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 Please open up your Bibles this morning to the book of John, and we will be in chapter 4 this morning.

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 We're going to read the story of the woman of Samaria.

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 So it's going to be John chapter 4, verse 1, all the way through verse 42.

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 If you would, follow with me as I read.

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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,

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 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 who is called Christ.

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 When He comes, He will tell us all things.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I who speak to you am He.

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 Just then His disciples came back.

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 They marveled that He was talking with a woman,

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 but no one said,

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 What do you seek?

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 Or why are you talking with her?

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 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,

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 Come, 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 and were coming to Him.

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 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Him, saying,

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 Rabbi, eat.

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 But He said to them,

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 I have food to eat that you do not know about.

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 So the disciples said to one another,

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 Has anyone brought Him something to eat?

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 Jesus said to them,

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 My food is to do the will of Him who sent me,

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 and to accomplish His work.

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 Do you not say,

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 There are yet four months,

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 then comes the harvest?

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 Look, I tell you,

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 Lift up your eyes and see

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 that the fields are white for harvest.

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 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages

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 and gathering fruit for eternal life,

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 so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

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 For here the saying holds true,

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 One sows and another reaps.

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 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor.

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 Others have labored,

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 and you have entered into their labor.

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 Many Samaritans from that town believed in Him

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 because of the woman's testimony.

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 He told me all that I ever did.

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 So when the Samaritans came to Him,

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 they asked Him to stay with them,

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 and He stayed there two days.

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 And many more believed because of His word.

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 They said to the woman,

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 It is no longer because of what you said that we believe,

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 for we have heard for ourselves,

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 and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.

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 This is God's word.

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 Let's bow once more.

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 Lord, what a beautiful story.

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 Powerful.

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 We pray now that you would open our eyes and ears to understand it,

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 and to respond to it as you would desire us to.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 There are two crucial questions that everyone in the world ought to know the answer to.

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 Who is Jesus?

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 And what did He come into the world to do?

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 Who is Jesus?

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 And what did He come to do?

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 Last week, we closed out chapter 3 with four ways that Jesus Christ is distinct from every other individual on the planet,

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 every other man, every other religious figure.

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 So we saw that Christ alone is distinct in His supremacy.

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 He is distinct in sight and speech.

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 He is distinct in His measure of the Spirit.

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 He is distinct in His sonship.

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 And all of this together, we saw that it tells us that this man, Jesus, is not another teacher.

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 He is the Son of God in the flesh.

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 As we see what we just read in the story with the Samaritan woman this morning,

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 Jesus Christ is the Messiah.

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 So last week, we saw very clearly who Jesus is.

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 This morning, as we see this incredible encounter with the Messiah and this woman from Samaria,

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 the sinful, rejected woman, we see why Jesus has come.

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 Why Jesus has come.

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 See, Jesus Christ is a man on a mission.

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 He has come with purpose.

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 Jesus Christ came to magnify the glory of God.

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 This was His primary mission in coming to earth as the Messiah.

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 His mission is our mission.

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 So we're going to see this in five ways this morning.

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 Five reasons the Messiah has come.

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 This will be our outline this morning if you're taking notes.

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 Five reasons the Messiah has come.

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 First, Jesus Christ has come submitting to the plan of God.

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 Jesus has come submitting to the plan of God.

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 Look there to verse 1, chapter 4.

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 It says,

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 When Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that He 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 didn't stick around.

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 He wasn't chasing after their approval or popularity or their influence.

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 He didn't stick around.

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 He was on a mission.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 He left Judea and departed again for Galilee.

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 And what does it say?

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 It says,

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 He had to pass through Samaria.

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 Now this phrase is very, very interesting.

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 He had to pass through Samaria.

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 Why?

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 Of course, this was geographically the quickest route.

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 I use maps on my phone anytime I want to go anywhere.

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 I can't get anywhere without it.

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 And always I click the quickest route available.

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 I want to get there as soon as possible.

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 Well, geographically, the quickest route from Judea in the south to Galilee in the north

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 was a straight path that took you right through Samaria in the middle.

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 And some took that path, the direct route.

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 But you didn't have to.

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 In fact, many Jews did not go the quickest route.

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 If you were a strict Jew, they put into their maps the setting,

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 Avoid All Samaritans.

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 So they would go from the south.

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 And instead of going straight up through Samaria,

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 they would go around, cross over the Jordan River,

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 avoid Samaria entirely,

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 and take the long route up to Galilee.

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 But it says here Jesus had to pass through Samaria.

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 Why?

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 Well, this was not a matter of geographic necessity.

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 It was a matter of divine necessity.

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 Providential necessity.

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 This same word here is the same thing John said just a few verses earlier last week.

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 He must increase.

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 I must decrease.

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 It's the same word that Jesus used when he told Nicodemus,

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 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

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 so must the Son of Man be lifted up.

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 It must happen.

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 It is necessary.

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 John chapter 20, verse 9, it says,

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 As of yet, the disciples did not understand the Scriptures,

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 that the Son of Man, that he must rise from the dead.

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 In other words, God had a plan,

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 and Jesus, being the perfect, obedient Son,

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 gladly submits to the plan.

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 He had to pass through Samaria,

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 because God in his wisdom had ordained that Jesus go,

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 so that he might grow weary,

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 sit down at a well,

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 be thirsty,

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 so that a woman might come at just the right time in the day,

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 just the right time in her life,

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 so that this providential conversation might happen,

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 might take place,

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 so that through this conversation,

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 this woman might be changed,

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 so that through her transformation,

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 she might bear witness in Samaria,

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 so that so many in Samaria might believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

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 See, there are no accidents in God's plan of redemption.

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 There are no coincidences in God's plan of redemption.

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 Every detail down to every step that Jesus took was all part of the plan,

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 and it delighted Jesus to fulfill it perfectly.

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 This is what he says down in verse 32 to his disciples, isn't it?

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 Look there.

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 He says to his disciples,

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 I have food to eat that you don't know about.

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 What was his food?

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 What sustained Jesus?

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 What gave him nourishment?

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 What kept him going?

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 What was his primary concern?

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 It's not physical sustenance,

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 but the sustaining,

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 strengthening food of obedience to the will of God.

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 My food is to do the will of him who sent me,

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 and to accomplish his work.

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 I have heard legend,

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 maybe you have too,

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 of some people being so focused on their job,

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 on a task at hand,

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 that they just work right through lunch.

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 I don't know anything about that myself,

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 but some people I've heard,

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 they don't even think about stopping to eat food.

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 Why?

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 Because they're so zeroed in on the task at hand.

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 They're so focused,

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 so motivated.

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 That task is what's sustaining them.

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 Well, for Jesus,

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 this was all the time.

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 Of course,

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 he got hungry.

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 He ate.

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 Of course,

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 he got thirsty.

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 He drank.

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 He slept.

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 He had physical need,

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 but what kept him going,

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 was obedience to the plan of God the Father.

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 This is what he craved.

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 This is what he hungered and thirsted for.

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 I just want an ounce of that zeal,

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 that hunger for obedience,

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 don't you?

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 Well,

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 what was that work that Christ was committed to do?

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 It was to come,

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 to live,

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 and to die,

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 and to rise for sinners.

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 This is our second point this morning.

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 Second,

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 Jesus has come seeking and saving the lost.

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 Jesus has come seeking and saving the lost.

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 Verse 5 says,

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 Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar,

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

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 Jacob's well was there,

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 so Jesus,

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 wearied as he was from his journey,

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 was sitting beside the well.

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 It was about the sixth hour,

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 which is 12 in the afternoon.

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 This is the hottest part of the day,

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 and Jesus,

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 fully God,

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 yet fully man,

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 in a picture of his full humanity,

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 he was tired.

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 He was worn out.

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 He had just traveled a long journey.

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 He was weak.

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 12 o'clock was not a time when most people were coming out to the well.

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 Most of the time,

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 the women,

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 they would come early in the morning,

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 before the sun got too high,

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 before it got too hot.

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 Most of the time,

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 they came out in groups,

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 rarely alone.

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 But here in God's providence,

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 again,

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 Jesus just so happens to sit down at the well,

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 to be waiting there,

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 when a woman from Samaria came,

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 to drink 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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 they had gone off into the city,

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 to buy some food.

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 Now,

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 I wish I could have been there,

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 to see the look on this woman's face.

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 And look how she responds.

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 In verse 9,

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 it says,

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 the Samaritan woman said to him,

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 how is it that you,

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 a Jew,

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 would ask me for a drink of water?

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 A woman,

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 of Samaria.

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 She was shocked,

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 because she had three things working against her,

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 here,

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 socially,

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 in this situation.

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 Three things.

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 For one,

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 she was a woman.

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 Culturally,

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 this put her in a lower social class than Jesus.

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 A male,

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 it would not be normal for him to approach her in this way.

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 But not only that,

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 second,

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 she was a Samaritan woman.

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 A Samaritan woman.

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 The Jews hated the Samaritans.

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 This hatred,

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 it goes back all the way to the divided kingdom of Israel in the Old Testament.

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 The southern kingdom had Jerusalem as their capital.

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 The northern kingdom took Samaria as their capital.

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 Well,

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 in 722,

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 the Assyrians,

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 they overtook the northern kingdom.

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 They took most of the Jews out.

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 They filled the city up with a bunch of pagans.

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 And what happened was that these two groups eventually began to mix.

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 They mixed their religious practices.

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 They intermarried.

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 They had children.

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 And those people eventually became the Samaritans.

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 These people were hated by the Jews.

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 They weren't really well received by the Gentiles either.

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 They were just generally despised.

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 The Jews,

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 they saw the Samaritans as dirty.

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 Half-breeds.

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 They saw them as perpetually,

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 constantly unclean.

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 This is why she says Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

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 Why?

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 Because they wouldn't even share a dish for fear

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 that touching an object

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 might make them unclean.

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 But not just this.

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 Third,

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 she was deeply,

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 deeply sinful.

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 And she knew it.

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 Here she is,

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 coming to the well alone

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 at the hottest part of the day.

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 Why?

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 Five husbands.

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 One she's living with

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 is not her husband.

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 She had been ostracized

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 from her own community.

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 She carried her shame

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 and her guilt

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 everywhere she went.

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 She was hated by Jews,

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 hated by Gentiles,

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 hated by Samaritans.

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 And in her mind,

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 I'm sure she's thinking,

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 if this man only knew who I was,

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 he wouldn't be caught dead

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 with me here,

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 asking me

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 for a drink of water.

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 But here was Jesus

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 reaching out to her,

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 initiating to her,

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 asking her to take on the role

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 of one of his disciples,

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 asking her to serve him

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 with her own water pot.

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 Not afraid of her uncleanness,

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 not ashamed,

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 not bothered by her social status,

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 not afraid of her sexual history.

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 Why would he do this?

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 Because this is exactly

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 why he's come.

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 Jesus did not come

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 to seek out the very best,

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 the most impressive,

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 the most self-righteous,

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 the most religious.

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 Jesus came to seek

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 and to save the lost.

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 I heard a story this week

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 about a man named Joshua

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 who moved to Hollywood

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 to become an actor.

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 He had aspirations

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 to become an actor,

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 but he had a hard time

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 finding reliable work

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 and he had to pay the bills.

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 And so through a series

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 of terrible decisions,

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 he wound up entering

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 into the adult acting industry

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 for the sake of the children

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 in the room.

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 And he was very successful.

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 He made a lot of money.

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 He won awards,

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 but according to his testimony,

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 he will tell you

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 all of his success.

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 It only served

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 to illuminate his brokenness

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 because at the end of the day,

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 none of it satisfied him.

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 And so in God's providence,

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 he quit.

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 And in God's providence,

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 he met a girl

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 that he was interested in dating.

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 And so he asked her out

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 and he took the risky step

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 of explaining to her

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 and telling her

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 all about his history.

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 Here's what happened.

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 She began to share

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 the gospel with him.

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 She wasn't afraid

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 of his sinfulness,

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 wasn't afraid

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 of his history.

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 She saw a providential

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 opportunity of God

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 to share the love of Christ.

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 She took him to church.

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 He heard the gospel

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 clearly explained

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 and he gave his life to Christ.

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 The Lord saved him.

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 They wound up getting married

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 and now he serves

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 as a pastor in Iowa

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 and giving his life

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 to spread the good news

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 of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Don't tell me

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 that anyone you know

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 is hopeless.

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 Too far gone

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 for the grace of God.

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 The gospel is the power of God

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 for salvation

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 to any who believe.

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 Any who believe.

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 And Jesus Christ

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 did not come

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 to seek out

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 the most impressive,

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 put together people

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 of the world

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 and praise God.

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 Right?

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 Praise God.

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 We are not Christians

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 because we have it all together.

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 We are Christians

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 because by the grace of God,

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 Christ Jesus came

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 to seek

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 and to save

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 the lost.

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 There is no one,

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 no matter how sinful,

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.259
 no matter how far gone,

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 who can out-sin

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 the grace of God.

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 God.

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 I think that,

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 in fact,

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 this is why John,

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 the author,

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 pairs together

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 this story

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 of the Samaritan woman

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 right next to the story

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 of Nicodemus,

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 don't you?

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 You think about

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 the contrast here.

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 You could not imagine

00:20:30.800 --> 00:20:32.480
 two more different people

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.500
 than Nicodemus

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 and this woman

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 from Samaria.

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.779
 Nicodemus was

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:38.279
 a Jewish man,

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 well-educated,

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 well-respected,

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.860
 well-liked,

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.880
 intelligent,

00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:44.440
 a teacher of Israel,

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 a member of the Sanhedrin,

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 a child of Abraham,

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 and here is this

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.720
 Samaritan woman,

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 we don't even know her name.

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 Sinful,

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 hated,

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 sexually immoral,

00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:57.880
 ostracized,

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 rejected,

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 unworthy.

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 Here's the lesson.

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 I want you to get this.

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 If Nicodemus

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 can't earn

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.480
 eternal life

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:10.720
 despite his knowledge,

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 despite his heritage,

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 then no one can.

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:18.380
 But if this Samaritan woman

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 can receive

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.220
 eternal life

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 despite her sinfulness,

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:25.519
 despite her brokenness,

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 despite her past,

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 anyone can,

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 church.

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 This is why

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:34.840
 Christ has come

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 to seek out the lost

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 and third,

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 to satisfy

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.759
 the thirsty soul.

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 Christ has come

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 to satisfy

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 the thirsty

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 soul.

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 Jesus answered her,

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.039
 verse 10,

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 if you knew the gift of God

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 and who it is

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 that's saying to you,

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 give me a drink,

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 then you would have asked him

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 and he would have given you

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 living water.

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 If you knew who I was

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 and if you knew

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.559
 what I came to do,

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 you would ask me

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 and I would give you

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:09.960
 living water.

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 Well, she and Nicodemus

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 did have one thing

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 in common,

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:12.500
 didn't they?

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 They both responded

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 to Jesus

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 with physical understanding.

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.519
 Look what she says.

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 She says,

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.620
 Sir, you have nothing

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.579
 to draw water with

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 and this well is deep.

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 Where do you get

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.360
 that living water?

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 Are you greater

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 than Jacob?

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 He gave us this well.

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 He drank from it.

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 His sons drank from it.

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 In fact,

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.680
 it had been there

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 for over a thousand years.

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 But Jesus pressed in further.

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.220
 He said to her,

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 For everyone who drinks

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.900
 of this water

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:41.480
 will be thirsty again,

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 but whoever drinks

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.799
 of the water

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:45.339
 that I will give him

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:48.039
 will never be thirsty again.

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 The water that I will give him

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 will become in him

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:53.120
 a spring of water

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:54.279
 welling up

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:56.000
 to eternal life.

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:57.039
 What is he saying here?

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 Well, Jesus,

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.700
 as he often does,

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 he's making a spiritual lesson

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:04.700
 out of a physical example.

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 Water satisfies.

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 Water gives life.

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 You know what it's like

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.759
 to be thirsty

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:14.720
 at a hard day's work

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 out in the sun.

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 Your face is dripping sweat.

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 You're exhausted.

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 And you come inside

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:22.059
 and you get a cold glass of water.

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 What does that do for you?

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 It satisfies.

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:27.360
 It gives you life.

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.700
 But Jesus says here,

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:32.340
 even the best water

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:34.019
 will run out.

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.840
 And even,

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.340
 no matter how much

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.440
 you drink of it,

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:42.120
 you will be thirsty again.

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:46.200
 He's making a spiritual application

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.840
 here for this woman

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:49.440
 and for us.

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.960
 So often throughout

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.500
 the scriptures,

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:55.080
 water, thirst, dryness,

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.759
 hunger, drought, famine,

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.500
 they are interconnected.

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:00.460
 They point us.

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.600
 They're indicators.

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:04.120
 They represent spiritual lack.

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:06.519
 Spiritual thirst,

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.160
 spiritual hunger,

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.580
 spiritual drought,

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:11.400
 spiritual dryness.

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.539
 Here is this woman

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.700
 who has tried

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.860
 and tried

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.980
 and tried

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.080
 and tried

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:18.720
 to satisfy herself

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:20.080
 with sexual pleasure.

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:22.420
 Six men and counting.

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:24.299
 But Jesus says,

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.759
 you will be thirsty again.

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.019
 Why?

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:29.160
 Because your soul

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.039
 was made

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.460
 to be satisfied

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:33.039
 in God.

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:35.980
 Not these trifles.

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:39.660
 We often think

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:41.680
 that more money

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:43.420
 will satisfy us,

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:45.680
 more health,

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.720
 a healthier body,

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.859
 more me time

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:49.000
 will satisfy us.

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.859
 Maybe like this woman,

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.960
 we think more sexual satisfaction

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:55.039
 will satisfy us.

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:59.099
 but we will be thirsty again.

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:02.500
 Nothing can satisfy

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:04.359
 the desires of our soul

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.799
 except that for which

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.740
 we were made

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:08.139
 to delight ourselves

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:09.619
 in the living water

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:11.500
 that Jesus Christ alone

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.779
 can offer.

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.659
 What is this water?

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:20.339
 What is this water?

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.740
 Well,

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:24.899
 it's the soul-satisfying gift

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:26.699
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:30.379
 The soul-satisfying gift

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:32.220
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.439
 John chapter 7,

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.599
 you don't have to turn there now,

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.799
 mark this down

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.720
 for later.

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.899
 In John chapter 7,

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.439
 Jesus stood up

00:25:39.439 --> 00:25:40.559
 at the feast of booths

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.599
 and he cried out,

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.339
 if anyone thirsts,

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.199
 let him come to me

00:25:44.199 --> 00:25:44.819
 and drink.

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.959
 Whoever believes in me

00:25:46.959 --> 00:25:47.619
 as the scriptures

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.319
 has said,

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.679
 out of his heart

00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:50.759
 will flow rivers

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.379
 of living water.

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.379
 Does that sound familiar?

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:57.159
 Now he said this

00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:58.859
 about the Spirit

00:25:58.859 --> 00:26:01.679
 whom those who believed in him

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:03.480
 were to receive.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.000
 The Holy Spirit

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:08.519
 is like water

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:10.339
 in the lives

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.619
 of believers.

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:14.000
 We need to understand

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.539
 the ministry

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.500
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.000
 don't we?

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.640
 The Holy Spirit

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:18.440
 is not some mystical,

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.359
 magical,

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.660
 mysterious force

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.980
 that just makes us emotional

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.259
 and does cool tricks

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:25.019
 and impresses us.

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.599
 The primary work

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.759
 of the Holy Spirit

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.720
 in the lives

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.440
 of believers

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:32.740
 is to give us life

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:34.000
 by satisfying

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.119
 our soul

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.019
 in Christ.

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.720
 Let's say that again.

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.299
 I want you to get it.

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:41.839
 The primary work

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:43.579
 of the Holy Spirit

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:45.240
 in the lives

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.119
 of believers

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:48.279
 is to satisfy

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.659
 our soul

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.819
 in Christ

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:52.119
 and in so doing

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:54.000
 to give us

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.059
 life.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.539
 Eternal

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.700
 life.

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.599
 This is the ministry

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.740
 of the Spirit.

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.539
 The Holy Spirit

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:02.379
 is working in us

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.539
 to magnify

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.319
 the greatness

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.680
 of Jesus Christ.

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:07.079
 He's working in us

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.699
 to cause us

00:27:07.699 --> 00:27:09.199
 to see His goodness

00:27:09.199 --> 00:27:10.119
 more clearly,

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.819
 to cause sin

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.699
 to taste bitter,

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.980
 and to cause Christ

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.159
 to taste sweet

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.240
 to our souls.

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:16.819
 Sweeter

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.919
 and sweeter

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:19.000
 and sweeter

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.019
 and sweeter,

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.099
 welling up

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:22.759
 to eternal life

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.879
 when we enter in

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.519
 to the fullness

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.259
 of joy

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.399
 in the presence

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.159
 of God.

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.240
 And Jesus,

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.099
 here,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.539
 He promises

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.440
 that Spirit

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.379
 to any

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:34.159
 who believes

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.579
 in Him.

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.099
 Any

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.319
 who would come

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.799
 to Him

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.839
 in faith.

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.799
 This is why

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.720
 He has

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.599
 come.

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.700
 Are you thirsty?

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.500
 I know

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.859
 that even

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.279
 in a room

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.960
 this size

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.500
 there are

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.839
 some here

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.519
 who are thirsty

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.680
 or spiritually

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.339
 dry

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.119
 this morning.

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.519
 I know

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.420
 that maybe

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.039
 some of you

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.700
 even know

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.200
 that you

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.200
 are seeking

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.080
 satisfaction

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:01.160
 other places

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.019
 besides the

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.620
 fount of

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.960
 living waters.

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:04.740
 Well,

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.220
 He says

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.120
 to the Samaritan

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.980
 woman and to

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:08.279
 us this morning,

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.819
 church,

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:10.640
 if you are

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.400
 tired of

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.360
 coming again

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:13.680
 and again

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.940
 and again

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:16.059
 and again

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.819
 to the same

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:19.059
 streams of water

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.779
 that promise

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.640
 satisfaction

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.539
 yet never

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.039
 deliver,

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.559
 simply come

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.539
 to Christ

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.240
 and ask

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.500
 and He

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.119
 will give

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.220
 you exactly

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.420
 what you

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.220
 need.

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.640
 He came

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:35.059
 to satisfy

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.160
 the thirsty

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.059
 soul.

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.299
 Why?

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.819
 In order

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.660
 that we

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.660
 might delight

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.880
 to worship

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.779
 Him.

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.680
 This is the

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.740
 fourth reason

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.660
 He has come.

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.940
 Fourth,

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.640
 Jesus has

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:54.160
 come securing

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.279
 true

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.440
 worship.

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.400
 Securing

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.400
 true

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.640
 worship.

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.380
 The Samaritan

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:01.779
 woman,

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.300
 she's no

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:03.700
 fool.

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.240
 She tries

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.640
 to throw

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.279
 Jesus off

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.680
 her trail,

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.200
 doesn't she?

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.880
 And change

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.460
 the subject

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.340
 away from

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.960
 her own

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.460
 personal

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.480
 history and

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.120
 instead to

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.420
 the most

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.540
 hotly debated

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.220
 theological

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.860
 topic that

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.080
 she could

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.640
 think of,

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.400
 which is

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.019
 the question

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.220
 of worship.

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.620
 See,

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.360
 the split

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:19.920
 between the

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.580
 two kingdoms

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.480
 of Israel,

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.159
 it resulted

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:23.259
 in a split

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.119
 of religious

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:25.759
 history and

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:27.099
 religious practice.

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.539
 So the

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.259
 Samaritans,

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.599
 again,

00:29:28.699 --> 00:29:29.319
 in the north,

00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:30.279
 they only

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.079
 accepted the

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.740
 first five

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.159
 books of

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.500
 the Bible.

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.899
 They rejected

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:35.119
 anything else.

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.539
 Essentially,

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.220
 they rejected

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.139
 anything that

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.720
 mentioned

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.819
 Jerusalem at

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.039
 all.

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.059
 And they

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.639
 established

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.439
 their own

00:29:41.439 --> 00:29:41.980
 temple.

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.759
 Instead of

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.339
 the temple

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.939
 in Jerusalem,

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.679
 they established

00:29:44.679 --> 00:29:45.199
 their own

00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:45.699
 place of

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:46.240
 worship on

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.519
 Mount

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.240
 Gezerim.

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.259
 And as

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.539
 you can

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.939
 imagine,

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.579
 this was a

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.619
 major point

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.220
 of tension

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.079
 between these

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.899
 two people

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.339
 groups.

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.759
 And she

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.099
 would rather

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.619
 talk about

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.199
 that than

00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:56.000
 anything to

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.240
 do with

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.599
 her own

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.000
 personal

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.519
 history.

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:58.599
 And so

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.039
 she says

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.359
 in verse

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.899
 19,

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.259
 Sir,

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.139
 I perceive

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.839
 that you

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.439
 are a

00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.799
 prophet.

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:03.919
 Our

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.559
 fathers

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.199
 worshipped

00:30:05.199 --> 00:30:05.679
 on this

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.099
 mountain.

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.299
 But you

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.039
 say that

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.539
 Jerusalem

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.159
 is the

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.559
 place where

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.039
 people ought

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.500
 to worship.

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:10.899
 So,

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.099
 which is

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.379
 it?

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.859
 But look

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.119
 at what

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.779
 Jesus says,

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.480
 verse 21.

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.339
 Jesus said

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.619
 to her,

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:17.960
 Woman,

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:19.019
 believe me,

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.299
 the hour

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.180
 is coming

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.980
 when neither

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.700
 on this

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.139
 mountain nor

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:25.059
 in Jerusalem

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:26.059
 will you

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.740
 worship the

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.079
 Father.

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.700
 You worship

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.319
 what you do

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.960
 not know.

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.779
 We worship

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.799
 what we know

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.579
 for salvation

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.740
 is from the

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.119
 Jews.

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.359
 But the hour

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.000
 is coming

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.859
 and is

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.700
 now here

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.000
 when the

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.259
 true

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.819
 worshippers

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.420
 will worship

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.960
 the Father

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.660
 in spirit

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:44.400
 and in truth

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.759
 for the

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.359
 Father is

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.359
 seeking such

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:47.579
 people to

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.700
 worship Him.

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:50.539
 Jesus

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.039
 doesn't

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.599
 take the

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.920
 bait.

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.319
 He doesn't

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.039
 engage in

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:55.039
 this theological

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.839
 discussion

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.639
 of this

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.000
 mountain

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.379
 or that

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.740
 mountain,

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.440
 this tradition

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.859
 or that

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.279
 tradition.

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.700
 Instead,

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.299
 He says,

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.200
 I have

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.879
 come to

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.720
 bring something

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.660
 entirely

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.519
 different.

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.000
 I have

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.700
 come to

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.740
 usher in

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.359
 the age

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.359
 of true

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.240
 worship

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.099
 for the

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.579
 glory

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.700
 of God.

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.240
 That time

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.839
 is coming

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.500
 and is

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.200
 now

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.099
 here.

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:17.480
 a time

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.759
 when

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.480
 worship

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.819
 will no

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.079
 longer

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.259
 be

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.639
 connected

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.179
 to a

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:20.639
 specific

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.559
 place

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.240
 but rather

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.199
 to a

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:24.399
 person.

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.480
 See,

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.919
 there is

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.339
 no

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.500
 Christian

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.159
 Mecca.

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.799
 We know

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.480
 Muslims,

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.879
 millions and

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.419
 millions of

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:34.059
 Muslims make

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.639
 their pilgrimage

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.519
 every year

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.039
 in July

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.639
 to perform

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.379
 the Hajj

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:38.379
 in Mecca.

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.759
 The Koran,

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.519
 it commands

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.359
 it that every

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.519
 capable adult,

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.279
 every healthy

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.119
 Muslim who is

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.879
 financially and

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.919
 physically capable,

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.019
 they must

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.919
 travel to

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.739
 Mecca to

00:31:48.739 --> 00:31:49.539
 perform the

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.259
 Hajj at

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.919
 least once

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.319
 in their

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.679
 lifetime because

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.219
 to them,

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.359
 this place,

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.239
 this physical

00:31:55.239 --> 00:31:56.459
 location is

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:56.979
 holy,

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.199
 this time of

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.859
 year is

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.299
 holy,

00:31:59.739 --> 00:32:01.099
 this physical

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:02.459
 area is

00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:02.879
 holy,

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.359
 but Christianity

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.319
 has no

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.279
 holy place.

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.459
 Some of you,

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.679
 I know,

00:32:08.719 --> 00:32:09.239
 have traveled

00:32:09.239 --> 00:32:10.239
 to Israel

00:32:10.239 --> 00:32:11.119
 and gone to

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.559
 see some

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.959
 of the very

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.859
 places that

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.599
 we're reading

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.199
 about here

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.719
 in Scripture.

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.359
 I hope to

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.740
 go someday

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.159
 myself.

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.599
 I think that

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.819
 that would

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.839
 be fascinating,

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.299
 but not

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.980
 to get

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.819
 closer to

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.159
 God.

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.119
 Church,

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.839
 we live

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.240
 in an

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.939
 incredible

00:32:26.939 --> 00:32:28.019
 time.

00:32:28.959 --> 00:32:29.759
 We live

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.159
 in the

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.899
 age of

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.899
 the church,

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.559
 the age

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.339
 of physically

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:36.019
 unbound,

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.439
 unrestricted

00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:37.959
 worship.

00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:38.500
 We live

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.000
 in the age

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.379
 of the

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.179
 Holy Spirit.

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.779
 And the

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.859
 Spirit of

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.419
 God is

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.800
 what makes

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.759
 God-honoring

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.259
 worship

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.880
 possible,

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.340
 not a

00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:46.980
 place.

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.740
 And that

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.380
 Spirit,

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.779
 because of

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.360
 what Christ

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.880
 has come

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.500
 to do,

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.279
 does not

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.820
 dwell in

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.840
 any one

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.440
 place.

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:54.779
 Church,

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.560
 He dwells

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.800
 in us.

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.100
 If the

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.519
 Spirit of

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.019
 Christ is

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.539
 in us,

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:00.860
 then there

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.460
 is no

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.259
 place on

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.900
 earth that

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.240
 we can

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.800
 go to

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:04.500
 be closer

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.200
 to God

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.600
 than where

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.180
 you are

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.960
 right now,

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:07.340
 here,

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:08.019
 in

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.480
 Allendall,

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:09.560
 South Carolina,

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.019
 wherever you

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.559
 might be

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.359
 tomorrow,

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:12.900
 if the

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.440
 Spirit is

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.639
 in you,

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.819
 He is

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.259
 what makes

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.400
 true worship

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.160
 possible.

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.079
 We live

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.339
 in the

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:20.920
 age of

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:22.519
 Spirit-empowered,

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.920
 God-glorifying

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.799
 worship for

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.660
 the entire

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.879
 world.

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.299
 Just think

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.680
 about how

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.660
 this magnifies

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.740
 God's glory.

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.339
 How this

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:32.039
 magnifies

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.139
 His glory.

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.619
 The Holy

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.099
 Spirit,

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.900
 He exponentially

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:37.759
 increases the

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.819
 glory and the

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.579
 honor that is

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.559
 given to God.

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:42.460
 True worship

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.879
 is no longer

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:45.000
 limited to

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.180
 one geographic

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.099
 region of the

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.619
 world or

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.019
 another.

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.759
 It's no longer

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:51.059
 limited to one

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:52.099
 particular people

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.779
 group or

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.139
 another.

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.759
 It's no longer

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.920
 mediated by one

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:56.180
 class of people.

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.759
 Christ has

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:59.180
 come that

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.379
 God's glory

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.000
 might be

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.240
 known and

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.519
 exalted by

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.359
 anyone,

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.519
 anywhere,

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.500
 in any

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.119
 place,

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.880
 from Allendall

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:10.280
 to Kenya,

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:11.580
 to Jordan,

00:34:11.580 --> 00:34:12.400
 to the

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.080
 uttermost

00:34:13.080 --> 00:34:14.080
 ends of

00:34:14.080 --> 00:34:14.760
 the earth,

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.500
 so long

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:17.080
 as they

00:34:17.080 --> 00:34:17.820
 worship in

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:19.540
 Spirit and

00:34:19.540 --> 00:34:20.300
 in truth.

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:22.220
 Two very

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:23.280
 important qualifiers

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.440
 He gives us,

00:34:24.600 --> 00:34:25.120
 aren't they?

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.220
 For true

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:28.380
 worship in

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:30.160
 Spirit and

00:34:30.160 --> 00:34:30.680
 in truth.

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.060
 True

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:32.440
 worshipers must

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.480
 worship in

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.960
 Spirit and

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.420
 in truth.

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.740
 He says,

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.579
 God is

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.359
 Spirit and

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:37.879
 those who

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.439
 worship Him

00:34:38.439 --> 00:34:39.599
 must worship

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.379
 in Spirit

00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:41.939
 and in

00:34:41.939 --> 00:34:42.359
 truth.

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.159
 And one of

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.679
 the most

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:46.979
 American

00:34:46.979 --> 00:34:49.719
 individualistic

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:51.639
 lies that we

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.099
 tend to

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:53.679
 believe is

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.099
 that we can

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.719
 worship however

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.439
 we see fit.

00:34:56.939 --> 00:34:57.339
 Whatever

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.939
 makes us

00:34:58.939 --> 00:34:59.579
 feel good,

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.179
 whatever our

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:01.379
 preferences are,

00:35:01.479 --> 00:35:02.379
 whatever moves

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:03.379
 me, as long as

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:04.259
 it moves me,

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.720
 then that's

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.240
 what I can

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.480
 do.

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.440
 That is

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.480
 simply not

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.380
 true.

00:35:08.560 --> 00:35:09.460
 We must

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.660
 worship in

00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:12.580
 Spirit and

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:14.140
 in truth.

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.840
 In Spirit,

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.840
 that is

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:17.240
 internal,

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.640
 not external,

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.260
 not a matter

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:20.180
 of religious

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:20.980
 practice,

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.680
 not a matter

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.460
 of external

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.140
 behavior,

00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:23.760
 but a matter

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.180
 of your

00:35:24.180 --> 00:35:25.460
 inner spirit,

00:35:25.600 --> 00:35:26.220
 yourself,

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.760
 your inner

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.320
 self.

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.300
 You all know

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:29.060
 how easy it

00:35:29.060 --> 00:35:30.640
 is to worship

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:32.380
 externally only,

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:34.360
 but nothing

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.860
 you do on

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.740
 the outside

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:38.000
 can honor

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.599
 the Lord

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.099
 if your

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:40.019
 spirit is

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:41.119
 not engaged

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:42.119
 in worship.

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.380
 Charles Spurgeon,

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.360
 the great

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.720
 preacher,

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.480
 he once said,

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.539
 God does

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.320
 not regard

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.160
 our voices,

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.320
 he hears

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.900
 our hearts,

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.460
 and if our

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.940
 hearts do

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.599
 not sing,

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.200
 we have not

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:55.019
 sung at all.

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.440
 We want to

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.940
 worship,

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.940
 we want our

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.880
 hearts to

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.360
 sing,

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.140
 not just

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:02.279
 our lips,

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:02.739
 but doesn't

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.739
 it matter

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.219
 who we

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.719
 sing to?

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:06.859
 Doesn't it

00:36:06.859 --> 00:36:07.440
 matter what

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.179
 we sing

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.759
 about,

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.199
 what we

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.639
 proclaim

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.319
 about the

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:10.739
 God that

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.219
 we worship?

00:36:11.319 --> 00:36:11.679
 Of course

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.159
 it does,

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.480
 which is

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.859
 why we

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.619
 must also

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.119
 worship

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:16.000
 in truth.

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.199
 How could

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.699
 we worship

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.119
 a God

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.400
 that we

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.920
 know nothing

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.339
 about?

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:23.980
 Any

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.460
 worship

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.279
 that would

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:26.099
 please God,

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.619
 it must

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.799
 spring out

00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:28.279
 of the

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:28.839
 truth of

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:29.239
 what he

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:30.239
 has revealed

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:31.000
 in his

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.639
 perfect

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.859
 word?

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:33.779
 The

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.199
 true

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.699
 worship,

00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:35.539
 it requires

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.419
 true

00:36:36.419 --> 00:36:37.179
 knowledge

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.879
 about the

00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:38.379
 truth of

00:36:38.379 --> 00:36:38.759
 God.

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.819
 It is

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.819
 truth that

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.659
 cannot be

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.539
 learned any

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.439
 other way

00:36:44.439 --> 00:36:45.159
 than by the

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:46.500
 word of

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.959
 God.

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.599
 We must

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.179
 worship

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.379
 according to

00:36:49.379 --> 00:36:49.919
 his

00:36:49.919 --> 00:36:50.919
 word.

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:52.879
 How then

00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:54.519
 will the

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.759
 nations hear

00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:56.479
 the truth?

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.799
 How then

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.800
 will the

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.380
 unreached

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.160
 peoples of

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:02.380
 India and

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.060
 Afghanistan,

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.900
 even those

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.360
 here in

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:05.060
 Allendal and

00:37:05.060 --> 00:37:05.640
 Mount Pleasant

00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:05.920
 and our

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.340
 community,

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.960
 how will

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.560
 they know

00:37:07.560 --> 00:37:08.260
 the truth

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.980
 of God's

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.060
 word that

00:37:10.060 --> 00:37:10.720
 they too

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.480
 might worship

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.900
 him?

00:37:13.120 --> 00:37:13.720
 Church,

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.480
 they must

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.140
 hear it

00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:17.480
 from us.

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.440
 They must

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.080
 hear it

00:37:20.080 --> 00:37:21.480
 from us.

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:21.940
 Fifth,

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:22.760
 and finally,

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:25.060
 Jesus Christ

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.880
 has come

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.960
 sending

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.659
 his

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.279
 disciples

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:29.900
 to sow

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.139
 and to

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.460
 reap.

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.699
 Jesus has

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.500
 come sending

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.400
 his

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.440
 disciples to

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.860
 sow

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:38.259
 and to

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:38.579
 reap.

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.360
 One of the

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:41.139
 most amazing

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:42.039
 truths of

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.619
 the gospel

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:44.519
 is that we

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.219
 who have

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:46.219
 believed it

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:47.139
 now get to

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:48.219
 experience the

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.039
 joy of

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:50.179
 spreading it.

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:52.340
 This message

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.380
 of life and

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.340
 hope and

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:55.260
 satisfaction is

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.400
 spread by the

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.800
 lips of his

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.519
 disciples.

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:58.920
 We are

00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:00.079
 commissioned as

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.820
 disciples of

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.340
 Christ to

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.480
 go and to

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.800
 follow the

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:05.320
 example of

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.000
 our master.

00:38:07.600 --> 00:38:08.019
 Have you

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.620
 noticed over

00:38:09.620 --> 00:38:10.120
 the past

00:38:10.120 --> 00:38:11.140
 several weeks

00:38:11.140 --> 00:38:12.900
 how we have

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.900
 seen Jesus

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:15.120
 go from

00:38:15.120 --> 00:38:15.780
 Jerusalem

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:17.820
 now to

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:19.019
 Judea and

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.760
 now to

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.980
 Samaria and

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.420
 in the coming

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.280
 weeks to

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:23.360
 the Gentiles?

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.700
 Does that

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.159
 sound familiar

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.579
 to you?

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.399
 In that

00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:27.439
 same way he

00:38:27.439 --> 00:38:28.099
 has sent

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:29.559
 his disciples

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.039
 you will

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:31.000
 receive power

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.419
 when the

00:38:31.419 --> 00:38:32.019
 Holy Spirit

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.439
 has come

00:38:32.439 --> 00:38:33.079
 upon you

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.339
 and you

00:38:33.339 --> 00:38:33.859
 will be my

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.779
 witnesses in

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:36.299
 Jerusalem and

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:37.659
 Judea and

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:39.079
 Samaria and

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.899
 to the ends

00:38:39.899 --> 00:38:41.259
 of the earth.

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:41.779
 You see that

00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:43.719
 call the

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:45.279
 missions of

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:46.079
 Christ it was

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.919
 not just for

00:38:46.919 --> 00:38:47.919
 these disciples

00:38:47.919 --> 00:38:48.960
 but for any

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.819
 and all who

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.500
 would claim to

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.719
 be disciples of

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.539
 Christ we

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.759
 too must go

00:38:53.759 --> 00:38:54.919
 and share

00:38:54.919 --> 00:38:55.719
 the message

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.959
 of salvation

00:38:56.959 --> 00:38:58.179
 in the name

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.919
 of Jesus.

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.579
 Two things

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.299
 convinced this

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.859
 woman of who

00:39:02.859 --> 00:39:03.639
 Jesus was.

00:39:04.939 --> 00:39:05.399
 Do you see

00:39:05.399 --> 00:39:05.599
 it?

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.579
 For one it

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.439
 was the

00:39:08.439 --> 00:39:09.299
 clear testimony

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:10.139
 of Christ.

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.599
 Look there to

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.159
 verse 25.

00:39:11.459 --> 00:39:11.919
 This woman

00:39:11.919 --> 00:39:13.259
 clearly was

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:14.059
 impressed even

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.859
 curious about

00:39:14.859 --> 00:39:15.659
 who Jesus

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.359
 might be.

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.899
 We see in

00:39:16.899 --> 00:39:17.899
 verse 25 she

00:39:17.899 --> 00:39:18.500
 said to him

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.500
 I know

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.199
 that Messiah

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.820
 is coming

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:22.239
 he who is

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:23.019
 called Christ

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.539
 and when he

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.940
 comes he

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.719
 will tell us

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:27.039
 all things

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:28.039
 and here Jesus

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:29.219
 does what he

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:30.500
 rarely does.

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.659
 He speaks

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:35.440
 clearly and

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.519
 directly to

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.219
 this woman and

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:38.440
 reveals in no

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.719
 uncertain terms

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:41.019
 who he is.

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.599
 And I

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.400
 who speak

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:44.059
 to you

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.579
 am he.

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:47.960
 But you

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.360
 know something

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:49.079
 else added

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:50.219
 to that

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.759
 testimony.

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.400
 Do you see

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.579
 it?

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:52.719
 Look there

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:53.599
 to verse 27.

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.340
 It says

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:56.059
 just then his

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.940
 disciples came

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.299
 back.

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.099
 They marveled

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.420
 that he was

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.079
 talking with a

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.579
 woman although

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.579
 they didn't

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.259
 know the half

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.579
 of it.

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.119
 Right?

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.139
 They didn't

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.900
 know the half

00:40:03.900 --> 00:40:04.319
 of what was

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:04.860
 going on.

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.480
 But no one

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.139
 said what do

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:06.920
 you seek or

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.860
 why are you

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.420
 talking with

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:08.599
 her?

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:08.940
 No one

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.500
 doubted the

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:10.159
 integrity of

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.819
 his master.

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.199
 No one

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.860
 questioned his

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.219
 motives.

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.639
 No one

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.819
 criticized this

00:40:13.819 --> 00:40:14.219
 woman.

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:14.860
 Maybe for the

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:16.099
 first time in

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.720
 her life.

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.140
 No one

00:40:17.140 --> 00:40:17.800
 cast shame

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.460
 upon her.

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:19.840
 And it

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.280
 was this

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.940
 two-fold

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.539
 testimony.

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.320
 The words

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.920
 of Christ

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.240
 and the

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.780
 trusting

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.599
 obedience

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.340
 of the

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.960
 disciples

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.260
 that had

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:28.099
 her convinced.

00:40:29.220 --> 00:40:29.880
 She left

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.380
 her water

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.980
 jar, went

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.579
 back into

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.160
 the town,

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:33.360
 back into

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.940
 the crowd

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.460
 of people

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.980
 she once

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.640
 avoided,

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:37.160
 back into

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:37.680
 the place

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:38.120
 of her

00:40:38.120 --> 00:40:38.740
 shame,

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:39.700
 and she

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.260
 proclaimed

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:41.260
 to any

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.960
 and all

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.400
 who would

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.980
 listen,

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:44.420
 come see

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.079
 a man

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.659
 who told

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:46.320
 me all

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.680
 that I

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.260
 ever did.

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.039
 Can this

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.680
 be the

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:49.200
 Christ?

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.079
 You know,

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.619
 so often

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:54.440
 we think

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:55.280
 that we

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:55.980
 need more

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:57.659
 training to

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.039
 be an

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.599
 effective

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:59.639
 evangelist.

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.460
 We're

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:01.920
 intimidated by

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.559
 the task of

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.139
 evangelism.

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:03.400
 We don't

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:03.860
 think we

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:05.159
 know enough.

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:06.280
 I hope

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.740
 that the

00:41:06.740 --> 00:41:07.220
 Samaritan

00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:07.840
 woman can

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.519
 convince you

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.920
 that that

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.539
 is simply

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.139
 not true.

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:13.279
 We just

00:41:13.279 --> 00:41:13.719
 need to

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.719
 be convinced

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.179
 of the

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.719
 message

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:17.480
 and moved

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:17.920
 by the

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.400
 harvest.

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.679
 The message

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:22.059
 is simple.

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:22.820
 The Messiah

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:24.279
 has come.

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.519
 Come.

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.400
 Come see.

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:26.900
 Come hear

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.360
 his word.

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.420
 Come drink

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:28.980
 the waters

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.679
 of everlasting

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:30.480
 joy and

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.779
 life.

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.219
 We don't

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:31.800
 need to be

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:32.340
 experts.

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:32.860
 We just

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.599
 need to be

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:34.239
 faithful.

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:35.300
 Like the

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.900
 woman from

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.440
 Samaria.

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:36.900
 She didn't

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.460
 stick around

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.900
 to learn

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.420
 much more,

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:38.820
 did she?

00:41:39.580 --> 00:41:40.680
 Right away.

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.920
 She didn't

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.160
 go to

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:42.640
 seminary.

00:41:42.740 --> 00:41:43.000
 She didn't

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.360
 read a

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:43.600
 book.

00:41:43.720 --> 00:41:44.100
 She didn't

00:41:44.100 --> 00:41:45.059
 ask for

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.800
 more knowledge.

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:47.140
 Right away

00:41:47.140 --> 00:41:48.700
 she moved

00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:49.880
 to proclaim

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.539
 the message

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:51.059
 of the

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.500
 gospel.

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.220
 And as

00:41:53.220 --> 00:41:53.860
 the woman

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.340
 left on

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.780
 her way,

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.380
 Jesus took

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:56.120
 this opportunity

00:41:56.120 --> 00:41:57.120
 to teach

00:41:57.120 --> 00:41:57.960
 the disciples

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:59.000
 a lesson.

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.240
 He says,

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:01.800
 Do you not

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.260
 say there

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.539
 are yet

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.140
 four months

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:03.460
 and then

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.900
 comes the

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.180
 harvest?

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:04.660
 Look,

00:42:04.740 --> 00:42:05.200
 I tell you,

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:05.840
 lift up your

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.880
 eyes and

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.680
 see that the

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:08.200
 fields are

00:42:08.200 --> 00:42:08.600
 white.

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:09.500
 for harvest.

00:42:10.620 --> 00:42:11.240
 Already the

00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:11.620
 one who

00:42:11.620 --> 00:42:12.380
 reaps is

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.320
 receiving wages

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.039
 and gathering

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.680
 fruit for

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:15.460
 eternal life

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.840
 so that

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.539
 sower and

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.200
 reaper may

00:42:17.200 --> 00:42:18.380
 rejoice together.

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:19.900
 For here the

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.500
 saying holds

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.860
 true,

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:22.559
 one sows and

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.480
 another reaps.

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.740
 I sent you

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:25.740
 to reap that

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:26.400
 for which you

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.940
 did not

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.480
 labor.

00:42:27.720 --> 00:42:28.260
 Others have

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:29.500
 labored and

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.820
 you have

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:30.700
 entered in

00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:31.580
 to their

00:42:31.580 --> 00:42:31.940
 labor.

00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:32.680
 Jesus is

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:33.720
 telling the

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:35.480
 disciples and

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:37.280
 us that he

00:42:37.280 --> 00:42:38.280
 has come to

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:39.500
 usher in the

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.920
 age of the

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.500
 harvest.

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.440
 So many

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:43.920
 have come

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:45.140
 before us

00:42:45.140 --> 00:42:45.920
 to prepare

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.820
 the way for

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:48.260
 this time.

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:49.080
 Prophets,

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:50.100
 martyrs,

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:50.720
 apostles,

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.900
 sowing seed,

00:42:52.080 --> 00:42:52.960
 scattering seed,

00:42:53.080 --> 00:42:54.760
 but now in

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:55.560
 the coming of

00:42:55.560 --> 00:42:56.260
 Christ, the

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:57.120
 age of

00:42:57.120 --> 00:42:58.560
 reaping has

00:42:58.560 --> 00:42:59.040
 begun.

00:43:00.080 --> 00:43:01.200
 The age of

00:43:01.200 --> 00:43:01.900
 the harvest

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:03.540
 has begun and

00:43:03.540 --> 00:43:04.420
 the harvest is

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:05.280
 plentiful.

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:07.079
 Church, we

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.500
 have the

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:08.119
 incredible

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.860
 privilege of

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.500
 being used

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.380
 by God to

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:11.700
 bring in the

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:12.480
 harvest of

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.820
 those who

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:13.420
 would become

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:14.260
 his disciples.

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:15.680
 If only we

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:16.840
 would go and

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.720
 share the

00:43:17.720 --> 00:43:18.960
 news of the

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.440
 gospel.

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:23.500
 There are

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.820
 men and

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.519
 women all

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:26.200
 around us

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:26.980
 every day

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.960
 who are

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:29.539
 thirsty for

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.099
 what only

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.820
 Christ Jesus

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.599
 can provide.

00:43:33.180 --> 00:43:33.500
 Do you

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.340
 realize that

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:34.840
 God has

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.840
 appointed men

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.239
 and women

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:36.840
 to eternal

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:37.820
 life all

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:38.639
 around us?

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:39.500
 If only we

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.400
 would go and

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:41.159
 open our

00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:41.820
 mouths and

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:43.119
 proclaim the

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:44.199
 message of

00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:44.820
 the gospel

00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:45.239
 that they

00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:45.920
 might hear

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.760
 and believe

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:48.840
 and become

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.679
 his disciples.

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.539
 The harvest

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:51.360
 is plentiful,

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.739
 but the

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:52.719
 laborers are

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:53.400
 few.

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.139
 Church,

00:43:57.179 --> 00:43:58.179
 the mission

00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:58.960
 of Christ

00:43:58.960 --> 00:44:00.219
 is our

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:00.619
 mission.

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.480
 We follow

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:03.380
 in his

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:04.240
 footsteps.

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:04.920
 He has

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:05.719
 come submitting

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:06.199
 to the

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:06.880
 plan of

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:07.199
 God,

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:07.820
 so we

00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:08.840
 go submitting

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:09.840
 to God's

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:10.380
 plan for

00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:11.039
 the salvation

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.579
 of those

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:11.880
 in our

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:12.559
 household,

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.219
 for the

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:13.900
 salvation of

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.219
 those in

00:44:14.219 --> 00:44:14.960
 our community,

00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:16.440
 that we,

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.039
 the church,

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:18.260
 would go and

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:19.340
 call them to

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:20.619
 come and see

00:44:20.619 --> 00:44:22.059
 the man who

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.860
 told me all I

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:23.500
 ever did.

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:25.079
 Come and see

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:26.019
 the Messiah.

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:26.780
 Come and see

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:27.240
 the man who

00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:28.119
 has lived and

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:29.139
 died and risen

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:30.360
 for my salvation.

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:31.079
 Christ has

00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:32.079
 come seeking

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.760
 the lost,

00:44:32.920 --> 00:44:33.660
 so we go,

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:35.160
 not caring

00:44:35.160 --> 00:44:36.380
 about physical

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:37.140
 appearance,

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:39.599
 external social

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.220
 status,

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:40.880
 sinfulness,

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:42.579
 but scattering

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.420
 the seed

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:44.640
 faithfully and

00:44:44.640 --> 00:44:45.740
 broadly and

00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:46.460
 trusting the

00:44:46.460 --> 00:44:47.240
 Lord to bring

00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:47.820
 the growth.

00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:49.700
 Christ has

00:44:49.700 --> 00:44:51.019
 come satisfying

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:51.640
 the thirsty

00:44:51.640 --> 00:44:52.099
 soul,

00:44:52.220 --> 00:44:52.640
 and so we

00:44:52.640 --> 00:44:53.760
 go proclaiming

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:54.440
 that we have

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:55.180
 tasted and

00:44:55.180 --> 00:44:55.780
 seen that the

00:44:55.780 --> 00:44:57.120
 Lord is good.

00:44:57.260 --> 00:44:58.039
 Come to the

00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:58.440
 waters.

00:44:58.640 --> 00:44:59.920
 Come and drink.

00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:00.400
 Come find

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:01.559
 satisfaction for

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:02.180
 your soul,

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:03.220
 the soul that

00:45:03.220 --> 00:45:03.980
 was satisfied,

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:05.519
 that was created

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:06.360
 to be satisfied

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:07.220
 in Christ.

00:45:09.200 --> 00:45:09.980
 He came

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:11.519
 zealous to

00:45:11.519 --> 00:45:12.579
 restore worship

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.500
 for the glory

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.420
 of God.

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:15.079
 So church,

00:45:15.180 --> 00:45:16.619
 we must go

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:18.420
 with this one

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:20.340
 ultimate mission

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:21.740
 to magnify the

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:23.019
 glory of God

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.860
 in the gospel

00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:25.019
 of Jesus

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:25.820
 Christ.

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.599
 This was his

00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:27.039
 mission,

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.720
 so church,

00:45:27.820 --> 00:45:28.880
 it must be

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:29.800
 ours.

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:33.860
 Here at the

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.800
 close of this

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:35.599
 story,

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:36.900
 we see a

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:38.400
 glimpse of

00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:39.059
 the harvest.

00:45:41.180 --> 00:45:42.039
 John says

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:43.840
 in verse 29,

00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:45.200
 many Samaritans

00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:45.900
 from that town

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.980
 believed in him

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:47.519
 because of the

00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:48.320
 woman's testimony.

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:49.420
 He told me all

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.260
 that I ever did.

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:51.619
 So when the

00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:52.400
 Samaritans came

00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:52.800
 to him,

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.559
 they asked him

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:54.360
 to stay with

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:54.720
 them,

00:45:54.720 --> 00:45:56.019
 and he stayed

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.980
 there two days,

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:57.840
 and many more

00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:58.840
 believed because

00:45:58.840 --> 00:45:59.880
 of his word.

00:46:00.720 --> 00:46:01.300
 They said to

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:01.700
 the woman,

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:02.740
 it is no longer

00:46:02.740 --> 00:46:03.600
 because of what

00:46:03.600 --> 00:46:04.539
 you said that we

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:05.059
 believe,

00:46:05.740 --> 00:46:06.420
 for we have

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.920
 heard for

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.460
 ourselves,

00:46:07.460 --> 00:46:08.440
 and we know

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:09.660
 that this is

00:46:09.660 --> 00:46:11.120
 indeed the

00:46:11.120 --> 00:46:12.720
 Savior of the

00:46:12.720 --> 00:46:13.120
 world.

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:15.300
 This is what we

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:16.360
 long to see,

00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:17.140
 church.

00:46:18.140 --> 00:46:19.019
 This is what we

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.820
 long to see.

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.559
 Who will you

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:22.519
 share this with?

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:25.000
 who will you

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:25.539
 bring this

00:46:25.539 --> 00:46:26.300
 message to?

00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:28.719
 Who around

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:29.780
 you is thirsty

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:30.780
 for living

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:31.619
 water?

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:34.259
 Let's pray.

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:38.840
 Lord, we thank

00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:39.380
 you for this

00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:40.179
 promise of

00:46:40.179 --> 00:46:40.980
 eternal

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:42.099
 satisfaction,

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:43.219
 eternal life.

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.440
 It's a free

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:45.300
 gift that you

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:46.059
 alone have

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:47.599
 purchased that

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:48.019
 we can only

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.820
 find in you,

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:49.079
 and Lord,

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:49.820
 our souls were

00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:50.900
 made to delight

00:46:50.900 --> 00:46:51.440
 in you.

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:53.000
 We pray,

00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:54.260
 God, that as

00:46:54.260 --> 00:46:55.019
 we consider what

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.720
 you've done,

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:56.420
 as we consider

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:57.059
 the work of

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.800
 Christ, that it

00:46:57.800 --> 00:46:58.099
 wouldn't be

00:46:58.099 --> 00:46:59.559
 information only,

00:46:59.740 --> 00:47:00.660
 that it would

00:47:00.660 --> 00:47:02.059
 move us out

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:02.800
 of these doors

00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:03.960
 to spread the

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.639
 message of the

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:05.500
 gospel to any

00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:06.039
 who would hear.

00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:07.320
 And we pray,

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:07.980
 Lord, that you

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:09.579
 would bring death

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.500
 to life through

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:11.740
 the faithful witness

00:47:11.740 --> 00:47:13.059
 of this congregation.

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:13.820
 We pray in

00:47:13.820 --> 00:47:14.380
 Christ's name.

00:47:15.160 --> 00:47:15.420
 Amen.