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 Well, good morning everyone. Grab your Bibles, John chapter 4. Also there's St Paul's app.

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 You'll see an outline for today's message and the title, Drink Deeply.

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 Okay, 1977. Some of us weren't born in those days, but a lot of us were.

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 NASA launched two space probes, Voyager 1 and the other one called Voyager 2.

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 And it was the purpose of the space probes was to study the outer planets and the interstellar space beyond the sun.

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 Both space probes are still circulating up there in the Netherlands somewhere.

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 Apparently Voyager 1 at the moment is approximately 24 billion kilometres from the Earth right now.

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 24 billion kilometres, give or take a few million, I think, in there somewhere.

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 But NASA knows where they are.

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 Now, interesting, both space probes carried a gold-plated audiovisual disk

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 in the event that either space probe was found by intelligent life forms out there.

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 And so the disk carried photos of Earth, photos of life forms of Earth, a range of scientific information,

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 spoken greetings from a whole heap of languages, a personal greeting from the United States President,

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 Jimmy Carter, also the United Nations General Secretary,

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 a bunch of sounds from the Earth that included sounds of whales, a baby crying,

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 waves breaking on a shore, things like that, things that would want to keep you away from the place, really, probably.

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 Music.

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 A collection of music from various cultures was also included and played,

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 and still apparently being boomed out there into the universe somewhere.

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 And the music was interesting, what they included.

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 30 years after the launch of the space probes,

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 one of the members of the project team reflected on the choice of music and said this,

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 I thought of Beethoven's Cavatina from the string quartet,

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 this great, beautiful, sad piece of music of which Beethoven had written in the margin

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 the word sensucht, which is German for longing.

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 Part of what we wanted to capture in this Voyager project

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 was the great longing that humans experience.

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 Longing.

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 It's a word that captures the restlessness of the human heart.

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 Even in our society, as formal religion recedes,

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 thirst for spirituality grows.

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 In fact, there is more spiritual longing in society now

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 than there has been in the previous three decades.

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 This spiritual longing that is there,

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 restless in the human heart,

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 is a thirst for purpose,

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 of satisfaction, of contentment, fulfillment.

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 So if you've just joined us for the first time right now,

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 or just tuning in after a little bit of a break,

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 we are working our way through the early chapters of John's Gospel

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 and discovering the abundant life that Jesus Christ offers.

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 Last week, we're in John chapter 3,

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 as Jesus engages with a bloke called Nicodemus.

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 Now, Nicodemus was one of the up-and-coming in society.

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 Today, in John 4, a Samaritan woman,

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 one of the down and the out in society.

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 And as the beginning of the chapter sees,

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 Jesus is tired, he's hot, he's dusty from his journey,

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 and he confronts this woman at a well and says,

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 give me a drink, and he never gets it.

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 Instead, he offers her life-giving water.

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 He offers deep satisfaction in life,

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 living water for the thirsty, for the longing soul,

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 for Nicodemus, and for the Samaritan woman,

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 for you and for me, for all people.

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 And to get the living water,

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 there are four things we need to understand,

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 and that's the outline in your Sir Paul's app this morning.

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 Four things.

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 Firstly, we need to understand the living water

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 that he offers is a surprise.

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 Verse 9, the woman is surprised that Jesus is talking to her.

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 And in verse 27, the disciples are surprised

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 that he's talking with her.

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 The surprise here is that Jesus reaches

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 across social, cultural, religious barriers

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 to engage with this woman.

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 That's the surprise.

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 The Samaritans and Jews were complete enemies.

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 And at this time, the Jews regarded Samaritans

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 as racial, inferior, and religious heretics.

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 They had no association at all.

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 So at the beginning of the text,

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 we see that Jesus says he has to go via this way.

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 He didn't have to go that way.

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 He chose to go this way.

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 He chose to be in Samaria.

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 Jews in his day completely went around that area.

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 Also, there's a gender issue here.

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 Women had very low status across all the cultures

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 of the first century.

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 And so, and again, verse 28, the disciples were surprised

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 he's talking with a woman in public.

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 But the big issue is not that she's just a Samaritan

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 and that she's a woman,

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 but that she's a particular Samaritan woman.

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 Every commentator mentions that what is weird here

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 is that she is drawing water alone,

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 which was a social activity

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 for women in the first century.

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 This woman is a social outcast.

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 In verse 6, we are told Jesus,

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 we are told Jesus arrives at the well at noon.

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 The women gathered water at the beginning of the day

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 and the end of the day.

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 She is deliberately going to the well

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 in the middle of the day

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 to avoid all contact,

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 even with her own people.

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 She's an outcast.

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 Not an introvert.

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 She's an outcast.

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 And Jesus reaches across every barrier

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 that would be put up against them.

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 The moral, the religious, the gender,

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 the racial barriers,

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 they mean nothing to him.

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 This is typical of Jesus.

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 Why does he keep doing it?

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 Because the living water that he offers

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 is not based on merit.

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 It's based on grace.

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 Doesn't matter who you are,

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 what you've done,

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 what your cultural roots are,

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 what your worldview is,

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 anyone at any time can meet him.

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 That's the first thing.

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 The second thing we need to understand

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 is that this living water that he offers

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 is an offer of ultimate satisfaction.

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 Living water comes to us by grace

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 and what we receive

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 is ultimate satisfaction.

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 Now, Central Australia,

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 for those who have ever wandered out there,

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 would discover that it's a very arid environment,

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 which is why most of the population in this country,

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 the vast majority,

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 live on the coastal fringe,

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 because at least we get access to water.

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 Very few people in Australia

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 have ever experienced desperate thirst.

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 Desperate thirst.

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 Life-threatening thirst.

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 We walk around with these things everywhere.

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 We, you know,

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 I go to the tap and I can fill it up.

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 It flows.

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 The image of living water

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 is much more vivid for this woman at the well

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 and others in our world

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 than it is for most of us.

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 But it's an important image.

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 The human body is about 66% water.

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 Muscles are 97% water.

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 Blood is 83% water.

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 Our lungs are 90% water,

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 which, you know, drowning.

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 What's, I don't know what,

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 I don't understand that.

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 It's just adding a little bit more.

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 I mean,

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 and brains are 95% water,

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 which is quite self-explanatory, really.

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 Survival guides speak about the rule of three.

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 We can survive three minutes without oxygen,

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 three days without water,

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 three weeks without food,

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 and tragically,

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 probably only three hours without technology.

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 We have a more immediate need for water

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 than we do for food.

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 We die of dehydration before starvation.

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 Because we are mostly water,

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 to die from dehydration

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 means that every part of our body

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 cries out in searing pain.

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 torment

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 every part of the body

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 until death mercifully comes to us.

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 And Jesus says to this woman at the well,

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 I have something that your soul needs

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 more than your body needs water.

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 Going to any other source

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 to quench what your soul needs

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 will only cause

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 the thirst to go deeper,

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 to endure longer.

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 So verse 13 is his promise.

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 Everyone who drinks this water

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 will be thirsty again,

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 but whoever drinks the water that I give them

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 will never thirst.

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 Indeed,

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 the water that I give them

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 will become in them

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 a spring of water

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 welling up to eternal life.

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 Jesus here is promising

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 a purpose,

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 a love,

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 a peace,

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 a hope,

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 a beauty

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 that permanently wells up

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 from within.

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 You see,

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 in Jesus we get

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 a spiritual love

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 and a peace

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 and acceptance,

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 a beauty

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 that won't get lost,

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 plugged up,

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 dry out

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 when things in life

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 don't go the way

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 that we want them to.

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 Friends,

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 what Jesus is offering here,

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 and I think this is crucial

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 if you're someone

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 who calls yourself a Christian,

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 what Jesus is offering here

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 is so much more

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 than the forgiveness of sins.

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 It's not less than

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 the forgiveness of sins,

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 but it's so much more

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 than the forgiveness of sins.

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 So the third thing

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 to understand

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 is for most people

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 it takes several steps

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 before we experience

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 and receive living water.

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 You might have noticed

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 as Nick was reading out

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 this is a long interaction

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 between Jesus

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 and this woman.

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 Bit by bit

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 Jesus moves her

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 from spiritual indifference

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 into spiritual life

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 and vitality.

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 She turns up at the well

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 not looking,

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 not looking for it,

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 though eventually

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 telling everyone about it.

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 I think most Christians

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 will testify to a similar

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 work of God

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 in their lives.

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 This woman is alone

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 at the well

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 because of the mistakes

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 and the failures

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 of her life.

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 And it is moments

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 like these

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 that most people

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 become open

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 to the bigger questions

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 of life.

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 They start to feel

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 alone themselves

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 for a variety of reasons,

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 feel alone

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 and open to the questions,

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 open to a bit of soul searching

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 and questioning.

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 And Jesus then starts

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 to push her intellectually.

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 Christianity is far more

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 than simple intellectual questions

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 about the meaning of life,

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 but it's not less than that.

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 You don't have a real encounter

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 with Jesus

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 unless you engage your brain,

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 all 95% water of it.

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 But in verse 15,

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 it's as far as she can get.

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 The woman said to him,

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 sir, give me this water

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 so I won't get thirsty

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 and have to keep coming here

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 to draw water.

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 Jesus is talking about

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 living water

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 and she wants running water.

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 She doesn't want to keep

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 coming to the well.

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 Jesus is talking about

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 spiritual thirst,

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 but she is still,

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 on the real issue here,

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 is her physical thirst.

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 She wants to be

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 the first person in Samaria

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 with taps in the bungalow.

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 She's with Jesus

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 up to this point,

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 but still she can't see

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 her deep, deep spiritual thirst.

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 And that's when Jesus,

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 who appears to change the subject,

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 but doesn't,

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 go get your husband.

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 He's helping her to see

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 you are deeply,

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 deeply,

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 spiritually dehydrated.

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 Verse 17,

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 Jesus said,

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 you are right

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 when you say

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 you have no husband.

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 The fact is

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 you have had five husbands

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 and the man you now have

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 is not your husband.

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 She is deeply thirsty

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 for acceptance,

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 for significance,

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 for security,

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 for love.

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 She is deeply,

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 spiritually thirsty,

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 but she is drinking

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 from the well

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 of relationships

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 and approval,

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 security and sex,

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 and it will never satisfy.

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 It's like dying

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 from thirst

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 and deciding

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 to drink diesel

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 to satisfy it.

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 It never will.

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 this woman,

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 like every single human being,

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 is a person of faith.

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 The question is,

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 what is the direction

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 of your faith?

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 What are you trusting in

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 for your security,

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 for your acceptance,

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 for your love,

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 for your hope,

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 for your beauty,

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 for your satisfaction,

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 for your purpose?

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 You see,

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 becoming a Christian

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 is simply transferring

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 from one thing,

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 even a good thing

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 that God has given us,

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 to the ultimate one.

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 That's what it is.

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 It's a transfer of faith.

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 In the Samaritan woman's case,

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 it is a transfer from men,

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 but it could be

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 a multitude of things for us.

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 Sex,

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 career,

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 appearance,

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 acceptance by friends,

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 social networks,

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 political causes,

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 romance,

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 money,

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 wealth,

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 control,

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 comfort,

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 happy children.

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 We will never drink deep

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 from the living water

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 Jesus offers

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 until we see

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 that where we are drinking

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 from now

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 has an inability

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 to truly satisfy.

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 Jesus is convicting

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 this woman here.

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 He's not condemning her.

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 He's pointing out

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 the false masters

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 and the pretend saviors

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 that will never satisfy.

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 So I've got to ask you,

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 friends,

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 just briefly,

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 has Jesus been trying

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 to get you alone

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 over maybe the last year,

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 two years,

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 however long,

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 even the last number of weeks,

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 to get you alone

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 to have a similar conversation

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 with you?

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 That the deep dissatisfaction

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 you have in life,

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 the miserable experience

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 you have waking up

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 day by day

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 is because you're trusting

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 in pseudo-saviors.

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 You're looking to the happiness

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 of your children

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 or your career

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 or bank balance,

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 whatever it might be,

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 to find that deep satisfaction

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 in life,

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 to get you happy in life.

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 Maybe Jesus is saying to you,

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 go and get your children,

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 go and get your marriage,

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 go and get your career,

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 your family,

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 go and get your bank balance,

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 your culture,

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 your morality,

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 your religion,

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 your privacy,

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 go and get them

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 and bring them back here

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 and put them beside me.

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 In its simplest form,

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 Jesus is saying to this woman

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 to transfer her faith

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 from relationships

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 with multiple men

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 to relationship with him alone.

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 He's the only one

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 that can truly satisfy.

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 How does he do that?

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 Well, last point

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 on your outline there.

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 Jesus was scorched

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 that we might receive

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 living water.

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 In one final attempt

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 to get Jesus off her case,

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 she says to him

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 in verse 19,

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 which is an apparent

00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:22.620
 distraction on her behalf

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 to stop talking about

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 her personal life,

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 she says,

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 Sir,

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 I can see that you're a prophet.

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 Our ancestors worshipped

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 on the mountain,

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 but you Jews claim

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 that the place

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 where we must worship

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 is in Jerusalem.

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 She wants to divert Jesus

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 to talk about

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 a great present

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 theological issue.

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 Let's talk about

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 those who have never

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 heard Jesus

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 or something like that.

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 Let's just distract it

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 from me

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 and talk about an issue,

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 an abstract issue.

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 Where should we worship?

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 Who has the truth?

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 Where do we go

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 to get God?

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 Do the Jews

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 have it right?

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 Do the Samaritans

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 have it right?

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 And this is Jesus' reply.

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 Woman,

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 believe me,

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 a time is coming

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 when you will worship

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 the Father

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 neither on this mountain

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 nor in Jerusalem.

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 A time is coming

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 and has now come

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 when the true worshippers

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 will worship the Father

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 in the Spirit

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 and in truth.

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 Jesus says to her

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 in response,

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 it's not that temple

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:21.959
 and it's not that temple.

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 But notice

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 he doesn't say

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 you don't need a temple.

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 He says a time,

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 literally the word means

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 the hour

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 is coming

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 and has now come

00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:41.099
 when the true worshippers

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:42.699
 will worship the Father

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.860
 in the Spirit

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.840
 and in truth.

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 Now John told us

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.360
 last week

00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:49.400
 that every time

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 the word hour

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 is used

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 in John's Gospel

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 it is referring

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 to Jesus' death

00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.519
 on the cross.

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 Jesus is saying

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 to this woman

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.779
 that you still need

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.279
 a temple

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.720
 and you will still

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 need a sacrifice

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.619
 for sin

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.740
 so that the living water

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.960
 can come to everyone

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.700
 but that he himself

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.920
 will be that temple.

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.799
 His hour will come

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:15.599
 and I will be that temple

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.740
 and I will be

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.900
 that sacrifice.

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 I will be

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 both the gathering point

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 and the means

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.259
 of reconciliation

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.379
 with God.

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.859
 At the beginning

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.539
 of this passage

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.720
 Jesus walks up

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:31.319
 to this woman

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.759
 at the well

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 and says I'm thirsty

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:34.180
 give me a drink.

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:36.799
 He doesn't get it.

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.779
 I mean how rude

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.680
 he doesn't get it.

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.339
 In Mark's Gospel

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:44.660
 Jesus describes

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.559
 his mission

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:47.259
 for all of humanity

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.680
 as drinking

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.599
 from the cup

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:51.900
 drinking from the cup

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:53.500
 of God's judgment

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:55.839
 for our rejection

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.440
 of God.

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:59.920
 He's talking about

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.480
 his death

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.599
 by crucifixion.

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 He must die

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:05.099
 that we might live.

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.299
 He must drink

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.220
 of that cup

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.160
 so that we might

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.879
 be satisfied.

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 And on the way

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 to the place

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.920
 of crucifixion

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:15.639
 some well-meaning people

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.559
 offered Jesus

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.180
 a drink

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:19.359
 a mixture

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.099
 of wine

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.920
 and myrrh

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 and he didn't

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.259
 drink from it.

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.559
 Why?

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 A mixture

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.599
 of wine

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.059
 and myrrh

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.059
 is a sedative.

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 It's to dull

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:31.019
 the pain

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.980
 and he says

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:34.240
 I must experience

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.519
 it

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.980
 in all

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.519
 its fullness.

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:40.019
 this pain

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.519
 will not be

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.900
 diverted

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.400
 from me.

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 And there's

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.759
 one other place

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.720
 in John's Gospel

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:50.299
 where Jesus

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.879
 says

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.759
 I am thirsty.

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.539
 It's in

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.160
 John 19

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.940
 verse 28

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:57.039
 when his hour

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.119
 finally arrived

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:59.000
 he's on the cross

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.859
 and he cries out

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.859
 I am

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.859
 thirsty.

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:04.179
 the guards

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.879
 give him

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.959
 a bitter

00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.459
 drink

00:22:06.459 --> 00:22:07.240
 of wine

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.699
 vinegar.

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.379
 Why?

00:22:12.699 --> 00:22:13.759
 It was

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.619
 designed

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.679
 in Roman

00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.719
 crucifixion

00:22:16.719 --> 00:22:17.699
 to prolong

00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:19.399
 your life

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.979
 so that you

00:22:19.979 --> 00:22:20.599
 might suffer

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.099
 more.

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:27.439
 Jesus

00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:28.199
 was meaning

00:22:28.199 --> 00:22:28.599
 something

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.279
 much deeper

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.959
 when he cries

00:22:29.959 --> 00:22:30.919
 out I thirst.

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.000
 thirst.

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.420
 This is the

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.000
 big thirst

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.860
 the real thirst

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.800
 the deep thirst.

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.360
 Interesting

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:39.220
 on the cross

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.860
 they put it

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.500
 to his lips

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.519
 and when he

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.140
 tasted it

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.880
 he died.

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.259
 Declaring

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.779
 to all

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.180
 the Roman

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.720
 world

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.860
 to everyone

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:51.400
 this is

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.000
 my death

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.500
 to die.

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:55.019
 You're not

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.480
 in control

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.759
 of this

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.279
 process.

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.420
 The hot

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.779
 sun

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.980
 that dehydrates

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.440
 us

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:04.000
 is nothing

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.799
 compared to

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.319
 the white

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:06.079
 hot wrath

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.539
 of God

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.160
 that came

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.980
 onto Jesus

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:09.180
 as he died

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.960
 as a substitute

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.980
 for humanity

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.319
 seeking satisfaction

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.660
 and meaning

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:15.079
 and purpose

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 in life

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 in everything

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.079
 and everywhere

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.920
 but the God

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.599
 who made them.

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.599
 On the cross

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.960
 Jesus quotes

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:24.019
 from Psalm 22

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.599
 my God

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.180
 my God

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.220
 why have you

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.099
 forsaken me?

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.119
 Psalm 22

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:31.219
 was on his

00:23:31.219 --> 00:23:31.819
 mind

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.739
 as he

00:23:32.739 --> 00:23:33.459
 suffered

00:23:33.459 --> 00:23:34.439
 for our

00:23:34.439 --> 00:23:34.839
 sake

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.699
 on the cross

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 and later

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.139
 in Psalm

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 a little bit

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.199
 later in Psalm

00:23:38.199 --> 00:23:38.599
 22

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.359
 we read this

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 I am poured

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.399
 out like water

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:44.339
 my heart

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.919
 has turned

00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:45.639
 to wax

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.819
 it has

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.419
 melted

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:48.139
 within me

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:49.079
 my mouth

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.799
 is dried

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.559
 up like a

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.059
 pot shirt

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 and my tongue

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:53.179
 sticks to the

00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:53.679
 roof of my

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:54.099
 mouth

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.879
 you lay me

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.779
 in the dust

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.539
 of death.

00:23:57.539 --> 00:24:01.519
 both physically

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.539
 and spiritually

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:04.639
 Jesus suffered

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.159
 deep

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.940
 deep

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:07.139
 spiritual thirst

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.879
 he died

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.559
 of thirst

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.700
 so that we

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.399
 can have

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:11.599
 living water

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.279
 deep

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.240
 satisfaction

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.599
 of living

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.279
 he died

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.960
 in torment

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:16.059
 so that we

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.500
 can have

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.980
 the cool

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.480
 water

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.440
 of favour

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.139
 of God

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:20.480
 and so

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.899
 Jesus

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.579
 is the

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:21.899
 gathering

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.379
 point

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:23.659
 for all

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.039
 people

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.480
 to find

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.000
 God

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:26.380
 and experience

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.779
 ultimate

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.500
 satisfaction

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.200
 in life

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.240
 doesn't

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.519
 matter

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.180
 your culture

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.740
 your merits

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.220
 your sin

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.759
 your record

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.279
 your race

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.779
 and gender

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.660
 Jesus

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:35.059
 offers you

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.519
 life

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.259
 and life

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.579
 forever

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.200
 and that

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.480
 is the

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.819
 hope of

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.000
 every

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.380
 Christian

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.079
 because I

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.240
 mean

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.799
 I don't know

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.160
 if you read

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.579
 it recently

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.099
 but the same

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.539
 John who

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.940
 wrote this

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.279
 gospel

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.619
 wrote

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.440
 Revelation

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:45.079
 and at

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.319
 the very

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.640
 end of the

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:45.960
 Bible

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.519
 he gives

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.019
 us a picture

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.220
 of what

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.579
 heaven is

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:47.759
 going to

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.259
 be like

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.539
 and he

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.940
 says this

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.480
 in Revelation

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.259
 21

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:53.000
 to the

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.440
 thirsty

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.779
 I will

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.440
 give water

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.559
 without

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.259
 cost

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.099
 from the

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.619
 spring

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.299
 of the

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.599
 water

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.559
 of life

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.039
 chapter 22

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.740
 describes

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.140
 heaven

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:05.940
 as the

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.400
 place

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.740
 where

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.759
 a river

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.240
 of the

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.700
 water

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.339
 of life

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.559
 as

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.500
 clear as

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.059
 crystal

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.920
 flowing

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.480
 from the

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.759
 throne

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.299
 of God

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.579
 and the

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.859
 Lamb

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.720
 down the

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:14.879
 middle

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.119
 of the

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.379
 great

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:15.720
 street

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:15.980
 of the

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.240
 city

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.720
 on each

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:16.940
 side

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.119
 of the

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.339
 tree

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.859
 of life

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.140
 bearing

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.680
 twelve

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.180
 crops

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.839
 of fruit

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.779
 yielding

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.019
 its

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.339
 fruit

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.179
 every

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.439
 month

00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:26.759
 and the

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.099
 leaves

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.359
 of the

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.740
 trees

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.059
 of the

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.299
 healing

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.559
 of the

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:28.919
 nations

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.279
 the

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.599
 water

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.199
 of life

00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:30.799
 that

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.419
 brings

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.480
 satisfaction

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.439
 every

00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:34.079
 moment

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.720
 place

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.459
 of abundance

00:25:36.459 --> 00:25:37.519
 that's

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.000
 the hope

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.139
 that's

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.599
 the hope

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:39.919
 of the

00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.299
 Christian

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:42.839
 and so

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.240
 friends

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.679
 what does

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.039
 it look

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.439
 like

00:25:45.439 --> 00:25:46.659
 to receive

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.099
 this

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.679
 living

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.099
 water

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.939
 this

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.500
 Samaritan

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.879
 woman

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.699
 shows us

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.000
 what it

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.200
 looks

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.539
 like

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:54.279
 she's

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.480
 not

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.980
 commanded

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.259
 to do

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.539
 anything

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.380
 by Jesus

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.680
 at this

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:56.980
 point

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:59.160
 she just

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.000
 responds

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.340
 to the

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:01.900
 free gift

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.460
 of God

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:04.120
 she calls

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.759
 people to

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.319
 see Jesus

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.940
 for themselves

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.160
 she delights

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.759
 in repentance

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.620
 come and see

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.180
 the person

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.880
 who has shown

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.420
 me every

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.960
 bad thing

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.299
 I've ever

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.660
 done

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:13.519
 she hides

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.059
 nothing

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:15.180
 she goes

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.519
 to the

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.080
 people who

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.500
 have been

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.160
 avoiding

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.660
 her

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.299
 and that

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.819
 she's been

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.279
 avoiding

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.299
 and she

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.240
 cries

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.639
 for them

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.099
 to come

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.720
 and see

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:22.980
 their

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.480
 Messiah

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:26.819
 it's like

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.079
 she's got

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.539
 a totally

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.139
 new self

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.579
 image

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:28.980
 here

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.339
 she even

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.839
 loves the

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.319
 people who

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.799
 have rejected

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.200
 her

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.940
 and she

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.399
 leaves her

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.879
 water pot

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.359
 behind

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.399
 symbolic of

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:36.819
 saying

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:38.299
 Jesus is

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.920
 more important

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.220
 than this

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.500
 water

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:42.740
 now maybe

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.180
 you've been

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.000
 listening now

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.519
 and you

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.139
 still don't

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.539
 think you

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.079
 need living

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.460
 water

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.819
 just like

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.220
 this woman

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.440
 at the

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.720
 beginning

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.200
 maybe

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.500
 that's

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:49.940
 the stage

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.160
 of the

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.380
 step

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.640
 you're

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:50.980
 up to

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:53.840
 what harm

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.759
 is there

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.200
 in asking

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.900
 Jesus for

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.220
 the living

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.640
 water

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.120
 even if

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.400
 you don't

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.740
 know what

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.059
 it is

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.279
 or are

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.579
 convinced

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.779
 that you

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.000
 don't

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.420
 need it

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.860
 what harm

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.259
 is there

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:03.740
 I did

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.100
 that

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.980
 about

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.920
 33

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.840
 years ago

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:07.279
 now

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.660
 God

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.360
 if you

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.299
 are real

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:12.000
 and you

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.360
 are the

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.900
 answer

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:14.480
 make it

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.920
 clear to

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.180
 me

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.640
 make it

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:16.960
 clear

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:19.720
 I

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.140
 prayed

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.340
 that

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.580
 prayer

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:20.779
 in

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:22.080
 1991

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.720
 or

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:24.380
 frustratingly

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:24.800
 called it

00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:25.140
 out in

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.980
 1991

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.539
 became a

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:27.700
 Christian

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.480
 in 1993

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.380
 two years

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.880
 later he

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.519
 answered it

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.860
 for the

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.240
 Christian

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.740
 here

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:35.900
 how many

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.300
 of us

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:36.980
 have tasted

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.420
 the living

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.900
 water

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:39.160
 but it's

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.680
 yet to be

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.220
 a spring

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.800
 welling up

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.140
 in our

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.600
 lives

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:43.779
 you don't

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.340
 sense that

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.600
 deep

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.079
 satisfaction

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.939
 in life

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:48.159
 you know

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.559
 Jesus

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.159
 should mean

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.879
 everything

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.899
 to you

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:52.579
 but you're

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.299
 still trying

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.599
 to get

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.139
 love

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.579
 purpose

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.799
 identity

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.159
 satisfaction

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:59.719
 in other

00:27:59.719 --> 00:28:00.319
 things

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.839
 and it's

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.419
 one of the

00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:03.259
 main reasons

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.980
 if not the

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.919
 main reasons

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:06.159
 why you are

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 up and down

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 spiritually

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 and in your

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 experiences of

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 life

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 you're pursuing

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 other things

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 you're drinking

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 from other

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 wells

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 and Jesus

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 says stop

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 it

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 what is your

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 next step

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 to treasure

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 Jesus

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 and

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 you're

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 who

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 are

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 who

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 are

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 who