839
 people where?

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.859
 To Jesus.

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.199
 And she's

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:21.720
 delighted

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.279
 apparently for

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.819
 him to be

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.319
 the hero,

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.159
 the focus,

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.059
 the center

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.899
 of attention.

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.700
 After all,

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.119
 he is the

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:30.599
 savior of

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.899
 the world,

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:33.099
 a mark of

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.720
 the Messiah,

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.759
 the Christ

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.439
 that she's

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:36.240
 looking for,

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:37.119
 that God's

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.859
 salvation would

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.480
 go not just

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.220
 to the Jews

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.240
 but really in

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.720
 a fresh,

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.399
 never before

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:42.139
 experienced

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:43.099
 way to

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.919
 the ends

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.939
 of the

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.500
 earth.

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.980
 Samaritans

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.639
 en masse

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.899
 embracing

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.919
 a Jewish

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.639
 Messiah.

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:52.740
 Messiah.

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.259
 What is

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.800
 happening?

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.600
 Not just

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.480
 a savior

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.420
 for those

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.980
 who look

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.580
 the part

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.780
 or measure

00:31:00.780 --> 00:31:01.740
 up or have

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.480
 figured out

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.000
 where they're

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.560
 supposed to

00:31:03.560 --> 00:31:04.100
 worship or

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.800
 how they're

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.320
 supposed to

00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:05.840
 relate to

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.660
 God but

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.240
 who come

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.600
 to him

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.040
 and find

00:31:08.040 --> 00:31:08.300
 him to

00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:09.020
 be the

00:31:09.020 --> 00:31:10.120
 savior of

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.740
 the whole

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.500
 world.

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:15.440
 all because

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:17.339
 a thirsty

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.740
 woman

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:20.480
 encountered

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.119
 Jesus.

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.259
 Wow.

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.160
 Years after

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.839
 encountering

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.680
 the real

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.299
 Jesus for

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.700
 the first

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.279
 time in a

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.700
 high school

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.140
 hallway,

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.279
 Ruby lives

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.980
 for Jesus

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:34.259
 in all sorts

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.779
 of places

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.599
 including those

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.059
 hallways.

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:38.079
 she loves

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.440
 getting to

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.819
 talk with

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.200
 high school

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.659
 girls,

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.319
 especially

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.759
 those who

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.220
 feel they've

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.740
 blown it,

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.940
 could never

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.519
 know true

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.940
 love.

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.839
 She delights

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.539
 to tell them

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.079
 of Jesus'

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.740
 love,

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.859
 a love that

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.659
 never fails

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.279
 and is more

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.960
 quick to

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.000
 forgive than

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.599
 we are to

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.099
 repent.

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.859
 But many of

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.559
 the conversations

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.220
 she's having

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.859
 these days are

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.259
 with people

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.980
 in her office,

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.059
 some whose

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.379
 spouses have

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.740
 let them

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.039
 down,

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:06.059
 others who

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.899
 just feel a

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.539
 longing for

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.680
 something more

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.519
 in life and

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.879
 they'll talk to

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.099
 her,

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.980
 there's living

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.700
 water that

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.960
 really satisfies,

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.599
 she tells

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.859
 them,

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.059
 found only in

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.920
 one place.

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.200
 Ruby even

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.599
 gets to

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.440
 volunteer weekly

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.200
 at a crisis

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.319
 pregnancy center

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.899
 where her

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.680
 favorite story

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.399
 to share with

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.039
 disappointed,

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.619
 despondent,

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.740
 even despairing

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:32.619
 women is of

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.159
 a woman like

00:32:33.159 --> 00:32:33.440
 them.

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.059
 the woman

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.639
 at the well

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.859
 who met

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.420
 a savior

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.859
 who understood

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.599
 her thirst,

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.180
 knew her

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.639
 story,

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.500
 and gave

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.119
 her life.

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.579
 Often,

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.920
 Ruby gets

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.559
 to explain

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.859
 that's her

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:51.980
 story and

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.240
 that the

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.879
 fountain she's

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.460
 been drinking

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.220
 from has

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.200
 never run dry

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.680
 on her,

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.539
 keeps overflowing

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.279
 from her,

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.180
 and will never

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.220
 run dry for

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.099
 them either.

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.960
 No matter

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.460
 what you've

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.759
 done,

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.500
 she loves

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.920
 to tell

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.120
 them,

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.579
 Jesus really

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.620
 is the

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:07.360
 savior of

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:08.019
 the world,

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.220
 and that's

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.500
 all that

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.980
 matters.

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.079
 There's life

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.880
 the way you

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.440
 were made

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.640
 for in

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.200
 relationship

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.840
 with him.

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:21.699
 for Jesus

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.939
 to be the

00:33:22.939 --> 00:33:23.759
 savior of

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.279
 the world.

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:26.240
 He knew

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.000
 that it

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.659
 would take

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.679
 another day

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:30.240
 where he

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.659
 would be

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.099
 thirsty,

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:33.279
 and where

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.919
 no one

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.500
 would offer

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.139
 him anything

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:36.079
 to drink

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.879
 to quench

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.579
 his thirst.

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.319
 A day

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.059
 when his

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:41.379
 hour truly

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.279
 would have

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.879
 come,

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.600
 and he

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.480
 would hang

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.120
 on a

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.680
 cross

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.600
 thirsty,

00:33:47.280 --> 00:33:47.800
 so that

00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:48.180
 we would

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.540
 stand in

00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:50.500
 the presence

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.500
 of the

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.680
 holy and

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.020
 living God,

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:57.000
 joyful and

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.120
 satisfied

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:59.540
 forever.

00:34:00.260 --> 00:34:01.000
 And he

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.380
 was absolutely

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.460
 committed to

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.380
 the point of

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:05.620
 being fed

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.500
 and filled

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.480
 up by it.

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.099
 he was

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.659
 absolutely

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.579
 committed to

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.599
 accomplishing the

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.519
 work that his

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.179
 father had given

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.480
 him, to

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.740
 finishing that

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.300
 task.

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.519
 And so on a

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.420
 night when he

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.280
 was betrayed

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.659
 by a close

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.260
 friend,

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.240
 Jesus took

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.599
 bread,

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:25.159
 and he broke

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.380
 it, and he

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.940
 gave it to his

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.440
 disciples.

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.480
 As I'm

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.000
 ministering in

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.420
 his name,

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.099
 give this bread

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.579
 to you.

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.480
 He said,

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.320
 take and eat.

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.920
 This is my

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:36.380
 body given

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.159
 for you.

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:39.119
 Do this in

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.880
 remembrance of

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.159
 me.

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:41.019
 And in the

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.539
 same way,

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.320
 after supper,

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.000
 he took the

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:44.940
 cup and said,

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:46.039
 this cup is a

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.940
 new covenant in

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:48.280
 my blood, shed

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.619
 for many for the

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.360
 forgiveness of

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.740
 sins.

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.179
 Drink from it,

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.519
 all of you.

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:56.059
 There's power in

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.980
 the blood of

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.380
 Jesus, and if you

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:59.579
 know that, if you

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.900
 are thirsty and

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.980
 have found in

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.219
 Jesus living

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:05.119
 water, come and

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:06.079
 drink and eat.

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.099
 You may know

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.679
 him, but you

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:09.619
 may be tired and

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.880
 thirsty and

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.619
 needing to be

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.460
 refilled.

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:14.779
 Come, he is

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:16.500
 here to give

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.179
 you of his

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.139
 spirit again

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.579
 today.

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.619
 This is not the

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.719
 table of

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.619
 Southwood or the

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.420
 Presbyterian

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.900
 church.

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.299
 It's the Lord's

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.599
 table.

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.860
 It's the place

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.900
 where if you

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:29.019
 trust him, if

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.000
 you've made that

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.900
 public and become

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.940
 a part of a

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.420
 church that

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.239
 preaches that

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.460
 life is found in

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:36.079
 Jesus, then you

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.380
 come and he

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.480
 promises to pour

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.099
 his spirit into

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.659
 you so that it

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.639
 wells up to you

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.900
 to eternal life

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.940
 and overflows from

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.119
 you.

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:44.260
 You come and

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:44.940
 drink of that

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.480
 water this

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.740
 morning.

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.340
 If you don't

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.840
 look at this

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:51.099
 table and see

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:53.139
 Jesus, see him

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.900
 as the one you

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:55.199
 long for and

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.559
 find life in, he

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:58.039
 warns you not yet

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.220
 to come to this

00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:00.039
 table and take

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.320
 these elements.

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.980
 But he invites

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.699
 you to drink of

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.739
 the living water.

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.980
 You've heard it in

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:08.340
 his very words.

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.940
 Water that if you

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:11.159
 drink, you will

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:13.239
 never thirst again.

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:15.500
 He will cross any

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.739
 boundaries to give

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.279
 it to you.

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.579
 You're not too far

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.300
 away from him.

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.400
 You are not too

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.099
 far gone.

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:23.079
 He invites you to

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:24.059
 come no matter how

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.800
 thirsty you are and

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:28.059
 drink and never

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.699
 thirst again.

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:30.319
 let's pray and

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.899
 we'll come to this

00:36:30.899 --> 00:36:31.619
 table together.

00:36:34.299 --> 00:36:35.299
 Jesus, what an

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:38.099
 amazing gift that

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.960
 you would come not

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.659
 merely to a woman

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:44.719
 in Samaria, but to

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:48.739
 people like us who

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.480
 don't deserve any

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:51.519
 more to know you,

00:36:51.939 --> 00:36:53.139
 to walk with you,

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.500
 to taste of your

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.699
 love, and you would

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.799
 make us worthy.

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:58.320
 You would give us

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.820
 life.

00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:00.380
 You would give us

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:02.500
 water when we're

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.880
 thirsty.

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.560
 Might we know that

00:37:05.560 --> 00:37:06.940
 even as these common

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:08.220
 elements of bread,

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:12.380
 wine, juice, as we

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.500
 consume them, would

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:15.280
 you fill us?

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.900
 Would you quench our

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.580
 thirst and would you

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:19.580
 remind us where to

00:37:19.580 --> 00:37:22.360
 turn for water that

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.000
 lasts forever?

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.059
 forever?

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.039
 We ask it in your

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.320
 name.

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.579
 Amen.

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.719
 For more

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:30.059
 information, visit us

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.780
 online at

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.539
 southwood.org.

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:41.880
 thanks for

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:43.320
 you.

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.559
 Wha...

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:45.579
 It's

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.619
 and

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:47.679
 cheers.

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:49.360
 Thank you.

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:51.440
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