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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to John chapter 4, verses 1 to 30.

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 We've been going through various passages in the Gospel of John for this Advent season

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 to talk about who Jesus is. And we're in John chapter 4 today.

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 And let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, as John the Baptist prepared the way for the Lord in the wilderness.

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 So it is our desire that this Advent season, as we go through the Gospel of John,

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 as we sing Christmas carols, that we're preparing room for Christ the King.

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 In our hearts, in our lives.

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 That you may reign over our lives more fully.

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 It is our desire to submit to you.

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 And so we incline our ears to you again this morning.

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 Speak to us, address us from your Word.

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 Reveal Jesus to us in all his glory.

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 That we might behold him.

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 Worship him.

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 Bow before him.

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 It's in his glorious name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 I will read John 4, 1 to 30.

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

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 Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well.

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 It was about the sixth hour.

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 A woman from Samaria came 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, 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 again.

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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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 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,

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 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 was 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,

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 who speak to you,

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 am he.

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 Just then his disciples came back.

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 They marveled that he was talking with the woman,

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 but no one said,

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 What do you seek?

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 Or,

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 Why are you talking with her?

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 So the woman left her water jar

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 and went away into town

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 and said to the people,

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 Come,

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 see a man who told me all that I ever did.

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 Can this be the Christ?

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 They went out of the town

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 and were coming to him.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 The classic Chinese historical novel,

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 Romance of the Three Kingdoms,

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 begins with these famous words,

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 The empire,

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 long divided,

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 must unite.

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 Long united,

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 must divide.

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 Thus,

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 it has ever been.

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 A nation weary of wars

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 and divisions

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 tend to unite under a single strong leader.

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 While a nation weary of the abuses of a leader

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 with too much power

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 tends to divide into factions.

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 It's a cycle

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 that has been observed over and over again

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 throughout human history.

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 As people living in the democratic West,

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 we are the children of the French Revolution

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 and the American Revolution.

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 We're familiar with the rallying cries

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 of liberty, equality, and fraternity,

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 and no taxation without representation.

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 And the U.S. in particular

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 has historically clashed

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 with Nazi Germany

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 and Soviet Russia

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 and today increasingly

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 with communist China.

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 And for these reasons,

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 we're acutely aware

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 of the dangers

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 of absolute monarchs,

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 dictators,

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 and tyrants.

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 But probably because of this background,

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 it's harder for us

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 to appreciate

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 a desperate people's longing

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 for a king.

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 Why people living in

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 an impoverished

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 and immoral

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 and embattled society

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 crave the steady leadership

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 of a strong ruler?

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 Now, don't hear

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 what I'm not saying.

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 I'm not endorsing

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 authoritarian governments.

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 I share

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 Winston Churchill's sentiment

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 that, quote,

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 many forms of government

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 have been tried

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 and will be tried

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 in this world

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 of sin and woe.

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 No one pretends

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 that democracy is perfect

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 or all-wise.

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 Indeed, it has been said

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 that democracy

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 is the worst form of government,

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 except for all those other forms

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 that have been tried

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 from time to time.

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 Division of power

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 and a system of checks

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 and balances

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 is probably the best way

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 to govern

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 in a sinful, fickle world.

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 But of course,

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 it's a different story

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 when Christ,

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 the perfect,

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 sinless king,

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 is on the throne.

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 The book of Judges

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 captures that longing

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 for a strong ruler

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 in a disordered,

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 uncertain society.

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 And the refrain

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 and thesis statement

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 of the book of Judges

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 that comes up again

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 and again is this,

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 quote,

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 in those days

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 there was no king

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 in Israel.

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 Everyone did

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 what was right

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 in his own eyes.

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 To each his own.

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 Do what you want.

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 You do you.

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 That's the mantra

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 of a free-for-all society

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 that has no king.

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 Judges describes

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 Israel's downward spiral

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 of sin and decadence

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 and the divinely inspired author

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 laments that this is because

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 there was no king

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 in Israel.

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 In this way,

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 the book sets up

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 an expectation

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 and gives the rationale

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 for the rise

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 of the Davidic monarchy.

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 That's the way

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 the world is

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 when Jesus comes

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 on the scene.

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 People are both

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 theologically confused

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 and therefore

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 morally confused

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 and much like our times.

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 They don't know

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 what to believe.

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 They don't know

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 how to live.

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 People are also

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 politically confused

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 due to their idolatry

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 and unfaithfulness

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 to God.

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 They had been conquered

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 and oppressed

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 by foreign nations,

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 the Assyrians,

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 the Babylonians,

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 the Persians,

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 the Greeks,

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 and at the time of Jesus

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 by the Romans.

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 Israel has not had

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 a king,

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 a true Davidic king

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 on its throne

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 since Jehoiachin

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 who was captured

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 and exiled to Babylon

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 by Nebuchadnezzar

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 in the 6th century BC,

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 600 years ago

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 before Jesus' coming.

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 All of this happened

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 despite God's covenant

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 promise to David

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 in 2 Samuel 7

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 that David's throne

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 shall be established

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 forever.

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 So God's people

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 had been asking

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 and waiting

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 for 600 years,

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 where is the promised

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 son of David?

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 Where is the Christ,

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 our king,

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 who will liberate us

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 from oppression,

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 who will bring

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 steady leadership,

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 guidance,

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 knowledge of God,

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 who will restore

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 the true worship of God,

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 who will show us

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 the way of God?

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 Where is the Messiah

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 who will establish

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 his eternal kingdom?

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 And it's in this

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 season of ferment

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 and expectation

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 that Jesus comes

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 on the scene

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 and we see him here

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 in John 4.

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 And John tells us

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 in no uncertain terms

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 that Jesus is

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 the messianic king

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 who gives us

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 eternal life

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 in the spirit.

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 We're going to talk

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 first about

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 the water of the spirit

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 that Jesus gives

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 and then secondly

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 about the worship

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 in the spirit

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 that Jesus

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 as the Christ enables.

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 Verse 1 tells us

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 that Jesus learned

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 that the Pharisees

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 were starting

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 to take notice

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 of his increasing popularity

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 and that's ominous

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 because the Pharisees

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 were already wary

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 of John the Baptist

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 and they were trying

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 to kind of marginalize him

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 and so if they're noticing

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 that Jesus is becoming

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 even more popular

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 than John,

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 baptizing even more people

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 than John,

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 then that's a threat.

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 And so Jesus knows

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 that it's not his time yet

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 to go to the cross,

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 to die

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 and so he leaves,

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 he goes to another place

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 toward Galilee.

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 And it says in verse 4

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 that as he went to Galilee

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 that he had to pass

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 through Samaria.

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 That's an interesting way

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 to phrase that

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 because while not,

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 while it's the normal route

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 from Judea to Galilee

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 did pass through Samaria,

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 strictly speaking,

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 Jesus didn't have to

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 pass through Samaria.

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 As I will explain

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 further later,

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 Jews believed

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 that keeping company

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 with Samaritans

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 caused ritual defilement

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 and so strict Jews

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 would go around Samaria

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 by crossing the Jordan

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 and traveling around

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 on the east side.

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 So Jesus didn't really have to

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 go through Samaria.

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 And yet John writes here

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 that he had to pass

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 through Samaria.

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 This is an expression

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 that recurs throughout

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 the Gospel of John

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 and it's John's way

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 of indicating

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 divine necessity.

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 He uses this Greek word

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 which means he had to

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 or it was necessary to.

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 For example,

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 in John 3, 7

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 when he says,

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 you must be born again.

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 It is necessary

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 that you be born again.

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 John 3, 14,

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 and as Moses lifted up

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 the serpent in the wilderness

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 so must,

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 it is necessary

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 for the Son of Man

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 to be lifted up.

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 Or John 20, verse 9,

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 for as yet they did not

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 understand the Scripture

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 that he must,

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 that it was necessary

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 for the Son

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 to rise from the dead.

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 John always uses that word

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 in these ways

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 to indicate something

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 that has been ordained

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 by God's sovereign will,

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 something that had to happen.

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 So likewise,

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 Jesus had to pass

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 through Samaria

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 because he had

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 a divinely made

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 appointment there,

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 a divinely ordained

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 mission to fulfill

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 there in Samaria.

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 So there must be

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 some really important

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 work to do,

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 some very important

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 person to meet.

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 And we find out

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 what this appointment

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 was all about

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 in verses 7 to 9.

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 He says,

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 a woman from Samaria

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 came 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

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 had gone away

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 into the city

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 to buy food.

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 The Samaritan woman

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 said to him,

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 how is it that you,

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 a Jew,

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 ask for a drink

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 from me,

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 a woman of Samaria?

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 For Jews have no dealings

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 with Samaritans.

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 Three times

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 in three verses

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 we are told

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 that this was a woman

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 and that this was

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 a Samaritan.

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 That's not one strike

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 but two strikes

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 in the historical

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 and cultural context

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 of this time.

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 in several ways,

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 women at this time

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 were second class citizens.

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 For example,

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 Jewish rabbis

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 did not accept

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 women disciples.

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 First century

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 Jewish rabbi Eliezer

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 expressed a popular

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 cultural sentiment

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 of the day

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 when he said,

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 rather should the words

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 of the Torah

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 be burned

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 than entrusted

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 to a woman.

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 Whoever teaches

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 his daughter the Torah

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 is like one

00:14:05.680 --> 00:14:06.259
 who teaches her

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 lasciviousness.

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 That's why

00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:12.200
 later in verse 27

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 when Jesus' disciples

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 returned from buying food,

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 it said that they marveled

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 that he was talking

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 with a woman.

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 And she wasn't

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 only a woman,

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 she was a Samaritan woman.

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 Verse 9 tells us

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 that Jews have no dealings

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 with Samaritans.

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 The verb translated

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 as having,

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 have dealings with,

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 more specifically means

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 to use together with,

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 to share a vessel

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 or cup or bowl,

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 something like that

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 with someone else.

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 It was not true

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.379
 that Jews had

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:44.699
 no dealings whatsoever

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 with Samaritans

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:45.939
 because obviously

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 his disciples

00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.639
 went into the Samaritan city

00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.339
 to buy food

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 so they're having

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 some dealings with them.

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 It's referring

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 to sharing vessels

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 which strict Jews,

00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:54.879
 observant Jews

00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:55.339
 at the time

00:14:55.339 --> 00:14:56.219
 believed caused

00:14:56.219 --> 00:14:57.379
 ritual defilement.

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 And so,

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 there was a historical reason

00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:03.220
 for this enmity

00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:04.000
 between Jews

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 and Samaritans.

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 Samaria was the capital

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 of the northern kingdom

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 of Israel

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 during the era

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 of the two kingdoms,

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 the northern kingdom

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.240
 and southern kingdom

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 of Judah.

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 And the name

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 of the capital

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 came to be known

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 to refer to

00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:16.720
 the entire northern kingdom

00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:18.059
 sometimes called Samaria.

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 And when the Assyrians

00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:21.360
 captured Samaria

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.419
 in 722 BC,

00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:23.379
 they deported

00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.399
 all Israelites

00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:25.600
 who had means,

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 who had status,

00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:26.980
 who had wealth.

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 And then they left

00:15:28.339 --> 00:15:29.339
 the rest of the people,

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 the rest of the Jews

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 there in Samaria.

00:15:31.959 --> 00:15:33.120
 And then they resettled

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.279
 the land with foreigners

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 who then intermarried

00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:38.060
 with the remaining Jews.

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 And so,

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.860
 what happened was,

00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.659
 what resulted

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:44.179
 was some syncretized religion.

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:48.019
 Not orthodox religion,

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:49.440
 but heterodox religion.

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.039
 And so,

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:51.940
 because of this,

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:53.480
 Jews who had been deported

00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:54.740
 and later returned

00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.879
 to the land of Israel

00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:57.379
 viewed Samaritans

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.860
 not only as children

00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:00.220
 of political traitors,

00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:03.120
 but also as ethnic

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.940
 half-breeds

00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:05.560
 whose religion

00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.659
 had been adulterated.

00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:09.539
 So,

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.240
 we think of

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.399
 politics,

00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:12.419
 religion,

00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:14.080
 or racial tension

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.879
 or ethnic tension,

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:15.360
 these things.

00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:16.240
 Even one of those things

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.840
 is enough to divide a family

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.879
 to cause tension

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.639
 among the holidays.

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.039
 Between Jews and Samaritans,

00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.720
 there's all three.

00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:24.399
 Political tension,

00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:25.700
 religious tension,

00:16:26.180 --> 00:16:26.840
 ethnic tension.

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:29.360
 Samaritans only accepted

00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:30.259
 the first five books

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:30.600
 of the Bible,

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.379
 rejected the rest

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.060
 of the Old Testament,

00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:34.100
 and they worshiped

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:35.160
 not on Mount Zion

00:16:35.160 --> 00:16:35.660
 in Jerusalem

00:16:35.660 --> 00:16:36.620
 where the temple is,

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.019
 but on Mount Gerizim.

00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.280
 And sometimes,

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.660
 this hostility

00:16:41.660 --> 00:16:42.240
 bubbled over

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.540
 into real conflict,

00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:44.500
 violent conflict.

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.259
 And as recently

00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:47.440
 as 400 B.C.,

00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:48.360
 a Jewish ruler

00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:49.399
 had destroyed

00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.960
 the rival temple

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.740
 on Mount Gerizim,

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:53.040
 the Samaritans' temple.

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:54.960
 And so,

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:56.820
 they hated each other.

00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:03.100
 A Jewish oral commentary,

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:03.740
 Mishnah,

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.279
 it says this,

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.960
 the daughters

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.140
 of the Samaritans

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.759
 are menstruants

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.519
 from their cradle,

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.480
 implying that they're

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:13.579
 in a perpetual state

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:14.380
 of uncleanness.

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.559
 So, it is no wonder

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.420
 then that this woman

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:19.519
 reacts this way

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.700
 to Jesus' request.

00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:22.240
 How is it

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.880
 that you,

00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.460
 a Jew,

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.660
 ask for a drink

00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.400
 from me,

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.140
 a woman of Samaria?

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:32.660
 What this Samaritan woman

00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:33.640
 doesn't realize

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.519
 is that Jesus

00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.660
 is no ordinary Jew.

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.039
 Jesus answers

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.720
 in verse 10,

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.799
 if you knew

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.740
 the gift of God

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.980
 and who it is

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.980
 that is saying to you,

00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:42.940
 give me a drink,

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:44.500
 you would have asked him

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.400
 and he would have

00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:46.019
 given you

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:47.180
 living water.

00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:49.160
 John is fond

00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:50.140
 of word plays

00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:51.240
 throughout his gospel.

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.620
 He often imbues words

00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.380
 with double meanings

00:17:53.380 --> 00:17:54.200
 as we see here.

00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.240
 And so,

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.519
 Jesus had asked

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.299
 the Samaritan woman,

00:17:57.560 --> 00:17:58.700
 give me a drink.

00:17:59.120 --> 00:18:00.299
 He was probably thirsty,

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.299
 but

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:02.860
 unless this passage

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:04.000
 is omitting that detail,

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.640
 the Samaritan woman

00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:06.600
 never actually gives

00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:07.500
 Jesus any water.

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:07.539
 water.

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.720
 That wasn't

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:11.160
 Jesus' primary purpose,

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.680
 to get water.

00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:15.819
 As a 19th century

00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.900
 Swiss theologian

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:18.079
 Frederick Louis Gaudet

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.519
 remarks,

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:20.400
 Jesus is not unaware

00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:21.579
 that the way

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.480
 to gain a soul

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.779
 is often to ask

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.819
 a service of it.

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:27.000
 Sometimes when

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.119
 we are in the position

00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:30.140
 of helping unbelievers,

00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:32.339
 a position of superiority,

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.039
 so to speak,

00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:35.119
 there can be

00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:36.259
 unexpected barriers

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.319
 to openness,

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.559
 to sharing the gospel.

00:18:39.199 --> 00:18:39.759
 But sometimes

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.339
 when we are actually

00:18:40.339 --> 00:18:41.139
 receiving help

00:18:41.139 --> 00:18:42.279
 in a position of weakness,

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.799
 that can open

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.779
 unexpected doors

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.419
 of conversation

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:46.000
 for the gospel.

00:18:46.159 --> 00:18:46.439
 And that is

00:18:46.439 --> 00:18:47.699
 what Jesus is doing.

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 This is not him

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 primarily wanting

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 some water.

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 Jesus' request

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 to the Samaritan woman

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 is a gracious overture.

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 It is an invitation.

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 And what an honor

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 it would have been

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 to be able to offer

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 Jesus water.

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 And though Jesus

00:19:05.780 --> 00:19:06.940
 was the one who asked,

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 give me a drink,

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 it's not ultimately

00:19:09.080 --> 00:19:09.860
 the Samaritan woman

00:19:09.860 --> 00:19:10.519
 that has something

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 to offer him.

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 Jesus is the one

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 who offers

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 the gift of God.

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 And even though

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 it is Jesus

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 who asked for water,

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 Jesus is the one

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 who can offer her

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 living water.

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 What's that?

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 Living water

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 can refer in a literal sense

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 to fresh running water

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 from the springs

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 in contrast to water

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 that's been stored up

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 and stagnant,

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 sitting in cisterns.

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 And so running water

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 was valuable in those days

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 because in some cases,

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 according to Jewish law,

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 for example,

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.119
 Leviticus 14,

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.019
 purification,

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 ritual purification

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:45.160
 required running water,

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 fresh water.

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 But the meaning

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 of the word,

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 the expression living water

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 goes even deeper than that

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 because sometimes

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 in the Old Testament,

00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.420
 the Lord God

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 describes himself

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:57.460
 as living water.

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 So God declares

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 in Jeremiah 2,

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.880
 verse 13,

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.440
 my people have committed

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.220
 two evils.

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 They have forsaken me,

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:08.579
 the fountain of living waters,

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 and hewed out cisterns

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 for themselves,

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.880
 broken cisterns

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 that can hold no water.

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 God says that he himself

00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:17.340
 is the fountain

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:18.279
 of living water.

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 He himself

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:21.240
 is the source of life,

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 an unending supply

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 of fresh running water,

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 but his people

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 have instead abandoned him.

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 and chosen instead

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 the stagnant water

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 of cisterns.

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 And not even cisterns

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.799
 that work,

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 broken cisterns

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 that can hold no water.

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 If God is the fountain

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 of living waters

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 and Jesus here

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:44.079
 offers the Samaritan woman

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.339
 living water,

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 you can make the connection.

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 What is Jesus claiming to be?

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:53.480
 He is making himself

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 out to be God.

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 He's assuming for himself

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 the prerogative

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 of God himself.

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 And this living water

00:21:00.580 --> 00:21:01.540
 that flows from

00:21:01.540 --> 00:21:02.420
 the fountain of God

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 is nothing less

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:04.860
 than the Holy Spirit himself.

00:21:06.280 --> 00:21:07.019
 Jesus had already

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.100
 connected these images

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:09.259
 of water and spirit

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.000
 in chapter 3,

00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:10.600
 verse 5,

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.840
 saying that unless one

00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.800
 is born of water

00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:13.740
 and of the spirit,

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.780
 he cannot enter

00:21:14.780 --> 00:21:15.580
 the kingdom of God.

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 And later in chapter 7,

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.660
 John makes this connection

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.580
 even more explicit.

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 He says,

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 Jesus stood up

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.940
 and cried out,

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 if anyone thirsts,

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.440
 let him come to me

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.059
 and drink.

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 Whoever believes in me,

00:21:26.820 --> 00:21:27.779
 as the scripture has said,

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 out of his heart

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.700
 will flow rivers

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:31.420
 of living water.

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.039
 Now this,

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:35.080
 he said about the spirit

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:37.120
 whom those who believe in him,

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.759
 believed in him,

00:21:37.820 --> 00:21:38.440
 were to receive.

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.680
 For as yet the spirit

00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:40.440
 had not been given

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.000
 because Jesus

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.299
 was not yet glorified.

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.080
 So the living water

00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:45.299
 that Jesus offers

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.519
 is the spirit

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.880
 of the living God.

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:49.540
 The thirst that Jesus

00:21:49.540 --> 00:21:50.960
 promises to quench here

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:53.000
 is not of a parched throat

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.160
 but that of a withered

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:55.120
 and dry soul.

00:21:57.260 --> 00:21:58.360
 The Samaritan woman,

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:58.680
 however,

00:21:58.780 --> 00:21:59.880
 doesn't quite catch on

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:01.040
 to all of this yet.

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.720
 She thinks that Jesus

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.280
 is speaking of literal water,

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.840
 H2O.

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.460
 And so she replies

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.840
 in verses 11 to 12,

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:09.880
 Sir,

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.360
 you have nothing

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:13.420
 to draw water with

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.300
 and the well is deep.

00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:15.980
 Where do you get

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.640
 this living water?

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.920
 Are you greater

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:19.100
 than our father Jacob?

00:22:21.020 --> 00:22:21.740
 She's saying,

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.140
 Jesus,

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.800
 you don't have any

00:22:23.800 --> 00:22:24.920
 equipment

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:27.320
 to draw water with.

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.600
 And by the way,

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:30.060
 this is the well of Sikhar,

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:31.440
 the very well that Jacob,

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.320
 the great patriarch,

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.340
 dug for his family

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:33.960
 and his descendants.

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:36.060
 You think you can provide

00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:37.160
 better water,

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.440
 better source of water

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.940
 than this?

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.560
 Do you really think

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.160
 that you're greater

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.180
 than our father Jacob?

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:46.620
 And Jesus' response,

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:48.000
 is an emphatic,

00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.080
 yes,

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.100
 yes,

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.520
 I am.

00:22:51.520 --> 00:22:53.080
 He says in verses 13 to 14,

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.300
 everyone who drinks

00:22:54.300 --> 00:22:54.920
 of this water

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.920
 will be thirsty again,

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.360
 but whoever drinks

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:57.920
 of the water

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:59.259
 that I will give him

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.940
 will never be thirsty again.

00:23:01.780 --> 00:23:03.440
 The water that I will give him

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.440
 will become in him

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.980
 a spring of water

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.500
 welling up

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:08.000
 to eternal life.

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 Have you guys ever

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:13.279
 reflected on this fact?

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:16.220
 No matter how much

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.579
 water you drink,

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.960
 it could be the hard

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.720
 tap water of Cambridge

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:28.380
 or the premium $5 water

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:29.420
 you get from your pharmacy.

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.240
 It doesn't matter

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.920
 how much you drink,

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.500
 you're going to get thirsty again.

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:39.960
 There's this cyclical aspect

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.480
 of life,

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.960
 a kind of futility,

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.680
 a transience,

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.319
 a vanity,

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.140
 and a striving

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.920
 after the wind,

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.920
 as the author

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.720
 of Ecclesiastes

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.259
 puts it.

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.920
 We eat,

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:56.599
 and then we get hungry again.

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:59.000
 The wind blows south,

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:01.500
 and then it blows north.

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:04.059
 The sun rises,

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.819
 and then it goes down again.

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.759
 People are born,

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:15.000
 and then people die.

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:20.440
 All streams flow to the sea,

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.920
 and yet it rains,

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:25.039
 and the streams flow again,

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:27.220
 and the ocean is never full.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.500
 Buildings are built,

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.200
 and then they are torn down,

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:33.119
 peace is won by war,

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:35.519
 and then peace is broken by war.

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:38.180
 The eye is not satisfied

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.740
 with seeing,

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:40.380
 nor the ear filled with hearing.

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.640
 What has been

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.640
 is what will be,

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:44.039
 and what has been

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:45.059
 has been done

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:47.319
 is what will be done,

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.079
 and there is nothing new

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.700
 under the sun.

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.259
 Ecclesiastes 1.8-9.

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.680
 People live to be remembered,

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:55.579
 but all are eventually forgotten,

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.980
 and yet Ecclesiastes 3.11 says,

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.000
 God has put eternity

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.980
 into man's heart,

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:03.019
 yet so that he cannot find out

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.279
 what God has done

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.519
 from the beginning to the end.

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:08.680
 The futility and vanity of life

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:10.920
 is frustrating and wearying.

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:13.279
 We feel that there's gotta be more

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.599
 to life than this cycle.

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.859
 That's what it means

00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:18.160
 to have eternity in our hearts.

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:20.000
 We feel that there's gotta be more than this,

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:21.480
 and yet we can't quite figure out

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:23.019
 what all this changing of seasons

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:25.039
 and cycles of life are all about.

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:27.079
 We can't quite figure out

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:28.180
 what God is up to

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.319
 outside of what God

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.700
 has revealed to us in Jesus.

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:34.019
 C.S. Lewis writes in his book,

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.700
 Mere Christianity,

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.119
 quote,

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:37.059
 Creatures are not born with desires

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:38.599
 unless satisfaction

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:40.039
 for those desires exists.

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.359
 A baby feels hunger,

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:44.259
 well, there is such a thing as food.

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:46.240
 A duckling wants to swim,

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.759
 well, there is such a thing as water.

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:49.759
 Men feel sexual desire,

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:51.299
 well, there is such a thing as sex.

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:53.619
 If I find in myself a desire

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:55.139
 which no experience in this world

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.819
 can satisfy,

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:57.619
 the most probable explanation

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:59.819
 is that I was made for another world.

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:03.700
 If none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it,

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.919
 that does not prove

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:06.359
 that the universe is a fraud.

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.799
 Probably, earthly pleasures

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.480
 were never meant to satisfy it,

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:12.240
 but only to arouse it,

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:15.659
 to suggest the real thing.

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:20.639
 Jesus is saying to the Samaritan woman,

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:24.220
 I am offering you the real thing

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:26.919
 that all the desires and pleasures

00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:28.859
 of life suggest and point to.

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:31.220
 I am not offering you water

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:33.599
 that will only temporarily satisfy you

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:35.579
 and your thirst

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:37.859
 and sustain you only for this temporal life.

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:39.599
 I am offering you living water

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:42.019
 that will give you eternal life.

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.339
 It will satisfy you forever.

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:47.559
 But the Samaritan

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:49.079
 misunderstands Jesus

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.220
 and thinks that he is offering

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.699
 some kind of miracle water

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.779
 that will never make you

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.879
 physically thirst again.

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.439
 And she says in verse 15,

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.699
 Sir, give me this water

00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.859
 so that I will not be thirsty

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.779
 or I have to come here

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.500
 to draw water.

00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:02.079
 And we are too often

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.159
 like this Samaritan woman.

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.859
 We settle for less

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:07.000
 than what Christ offers us.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:12.299
 I am going to quote C.S. Lewis again,

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.980
 this time from a different essay

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.200
 called The Weight of Glory.

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.680
 He writes,

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:18.339
 If we consider the unblushing promises

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.980
 of reward

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.099
 and the staggering nature

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.240
 of the rewards promised

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.099
 in the Gospels,

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.720
 it would seem that our Lord

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.700
 finds our desires

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:26.759
 not too strong but too weak.

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.400
 We are half-hearted creatures

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.900
 fooling about with drink

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:32.380
 and sex and ambition

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:34.960
 when infinite joy is offered us.

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:37.019
 Like an ignorant child

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.180
 who wants to go on

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:40.059
 making mud pies in a slum

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.779
 because he cannot imagine

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.480
 what is meant

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:44.920
 by the offer of a holiday at the sea.

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:48.620
 We are far too easily pleased.

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:54.059
 Have you settled for the wearying cycle

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:55.380
 of thirst and drink?

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.980
 Thirst and drink.

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.759
 Thirst and drink.

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:01.220
 Earn and spend.

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.680
 Earn and spend.

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.579
 Earn and spend.

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:07.319
 Work and rest.

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.680
 Work and rest.

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.799
 Work and rest.

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.559
 And ultimately,

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:12.840
 birth and death.

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.720
 As if that's all there is to life.

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.940
 Jesus offers you living water.

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:25.259
 Imperishable wealth.

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.700
 Everlasting rest.

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.740
 Eternal life.

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:32.599
 Jesus offers you a relationship,

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:35.519
 communion with the triune God

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.799
 who has life in himself.

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.779
 If you're not yet a follower of Jesus

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.220
 and you do not have the spirit

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.740
 of the living God indwelling you,

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.120
 then this very day,

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.079
 Jesus offers you the same thing

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:48.400
 he offered to the Samaritan woman.

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.960
 Whoever drinks of this water

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:52.059
 that I will give him

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.660
 will never be thirsty again.

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:57.680
 The water that I will give him

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.700
 will become in him

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.880
 a spring of water

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.480
 welling up to eternal life.

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:03.640
 Will you take his cup?

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:08.040
 Prophet Isaiah spoke of a time

00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:08.900
 when God's people

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.720
 will draw water

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.200
 from the wells of salvation

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.440
 when they will not hunger

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.519
 or thirst anymore.

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:16.619
 And God had invited his people

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:18.000
 in Isaiah 55,

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.519
 come everyone who thirsts,

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.359
 come to the waters

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:23.379
 that your soul may live.

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:25.920
 And that day has come in Jesus.

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:28.279
 He's a fulfillment of that promise.

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.359
 So if you feel that there's more

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.500
 to life than this,

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.759
 come to Jesus

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.180
 and drink of his living water.

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.599
 Receive his spirit

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.299
 that you may live.

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.200
 Because the Samaritan woman

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.740
 still doesn't quite get it.

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.980
 Jesus takes a slightly

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.759
 different approach.

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.400
 In verse 16,

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.220
 he says to her,

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.180
 okay, go.

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.180
 Call your husband.

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.200
 Then come back.

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.259
 But the woman responds,

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.940
 I have no husband.

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.340
 And Jesus,

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.319
 who already knew this,

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.039
 answers her,

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.860
 you are right in saying

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.740
 I have no husband.

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:08.580
 For you have had five husbands.

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.640
 And the one you now have

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.759
 is not your husband.

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.680
 What you said

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:14.220
 what you have said is true.

00:30:16.060 --> 00:30:18.900
 That got awkward really fast.

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.279
 Jesus is,

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.299
 his insight into this woman's

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.840
 relational history

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:29.400
 touches her right to the core,

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.259
 which is why later

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.240
 she goes back to town

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.620
 and says,

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.580
 come see a man

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:34.480
 who told me all that I ever did.

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.400
 At this moment,

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.480
 she's awestruck

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.940
 and she manages

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:41.380
 to stammer this response.

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.180
 Sir,

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.240
 sir,

00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:43.220
 I perceive that

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.980
 you are a prophet.

00:30:44.760 --> 00:30:45.160
 Yes.

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.980
 And with her

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.400
 checkered past

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.960
 and her ongoing sins

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.740
 exposed,

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.180
 she abruptly

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:53.400
 diverts attention

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:55.200
 away from herself

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.720
 into this religious question

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.820
 that reestablishes

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.300
 the distance

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:59.780
 between Jesus the Jew

00:30:59.780 --> 00:31:01.080
 and her the Samaritan.

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.660
 She says,

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.820
 our fathers worshipped

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.560
 on this mountain,

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.240
 but you say

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.980
 that in Jerusalem

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.880
 is a place

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.880
 where people ought to worship.

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:09.660
 Now some of the details

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.200
 of the narrative

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.960
 begin to fall into place.

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:13.040
 Now that makes sense.

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:15.300
 Not only is this woman

00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:16.380
 a woman of Samaria,

00:31:16.540 --> 00:31:18.100
 she is also promiscuous.

00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.720
 Verse 6 told us

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.560
 that this woman

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.800
 came to draw water

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:26.120
 at about the sixth hour.

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:29.219
 The Jews count their hours

00:31:29.219 --> 00:31:30.619
 from sunrise

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:32.019
 and so the sixth hour

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.519
 would be about noon

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.599
 when the sun

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.759
 is at its highest point

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.359
 where the heat

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.539
 is its strongest,

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.779
 especially in this

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.679
 Middle Eastern desert.

00:31:40.979 --> 00:31:42.119
 Why in the world

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:43.059
 would a woman

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:44.959
 who comes to draw water

00:31:44.959 --> 00:31:45.500
 from the well

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:47.059
 come at the hottest

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:48.059
 point of the day

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.839
 to do a work

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:51.059
 that is labor intensive,

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.399
 carrying heavy jugs

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.820
 of water.

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.740
 And women also

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.700
 usually traveled

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.820
 in groups

00:31:56.820 --> 00:31:59.500
 for company

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.140
 and for the sake

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.840
 of security.

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.560
 We see examples

00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:04.040
 in Genesis 24-11.

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.200
 It says that evening

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:06.100
 was a time

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.820
 when women,

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:07.280
 plural,

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.820
 go out to draw water.

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.460
 So everything is off

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.220
 about this picture.

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:12.580
 This woman is going alone

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.780
 to draw water

00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.800
 and she is going

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.259
 at a time

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.920
 when no one else

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.380
 would go.

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.580
 She is intentionally

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.660
 avoiding company.

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:23.440
 She is a social outcast.

00:32:27.040 --> 00:32:28.000
 John includes

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.980
 these details

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.840
 intentionally.

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:32.380
 Because of her

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.300
 sexual history,

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.180
 because of her

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:35.420
 failed marriages,

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.940
 since she has had

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.860
 five husbands

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:39.120
 and is now

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:40.480
 cohabiting with a man

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.759
 who is not her husband,

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.519
 this woman's sin,

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:46.120
 her past was no secret

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:47.300
 and her sin

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:49.060
 was not a respectable kind.

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:52.480
 She was what some people

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.440
 nowadays would call

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.480
 a slut,

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:57.980
 a home wrecker,

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:01.040
 a sexually available woman

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:02.320
 that men can have

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:03.820
 without the responsibilities

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.720
 and obligations

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.440
 of the covenant

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.000
 of marriage,

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.360
 a threat

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:11.080
 to other women's

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.640
 families

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:13.100
 and marriages.

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.820
 And not only that,

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.980
 this woman is a heretic.

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:19.720
 she worships

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.539
 on the wrong mountain.

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.539
 Jesus corrects her

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.059
 very clearly

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.860
 in verse 22

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.620
 that it is Jews

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.920
 who know God.

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.960
 Remember what I said

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.539
 to you earlier

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.440
 from verse 4

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:32.120
 that Jesus had to pass

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.920
 through Samaria.

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.500
 Divine necessity.

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:38.099
 Jesus had a divinely

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.980
 made appointment

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.779
 here,

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.660
 a divinely ordained

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:43.019
 mission to fulfill

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.799
 here.

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.960
 It must be some

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:46.380
 very important work.

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.900
 It must be some

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.880
 very important person

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:51.240
 and it's her.

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:56.700
 It's a woman,

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:59.440
 a Samaritan woman,

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.880
 a promiscuous

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:03.700
 Samaritan woman,

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.380
 a heretical,

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.880
 promiscuous

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:08.699
 Samaritan woman.

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:11.319
 Jesus had to

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:13.299
 pass through Samaria

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:15.099
 so that he could

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.639
 meet her,

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.859
 so that he could

00:34:16.859 --> 00:34:17.919
 tell her about

00:34:17.919 --> 00:34:18.460
 the gospel,

00:34:18.919 --> 00:34:19.339
 so that he could

00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:20.639
 tell her that he

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.399
 is the Messiah,

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.259
 so that he could

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:23.319
 tell her to go

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.939
 into town

00:34:23.939 --> 00:34:25.119
 and tell the whole

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.239
 town about him,

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.219
 so that he could

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:28.379
 make a worshiper,

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.539
 a true worshiper

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.739
 out of her.

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.799
 This is the grace

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.699
 and mercy of our

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:36.919
 king.

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:42.579
 Maybe you too

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.339
 are a man

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:44.319
 or woman

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.599
 with a past.

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.799
 Maybe you,

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.219
 maybe you've been

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.759
 a heretic,

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.259
 a blasphemer,

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.119
 believing wrong

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.059
 things about God.

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:56.339
 Maybe you haven't

00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.119
 worshipped God

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.139
 or have had

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.859
 anything to do

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.259
 with God

00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:01.239
 for many years.

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:04.239
 But if you are

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:05.179
 hearing this sermon

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.539
 right now,

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.159
 if you're sitting

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.419
 here right now,

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.700
 Jesus has an

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.400
 appointment with

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.659
 you,

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:13.860
 he wants to

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.880
 replace your

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:16.159
 mud pies in a

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:17.139
 slum with a

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.960
 holiday at the

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.240
 sea.

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.099
 He wants to

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.139
 satisfy you with

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:23.420
 living water,

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.240
 that you might

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.159
 have life more

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.800
 abundantly,

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:26.780
 that you might

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.559
 have eternal

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.119
 life.

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:31.839
 Jesus says,

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.579
 you too can

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.539
 be the true

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.119
 worshiper of

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.400
 God.

00:35:36.359 --> 00:35:37.199
 But how?

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.920
 Jesus directs

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.799
 our focus back

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.679
 to himself and

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.219
 to the promise

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.659
 he has made.

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.099
 He says in

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.839
 verses 20 to

00:35:45.839 --> 00:35:46.319
 24,

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.079
 woman,

00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:48.659
 believe me,

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.319
 the hour is

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.880
 coming when

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.639
 neither on this

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.679
 mountain nor in

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.420
 Jerusalem will you

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.900
 worship the

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.239
 Father.

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.599
 The hour is

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.339
 coming and is

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:57.780
 now here when

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.079
 the true

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.740
 worshippers will

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.260
 worship the

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.079
 Father in spirit

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.780
 and truth.

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.960
 For the Father is

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.920
 seeking such people

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.680
 to worship him.

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.500
 God is spirit and

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.160
 those who worship

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:06.880
 him must worship

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.880
 in spirit and

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.420
 truth.

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.500
 Jesus announces a

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.620
 new age that

00:36:12.620 --> 00:36:13.760
 will soon obliterate

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.500
 the debate about

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.960
 the proper location

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.660
 for worship.

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.900
 He says in

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.500
 verse 21,

00:36:18.620 --> 00:36:19.240
 the hour is

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:19.800
 coming when

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.559
 neither on this

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.200
 mountain nor in

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.019
 Jerusalem will you

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.680
 worship the

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:22.940
 Father.

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.099
 Father,

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.780
 that pronoun

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.820
 you is plural

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.820
 indicating it

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.599
 includes all

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.380
 Samaritans.

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.700
 So Jesus is

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.460
 here saying that

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.320
 the time is

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.039
 here when even

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:32.139
 the Samaritans

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:33.240
 will truly

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:34.300
 worship the

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.679
 Father.

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.860
 That day is

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.200
 here,

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.980
 the hour is

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.559
 here when the

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.760
 privileged position

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.579
 of the Jews in

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.179
 God's saving

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:42.340
 plan is

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:44.079
 fulfilled and

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.599
 brought to an

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.880
 end.

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.380
 Jesus says that

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.220
 that hour is

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:49.039
 coming and is

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.059
 now here because

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.000
 Jesus is the

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.639
 one who brings

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.159
 that hour.

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.559
 It's kind of an

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.320
 oxymoron, right?

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:56.019
 It's coming but

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.280
 it's already here.

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.740
 It's like the

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.480
 new age has

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.740
 decisively dawned

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.200
 and you already

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.179
 see the sun

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:02.860
 gleaming on the

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:04.780
 horizon, glowing

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:06.039
 orange and red.

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.200
 The sun is already

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:08.880
 here but it's also

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.320
 coming.

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.880
 It's still rising

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.519
 in its fullness.

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:15.400
 Jesus brings about

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.300
 this new age through

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.400
 his life, death,

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.179
 and resurrection.

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.440
 And with his

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.280
 arrival, the hour

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:21.920
 glass has been

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.519
 turned over.

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:25.300
 The hour is here

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:26.179
 and it's coming

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.760
 in its fullness.

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:30.079
 In this new age,

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.480
 the true

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.119
 worshipers will not

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.079
 be Jews or

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:34.240
 Samaritans but all

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.980
 who worship the

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.800
 Father in spirit and

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.079
 truth.

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.159
 And the reason for

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.139
 that is that God is

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.420
 spirit.

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:41.039
 What does that

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.280
 mean?

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.720
 It means that God

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:44.880
 is not confined to

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.920
 space, time,

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:47.619
 existence like we

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:49.280
 are because he is

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.240
 spirit and not

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.700
 flesh.

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:52.359
 imagine that you

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:53.000
 had a meeting

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.879
 scheduled with me

00:37:53.879 --> 00:37:55.679
 and I'm waiting

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:57.039
 for you on my

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.219
 computer on Zoom

00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:00.019
 and you are

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.960
 waiting for me

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:02.299
 at my co-working

00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:02.759
 space.

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.980
 If one person is

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.879
 virtual while the

00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:07.699
 other person is in

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.419
 person, that meeting

00:38:08.419 --> 00:38:09.039
 will not happen.

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:12.019
 This is obviously an

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:13.059
 imperfect analogy

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.759
 because the

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.539
 spiritual world is

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.779
 even more real than

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.719
 our physical world.

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:18.419
 But God is spirit.

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.719
 So those who

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.699
 worship the Father

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.959
 must do so in

00:38:21.959 --> 00:38:23.059
 spirit and truth.

00:38:23.959 --> 00:38:25.119
 This really should

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:26.019
 be translated as

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.879
 worship the Father

00:38:26.879 --> 00:38:29.359
 in the spirit and

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:30.539
 the truth.

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:32.039
 There is no

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:33.199
 definite article here

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:35.480
 but in Greek it's

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.439
 common to leave off

00:38:36.439 --> 00:38:37.319
 the definite article

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:38.559
 when it's governed by

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.199
 a preposition.

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.679
 And a similar

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.559
 phrase in John 3,

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.699
 5 is translated with

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.439
 the definite article

00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:44.239
 even though it's not

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:44.500
 there.

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.000
 In John 3,

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.859
 5 it's unless one

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.620
 is born of water

00:38:46.620 --> 00:38:47.920
 and the spirit.

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.940
 He cannot enter

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.880
 the kingdom of God.

00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:51.680
 So it's referring

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:53.880
 to not our spirit,

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:55.099
 it's referring to

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.940
 the spirit,

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.660
 the Holy Spirit

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.980
 whom Jesus gives,

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.980
 God's very presence.

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:01.079
 The true worshipers

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.760
 worship the Father

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:03.320
 in the truth also.

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.920
 And we also know

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.740
 from the context of

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.700
 John what that

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:07.620
 truth is.

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:09.720
 Christ's true identity

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.780
 is the question,

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.820
 the major focus of

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.579
 the Gospel of John

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.400
 all throughout.

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.500
 And Jesus is

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.320
 described throughout

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.160
 the Gospel as

00:39:16.160 --> 00:39:17.600
 the true bread,

00:39:18.100 --> 00:39:19.320
 the true shepherd,

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.800
 the true son,

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:22.120
 the true resurrection

00:39:22.120 --> 00:39:22.760
 and the life,

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:24.240
 the true vine.

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.039
 And later in

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.760
 John 14,

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.260
 verse 6,

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:28.620
 Jesus explicitly says,

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.860
 I am the way

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:31.820
 and the truth

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:33.519
 and the life.

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.580
 No one comes

00:39:34.580 --> 00:39:35.180
 to the Father

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:36.180
 except through me.

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.600
 So to worship

00:39:37.600 --> 00:39:38.400
 the Father

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.820
 in the spirit

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.800
 and the truth

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.940
 is to worship

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:43.900
 Him by the means

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.740
 of Jesus

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:46.360
 through faith

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:47.500
 in Jesus,

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.460
 in union

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:49.380
 and communion

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:50.860
 with Jesus,

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:53.119
 in the spirit,

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.519
 in Jesus.

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.440
 So our worship

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.260
 is Trinitarian.

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:59.760
 When we gather,

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.500
 and this is a

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.320
 staggering reality,

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.099
 when we gather

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:03.000
 for worship

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:04.200
 in the name

00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:05.440
 of God's Son,

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:06.539
 Jesus Christ,

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:08.200
 God Himself

00:40:08.200 --> 00:40:09.559
 is present

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.719
 in His spirit.

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:15.360
 We worship Him

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.440
 in spirit and truth.

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.659
 We're not just

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.599
 listening to a sermon

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:21.299
 or singing some songs

00:40:21.299 --> 00:40:21.980
 or carols

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:23.380
 and saying some prayers.

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.820
 No, we are listening

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:25.920
 to God

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:27.320
 speak from His word.

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:29.519
 We're listening to Him

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.759
 and we're praising Him

00:40:30.759 --> 00:40:31.320
 in return,

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:33.380
 singing His praises,

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.219
 adoring Him,

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.799
 and we are pleading

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:36.779
 with God

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:38.059
 directly in our prayers.

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:39.460
 God is here.

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.199
 We're gathering

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:41.960
 in the very throne room

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.519
 of God

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.179
 when we gather

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.599
 in His name

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.219
 and that's why

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:45.119
 it is such a privilege.

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.360
 We worship Him

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:47.960
 in the spirit

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.719
 and in the truth.

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:52.119
 But how can we,

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:52.599
 sinners

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.779
 and rebels,

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.779
 enjoy this kind

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.820
 of staggering privilege?

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:01.039
 Early in chapter 2,

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:02.480
 Jesus referred to His body

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:03.539
 as the temple of God

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.860
 and He said,

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:06.039
 destroy this temple

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:07.000
 and I will raise it

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.659
 in three days.

00:41:08.759 --> 00:41:09.539
 He was predicting

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.199
 His death

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.960
 and His resurrection

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:12.199
 on the third day.

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:14.900
 Jesus had to die

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.460
 on the cross

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.079
 for our sins

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:18.159
 because we had defiled

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:19.159
 the temple of God.

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:21.179
 We had adulterated

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.900
 His worship.

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:23.659
 Instead of living for God,

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.900
 we have lived for ourselves

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:26.099
 in a sinful rebellion.

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.820
 We have worshipped

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.880
 false gods

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.860
 and we have worshipped

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:30.179
 the true God falsely.

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.840
 We have been unfaithful

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.239
 to Him

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:33.179
 by whoring after

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.739
 the desires

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:34.739
 of our sinful flesh.

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:36.699
 And that's why

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.639
 Jesus came

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:38.539
 as the Lamb of God

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.119
 who takes away

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.839
 the sin of the world

00:41:39.839 --> 00:41:40.599
 as we talked about

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:41.319
 two weeks ago

00:41:41.319 --> 00:41:43.739
 to make atonement

00:41:43.739 --> 00:41:44.579
 for our sins

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.739
 as the ultimate

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:47.399
 once and for all sacrifice.

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:49.639
 And it's by His death

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.199
 and resurrection

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:52.159
 that Jesus wins for us

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:53.019
 the gift of God,

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:54.359
 the very spirit

00:41:54.359 --> 00:41:55.259
 of the living God.

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:57.739
 And so in John 1934,

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.979
 after Jesus' death,

00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:00.059
 when a Roman soldier

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:01.279
 pierces his side

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:01.960
 with the spear,

00:42:02.660 --> 00:42:04.160
 John specifically notes

00:42:04.160 --> 00:42:04.820
 that at once

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.620
 there came out

00:42:05.620 --> 00:42:07.380
 blood and water.

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:10.640
 The blood of Jesus

00:42:10.640 --> 00:42:12.519
 that pours from His body

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:14.180
 is the blood

00:42:14.180 --> 00:42:15.380
 that cleanses us

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.420
 from our sin.

00:42:16.660 --> 00:42:17.920
 It's the atoning blood

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:19.040
 of the Lamb of God.

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.540
 And likewise,

00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:22.200
 the water

00:42:22.200 --> 00:42:23.420
 that pours out

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.480
 from Jesus' side

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.540
 represents the living water,

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:28.519
 the spirit of God

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:30.340
 who rinses us

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:31.380
 and revives us

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:32.340
 and renews us

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:33.700
 and regenerates us.

00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:36.460
 It's when we repent

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:36.980
 of our sins

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.820
 and believe in Jesus

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:39.140
 that we are born again

00:42:39.140 --> 00:42:40.400
 into this family of God

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:41.840
 by the Holy Spirit

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:43.260
 and by the blood of Jesus.

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.820
 Zechariah 14.8

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.660
 prophesied

00:42:49.660 --> 00:42:50.800
 of a day

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:51.700
 when the Lord God

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:52.240
 will come

00:42:52.240 --> 00:42:53.579
 to redeem His people

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:54.660
 and He said

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:55.680
 that on that day

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:57.260
 living waters

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:58.180
 shall flow

00:42:58.180 --> 00:42:59.059
 out of Jerusalem.

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:01.800
 Whenever the Bible

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:03.380
 describes a temple,

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.740
 the dwelling place

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:05.480
 of God in Scripture,

00:43:05.660 --> 00:43:06.440
 whether it's the Garden

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.360
 of Eden at the beginning

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:08.780
 or the new temple

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.180
 of God

00:43:09.180 --> 00:43:10.000
 in the New Jerusalem

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:11.620
 at the end

00:43:11.620 --> 00:43:12.579
 in Ezekiel

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.220
 in Revelation,

00:43:14.140 --> 00:43:15.140
 there's always

00:43:15.140 --> 00:43:16.260
 water,

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.559
 living water

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:18.620
 flowing from that temple.

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:21.400
 And so it is no wonder

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:22.460
 then that now Jesus,

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.539
 the new temple

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.079
 of God,

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:27.640
 flows with living water

00:43:27.640 --> 00:43:28.460
 of the Holy Spirit

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.480
 who gives us

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.199
 eternal life.

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:34.300
 Now by this point

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:35.099
 of the conversation,

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.179
 the Samaritan woman

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:36.940
 gets the drift

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:38.119
 of what Jesus is saying

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:39.260
 and she concludes

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:40.280
 that the only person

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:41.260
 who could decisively

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:41.960
 bring about

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:43.220
 such a spiritual revolution

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:45.059
 is the long-awaited Messiah.

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:47.679
 She says to Jesus

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:48.720
 in verse 25,

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:50.579
 I know that Messiah

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:51.220
 is coming,

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:53.260
 He who is called Christ.

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.599
 When He comes,

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:55.380
 He will tell us

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.159
 all things.

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:57.940
 and Jesus responds,

00:43:59.059 --> 00:44:00.940
 I who speak to you

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:02.139
 am He.

00:44:04.299 --> 00:44:05.299
 The Samaritan woman

00:44:05.299 --> 00:44:06.519
 finally realizes

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.839
 the gift of God

00:44:07.839 --> 00:44:08.559
 and who it is

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:09.399
 that is saying to her,

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.559
 give me a drink.

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:11.859
 And so He says

00:44:11.859 --> 00:44:12.460
 in verse 28

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:13.460
 that she leaves

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.259
 her water jar

00:44:14.259 --> 00:44:15.500
 there at the well

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:17.099
 and she goes back

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.599
 into town

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.339
 to tell people,

00:44:18.799 --> 00:44:19.779
 come see a man

00:44:19.779 --> 00:44:20.339
 who told me

00:44:20.339 --> 00:44:21.500
 all that I ever did.

00:44:21.839 --> 00:44:23.739
 Can this be the Christ?

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:23.839
 Christ,

00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:25.679
 because she has found

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.179
 the fountain

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:26.939
 of living water.

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:29.019
 Christ,

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:30.159
 as I've mentioned before,

00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:31.439
 is the messianic title

00:44:31.439 --> 00:44:32.939
 that means anointed one

00:44:32.939 --> 00:44:34.519
 because back in the day,

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.679
 kings were anointed

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:36.259
 with oil

00:44:36.259 --> 00:44:37.199
 and consecrated

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:38.119
 for service to God.

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:41.279
 But Jesus was not anointed

00:44:41.279 --> 00:44:42.399
 with ordinary oil.

00:44:43.459 --> 00:44:44.939
 He says in Acts 10, 38

00:44:44.939 --> 00:44:46.519
 that Jesus was anointed

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.519
 with the Holy Spirit.

00:44:48.839 --> 00:44:49.500
 So at the beginning

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:50.259
 of His ministry,

00:44:50.479 --> 00:44:50.739
 Jesus,

00:44:50.739 --> 00:44:52.219
 in Luke 4,

00:44:52.339 --> 00:44:53.819
 Jesus cites Isaiah 61

00:44:53.819 --> 00:44:54.979
 and says that He has fulfilled

00:44:54.979 --> 00:44:55.559
 the prophecy

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.779
 that the Spirit of the Lord

00:44:56.779 --> 00:44:57.379
 is on me

00:44:57.379 --> 00:44:59.000
 because He has anointed me

00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:00.339
 to proclaim good news

00:45:00.339 --> 00:45:00.939
 to the poor.

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.679
 Jesus,

00:45:02.959 --> 00:45:03.459
 the King,

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.359
 Christ the King,

00:45:04.419 --> 00:45:04.919
 who is anointed

00:45:04.919 --> 00:45:05.939
 with the Holy Spirit,

00:45:06.359 --> 00:45:07.819
 now shares that anointing

00:45:07.819 --> 00:45:08.619
 of the Holy Spirit

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:09.819
 with all of God's people,

00:45:09.959 --> 00:45:11.059
 Jews and Samaritans,

00:45:11.439 --> 00:45:12.199
 man and woman,

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:13.579
 slave and free,

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:15.399
 after His death

00:45:15.399 --> 00:45:16.119
 and resurrection

00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:16.799
 and ascension.

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.779
 Do you know this King?

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:26.039
 My King brings order

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:27.079
 into the chaos

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:28.179
 and confusion

00:45:28.179 --> 00:45:29.099
 of this sinful world.

00:45:30.779 --> 00:45:32.099
 Do you know this King?

00:45:32.779 --> 00:45:33.819
 He brings us

00:45:33.819 --> 00:45:35.239
 into fellowship

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:36.559
 with the living God

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.899
 and enables us

00:45:37.899 --> 00:45:38.719
 to worship Him

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:39.679
 in spirit and truth.

00:45:40.319 --> 00:45:41.379
 He brings light

00:45:41.379 --> 00:45:42.839
 into this dark world

00:45:42.839 --> 00:45:43.579
 and shows us

00:45:43.579 --> 00:45:44.399
 the way to live.

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.539
 He gives us

00:45:45.539 --> 00:45:46.619
 the eternal life,

00:45:46.819 --> 00:45:47.559
 spiritual life,

00:45:47.919 --> 00:45:48.500
 and promises

00:45:48.500 --> 00:45:49.519
 resurrection life

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.399
 in His second coming.

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:52.879
 Instead of coming

00:45:52.879 --> 00:45:53.859
 to condemn the world,

00:45:53.919 --> 00:45:55.259
 He comes to save the world.

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:59.039
 My King deserved

00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:00.359
 more than anyone else

00:46:00.359 --> 00:46:02.019
 in the whole world

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.759
 to be carried

00:46:02.759 --> 00:46:03.639
 on a soft,

00:46:04.319 --> 00:46:05.439
 luxurious carriage

00:46:05.439 --> 00:46:06.439
 so that His feet

00:46:06.439 --> 00:46:07.159
 never touched

00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:07.919
 the bare earth.

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:11.099
 but instead He carried

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:12.019
 His own cross

00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:14.800
 on this lonely path

00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:15.400
 to Calvary.

00:46:18.200 --> 00:46:19.300
 My King deserved

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:20.300
 more than anyone else

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:21.059
 in human history

00:46:21.059 --> 00:46:22.480
 to be seated

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:23.760
 on the most regal

00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:24.780
 and grand

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:25.900
 and golden throne

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:26.380
 of them all

00:46:26.380 --> 00:46:26.980
 but instead

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:27.960
 His throne was

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:29.400
 a wooden cross,

00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:31.500
 the cursed cross

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:32.800
 upon which He was hung.

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:37.060
 My King deserved

00:46:37.060 --> 00:46:38.260
 more than anyone else

00:46:38.260 --> 00:46:39.840
 to wear the most

00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:40.460
 bejeweled,

00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:42.360
 bespeckled crown

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:42.900
 of them all

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:45.980
 and instead

00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:46.760
 He wore a crown

00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:47.260
 of thorns.

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:52.320
 He deserved

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:52.900
 to be served

00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:54.220
 but He came

00:46:54.220 --> 00:46:55.120
 not to be served

00:46:55.120 --> 00:46:56.400
 but to serve

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:58.480
 and to this day

00:46:58.480 --> 00:47:00.220
 our King

00:47:00.220 --> 00:47:01.480
 proclaims good news

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:01.940
 to the poor

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.380
 and liberty

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:03.300
 to the captives.

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:05.460
 He approaches

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:06.460
 the ostracized,

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:07.340
 the promiscuous,

00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:08.119
 the sordid

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.860
 and despised

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:10.119
 and He pours out

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:10.720
 His love,

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:12.079
 His atoning blood

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:14.019
 and His anointing water

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:15.300
 to set us apart

00:47:15.300 --> 00:47:15.860
 for Himself.

00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:19.099
 Will you follow

00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:19.539
 this King?

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:23.019
 Will you pledge

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:23.420
 allegiance

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:24.019
 to this King?

00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:26.380
 Will you lay down

00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:27.000
 your life

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:27.740
 for this King?

00:47:31.740 --> 00:47:32.619
 He is worthy

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:33.099
 of it all.

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:34.180
 Let's pray.

00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:42.380
 Lord,

00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:43.340
 that is our

00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:47.059
 greatest boast,

00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:49.019
 our greatest

00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:50.300
 flex

00:47:50.300 --> 00:47:55.260
 that we can point

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:57.260
 to the cross.

00:47:57.620 --> 00:47:58.360
 We can point

00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:59.320
 to the empty tomb.

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.680
 That we can point

00:48:00.680 --> 00:48:01.880
 to Jesus

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:03.500
 and say

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:04.440
 that

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:05.520
 is our

00:48:05.520 --> 00:48:06.260
 King.

00:48:08.820 --> 00:48:09.380
 That

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:10.400
 is my

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:11.220
 King.

00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:23.039
 thank you for

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:23.299
 coming,

00:48:23.299 --> 00:48:23.799
 Lord Jesus.

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:27.639
 Thank you for your

00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:28.000
 love,

00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:29.399
 for your

00:48:29.399 --> 00:48:29.879
 salvation.

00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:34.239
 Reveal yourself

00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:35.239
 to us more

00:48:35.239 --> 00:48:35.980
 and more.

00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:37.739
 Reveal yourself

00:48:37.739 --> 00:48:38.480
 to our neighbors,

00:48:38.899 --> 00:48:39.419
 our families,

00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:40.039
 our friends.

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:45.480
 So that

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:45.980
 every

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:46.840
 tongue

00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:47.480
 confesses

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:48.180
 that you are

00:48:48.180 --> 00:48:49.700
 Lord.

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:51.720
 So that

00:48:51.720 --> 00:48:52.300
 every knee

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:53.320
 bows before you.

00:48:55.320 --> 00:48:56.400
 We worship you.

00:48:56.400 --> 00:49:06.440
 in your

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:06.820
 name we

00:49:06.820 --> 00:49:06.980
 pray.

00:49:07.720 --> 00:49:08.119
 Amen.

00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:08.219
 Amen.