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Good morning.
I'm Melissa Arsuniega, and I am part of the El Cerrito Kensington Community Group, an Oikos
group, and a deacon.
Today's scripture reading is from the book of John, chapter 4, verses 4 through 42, as
printed in your liturgy.
A reading from the gospel according to John.
Now Jesus had to go through Samaria.
So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to
his son Joseph.
Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well.
It was about noon.
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, Will you give me a drink?
His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
The Samaritan woman said to him, You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman.
How can you ask me for a drink?
For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.
Jesus answered her, If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink,
you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
Sir, the woman said, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
Where can you get this living water?
Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself,
as did also his sons and his livestock?
Jesus answered, Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.
Indeed, the water I give them will be in them a spring of water, welling up to eternal life.
The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.
He told her, Go, call your husband and come back.
I have no husband, she replied.
Jesus said to her, You are right when you say you have no husband.
The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband.
What you have just said is quite true.
Sir, the woman said, I can see that you are a prophet.
Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain,
but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.
Woman, Jesus replied,
Believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
You Samaritans worship what you do not know.
We worship what we do know, for salvation is from Jews.
Yet a time is coming and has now come
when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the spirit and in truth,
for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.
God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the spirit and in truth.
The woman said,
I know that Messiah, called Christ, is coming.
When he comes, he will explain everything to us.
Then Jesus declared,
I, the one speaking to you,
I am he.
Just then, his disciples returned
and were surprised to find him talking with a woman.
But no one asked,
What do you want?
Or,
Why are you talking with her?
Then, leaving her water jar,
the woman went back to the town
and said to the people,
Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.
Could this be the Messiah?
They came out of the town
and made their way toward him.
Meanwhile, his disciples urged him,
Rabbi, eat something.
But he said to them,
I have food to eat
that you know nothing about.
Then his disciples said to each other,
Could someone have brought him food?
My food, said Jesus,
is to do the will of him who sent me
and to finish his work.
Don't you have a saying,
It's still four months until harvest?
I tell you,
open your eyes and look at the fields.
They are ripe for harvest.
Even now, the one who reaps
draws a wage
and harvests a crop for eternal life
so that the sower and the reaper
may be glad together.
Thus the saying,
One sows and another reaps,
is true.
I sent you to reap
what you have not worked for.
Others have done the hard work,
and you have reaped the benefits
of their labor.
Many of the Samaritans from that town
believed in him
because of the woman's testimony.
He told me everything I ever did.
So when the Samaritans came to him,
they urged him to stay with them,
and he stayed two days.
And because of his words,
many more became believers.
They said to the woman,
We no longer believe
just because of what you said.
Now we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this man
really is the Savior of the world.
This is the gospel of the Lord.
Thank you for that reading.
One of the longest probably
that we've done in quite a while.
And there's so much here
that we just need to dive right in.
But a bit of context is needed
to appreciate what the first hearers
would have understood
implicitly about this text.
And that is that there are
all kinds of reasons
why Jesus should not
be talking to this woman.
And that's the most striking
feature of the story
is the radical move
that Jesus makes
by initiating a conversation with her.
And you even notice
the shock that she has, right,
that Jesus begins speaking with her.
She says in verse 9,
you are a Jew
and I am a Samaritan woman.
How can you ask me for a drink
for Jews do not associate
with Samaritans?
And this conversation
is crossing several boundaries.
So the first is a racial
and a cultural boundary.
Centuries before this time,
most Jews had been exiled
from the promised land
over to Babylon.
Some Jews stayed behind
and those who stayed behind,
some of them intermarried
with Canaanites and Assyrians.
They essentially formed a new tribe.
They started a new syncretistic religion.
That's the Samaritans.
And for first century Jews,
Samaritans were the worst kind of outcasts
because on the one hand,
they were seen to be
both racially inferior
and on the other hand,
theological heretics.
And so for first century Jews,
well, there was constant trouble.
I mean, constant animosity
and conflict
between these two groups of people
such that Jews rarely did
what Jesus does.
They tried to travel around Samaria.
They didn't even go through Samaria.
When they did go through Samaria,
some Samaritans would attack
Jewish people.
It was a mess.
And particularly Jews
would not share their eating
and their drinking vessels
with Samaritans.
But Jesus asked this woman
for a drink from her jar.
Okay, so he's crossing a racial
and a cultural boundary.
Secondly, there's a gender
and a sex boundary here.
Jesus is known.
His notoriety is rising
as a holy man
who's calling the nation of Israel
back to God.
And in that culture,
it was scandalous
for any devout Jewish man
to allow themselves
to be alone
with a strange woman,
let alone to be
in a conversation with her.
The risk of ritual impurity,
the risk of gossip,
the risk of immorality,
they considered way too high.
And the disciples understood this.
In verse 27,
it says that they were startled
to find Jesus talking with a woman.
So you've got a racial,
cultural boundary,
a gender, sex boundary,
and you've got,
finally,
a spiritual
and a moral boundary
because she comes
to draw water at noon.
And this is not the normal time
for women to visit a well
that's set at some distance
from their village
or their town.
You would normally come
early in the morning
in the cool of the day
or later in the evening
when it was not so hot.
And the question is,
why is she here alone
right in the middle of the day?
And the fact that she's come
at a time
when she would be least likely
to meet anyone
who knows about her past
or her lifestyle
pretty much tells us
everything we need to know,
that she's obviously
a bad character.
Even within her
marginalized sector
of society,
she's considered such
so that she doesn't even
want to come
and rub shoulders
with anybody
that might want to talk to her.
She knows people don't want to
spend time talking with her.
And yet Jesus
somehow knows all this.
He knows her status
as an outsider.
And when he begins
to speak to her,
he is deliberately
reaching across
almost every single barrier
that we human beings
tend to set up
between ourselves.
Racial, cultural, gender,
moral barriers.
Jesus should have
nothing to do with her,
but he doesn't really care
about all those rules.
And she's amazed
that he's talking with her.
And what happens
as a result
is really incredible.
So I want to look
at this under three headings.
I want to talk about
the living water.
Lots of water today.
The living water.
I want to talk about
the seeking God.
And I want to talk about
the overflowing woman.
The living water,
the seeking God,
and the overflowing woman.
When we look at this
first part about
the living water,
it's instructive to us
that Jesus is the one
who initiates
the conversation.
Jesus is the one
who goes first.
He starts with a question.
He leads with
common humanity
and the vulnerability
of his thirst.
Will you give me
a drink,
he says.
And this is Jesus'
playbook for all
of his disciple community.
It's just for us
to go up to people
and say,
hi.
How you doing?
And to connect
with people
on common ground
and our basic
sense of need
and humanity
and to have
simple conversations
that can become
serious conversations
and spiritual conversations.
And a fascinating
feature of this encounter
is that though Jesus
is open to her
and warm toward her,
he still confronts her.
He's incredibly gentle
and artful
and even teasing
in the way
that he does it.
He says in verse 10,
if you knew
the gift of God
and who it is
that asks you
for a drink,
you would have asked him
and he would have
given you
living water.
What is Jesus
talking about?
Well,
almost everywhere
in the United States
we have ready access
to good drinking water
and most of us
know very little
about real thirst
but if you live
in an arid climate
right next to the desert,
you realize pretty quickly
how much of your body
is made of water
and that to be
without water,
to be truly
profoundly thirsty
is to be in total agony
right?
But then
in that experience
to taste
living water,
fresh water
is like the most
satisfying experience
you could imagine
and so Jesus
says to her,
well you've asked me,
I've asked you
for a drink
but you actually
should be asking
me for a drink
and what sort of
thirst quenching
drink is Jesus offering?
he says it's living water
and that's a regular
phrase that people
would use in Jesus' world
for what we call
running water
right?
Living water
is simply
a stream
or a river
as opposed to
a well
or a pool
it's
living water
is more likely
to be fresh,
it's more likely
to be clean
than water
that's been sitting
around
and maybe getting
stagnant
and so
she hears this
offer
and she says
sir
in verse 11
you have nothing
to draw with
and the well
is deep
where can you
get this
living water?
and this reminds us
of last week
Nicodemus
in John 3
because remember
what Jesus said
to him
Jesus said
Nicodemus
you must be
born again
from above
by the Holy Spirit
and Nicodemus
says
wait a minute
how?
like
am I supposed
to go back
into my mother's
womb
and be born
a second time
what are you
talking about?
and so often
Jesus is speaking
with a double meaning
and people
are misunderstanding
Jesus
because
he's talking
at a heavenly level
and we're listening
at an earthly level
and going
what are you
talking about
Jesus?
and Jesus
of course
isn't just talking
about
physical water
still water
or moving water
Jesus is talking
about
the new life
that's on offer
to anyone
the living water
is an offer
of new life
to you
no matter
what your racial
or cultural
or gender
or moral background
may be
Jesus says
I have got
something
for you
something that
is as basic
and as necessary
to you spiritually
as water
is to you
physically
it's something
without which
you will find
yourself
absolutely lost
absolutely
unsatisfied
totally
eventually
in agony
and misery
without it
and Jesus
is not just
telling us
that the living
water he has
to offer
is life
saving for us
but he also
reveals that it
satisfies us
from the inside
and this is very
important
he says in verse 13
he says
everyone who drinks
this water
from this well
is going to be
thirsty again
but those
who drink
the water
that I
give them
will never
thirst
indeed
the water
I give them
will become
in them
a spring
of water
welling up
to eternal
life
and what he's
talking about
there is
he's talking
about deep
soul
satisfaction
deep soul
contentment
that does not
depend on
anything
outside of us
and this is
important because
most people
think that
what will make
them happy
what will give
them a satisfying
life
has to do
with things
outside of us
right so if I
achieve romantic
love
if I get
admitted into
the right
college
if I
attain that
degree
if I
chart a path
in this career
if I make
this much money
if I have a
family and
wonderful
children
if
if I'm
connected to
this political
or social
cause
that's going
to do it
for me
and
if I
have that
if I get
accepted
there
if I
climb
that ladder
if I
get this
girl
or that
guy
then I'm
going to
have
what I
most
basically
need
and want
in life
and Jesus
says
no
there's only
one thing
that's outside
of you
that can
truly satisfy
the thirst
that's deep
down inside
of you
and he's
saying that
none of these
things that
we just
mentioned
none of
these things
are going
to last
you're going
to lose
every single
one of those
things when
you die
and so
what you
need is
you need
something that
will transcend
time
what you
need is
something that
will last
into
eternity
and Jesus
says
I have
the thing
he says
I can
give you
that thing
I can
put that
thing
inside
of you
and it
will be
an absolute
unfathomable
satisfaction
in the
core of
your being
regardless
of your
circumstances
regardless
of what
is going
on
outside
of you
see
Jesus
says
everybody
is looking
to quench
their thirst
everybody
is going
to try
to quench
their thirst
with something
and Jesus
says
if
I'm not
that thing
then you're
eventually
going to find
yourself
in an
agonizing
spiritual
thirst
and so
back to
his words
in verse
13
he says
everyone
who drinks
this water
is going
to be
thirsty
again
but those
who drink
the water
I give
them
will never
thirst
indeed
the water
I give
them
will become
in them
a spring
of water
welling up
to eternal
life
now I
need to
comment
here
because
what does
Jesus
mean by
will never
thirst
again
will never
be thirsty
again
spiritually
the Psalms
Psalm 42
says
as a deer
pants for
streams of
water
so my soul
pants for
you my God
my soul
thirsts for
you
my body
is longing
for you
the living
God
when can I
go and
meet with
God
and drink
from God
Psalm 63
says
you God
are my
God
earnestly
I seek
you
I thirst
for you
my whole
being
longs
for you
in a dry
and weary
and parched
land
where there
is no
water
when Jesus
says
those who
drink the
living water
I give
them will
never
thirst
again
what he
means is
that
we'll no
longer
hopelessly
thirst
we'll no
longer
wonder to
ourselves
is there
any water
out there
that can
quench
my thirst
see
it doesn't
mean you'll
stop thirsting
for God
because
to be
human
means
to thirst
for God
and what
he means
is that
you'll
thirst
for God
and you'll
come
drink
his water
and he'll
satisfy
you
and then
you'll
thirst
again
and you'll
come back
to him
and drink
from him
and he'll
satisfy
you
and you'll
keep
drinking
from him
in the
hope
that when
he finally
comes to
set up
his kingdom
you will
never ever
thirst
again
does that
make
sense
Jesus
is
saying
look
I promise
to give you
a spring
that will
bubble up
inside of you
and it will
not only
refresh you
it will
refresh all
the people
around you
he says
in John 7
whoever believes
in me
as the scripture
has said
rivers of living
water will
flow from
within them
and by this
he meant
the Holy
Spirit
you see
the free
gift
the gracious
gifts
of new
life
that Jesus
brings us
by the
Holy Spirit
is given
to those
who ask
for it
Jesus
says
if you
ask me
for a
drink
I will
give you
that drink
and so
this woman
I don't even
think she
fully understands
who she's
talking to
I don't
think she
fully understands
what Jesus
is offering
her
but she
says in
verse 15
sir
give me
this water
give me
this water
now she
says
give me
this water
so I
won't get
thirsty
and have
to keep
coming here
to this
well to
draw water
she doesn't
have a
full and
mature
and strong
faith
with absolute
understanding
but all she
knows is that
this man
standing in
front of me
has something
that I
don't have
and I'm
asking him
for it
and the
question is
have you
asked Jesus
for it
have you
asked him
for the
living water
because it's
this simple
and small
act of
turning
and trust
to Jesus
that is
the
indispensable
starting
point
for
understanding
right
and as
we'll see
in a
moment
she
begins to
drink this
living water
and all of a
sudden she
begins bubbling
up she
begins
springing
forth she
begins
overflowing
to other
people
living water
we need
the living
water
but then
I want to
talk about
not just
the living
water
but the
seeking
God
the seeking
God
and one
of the
things you
need to
know in
the background
of this
text is
the prophet
Jeremiah
okay
the prophet
Jeremiah has
a very famous
text about
water
and it's
in the
opening of
his book
and he
says in
Jeremiah
2 13
the Lord
says
my people
have committed
two sins
they have
forsaken
me the
spring of
living water
and have
dug their
own cisterns
broken cisterns
that cannot
hold water
see
Yahweh
the Lord
is the
spring
of living
water
Jeremiah
says
but
the people
of God
and humanity
in general
have forsaken
the spring
of living
water
they say
we don't
want to
quench
our thirst
on the
living
God
we want
to go
get our
needs
met
somewhere
else
and so
what do
we do
we dig
cisterns
are meant
to catch
rain
right
and even
the best
cisterns
even the
most well
managed
cisterns
they can
grow stagnant
they can
grow stale
and moldy
and contaminated
and create
terrible health
outcomes for
people
if you can
drink
living water
you don't
want to
drink
from a
cistern
and Jeremiah
says
the people
of God
have chosen
not the
living water
they've chosen
to dig
cisterns for
themselves
that are
broken
cisterns that
are leaking
cisterns that
are leaving
them dry
and thirsty
so
Jesus
loves
Jeremiah
and when
he comes
to this
woman at
the well
he's just
doing
Jeremiah
2
right
he's just
applying
Jeremiah
2
and the
broken
cisterns
theology
to her
life
and he
says to
her
you know
your biggest
concern
is not
just that
you come
here
to this
well
at noon
is it
it's not
just that
it's hot
or it's
inconvenient
he says
in verse
16
go call
your husband
and come
back
she says
uh
I don't
have a
husband
and he
says
yeah
you're
right
you're
right
when you
say you
have no
husband
the fact
is
you've
had
five
husbands
and the
man you
have now
is not
your husband
what you've
just said
is quite
true
man
Jesus
is kind
of awkward
right here
I mean
is he
always
this way
I mean
is it
just
because
he's
tired
and thirsty
and it's
the middle
of the
day
and it's
super hot
and he's
just kind
of being
critical
and mean
and judgmental
and condemning
Is he
just trying
to humiliate
and shame
people
wherever he
goes?
No
if that
were the
case
Jesus
would have
never
broken
all the
barriers
to even
open up
the conversation
with this
woman
and all
the humble
and gentle
ways that
he has
so why
is Jesus
so suddenly
changing
the subject
from living
water
to her
long
and sordid
history
with men
and the
answer is
he's not
changing
the subject
he's not
changing
the subject
he's saying
to her
if you want
to understand
the living
water I
offer
then you've
got to first
understand
how you've
been seeking
water in
your own
life
how you've
been digging
broken
cisterns in
your own
life
and Jesus
always sees
straight into
the heart
he sees
straight into
the systems
and he
understands
that life
in this
whole village
is disordered
spiritually
and morally
right
and he can
see how
that disorder
is being
reflected in
this woman's
life and
in her
relationships
and how
this woman
has had
a life
of one
emotional
upheaval
after another
she's had
five marriages
end in
divorce
and we
don't know
any of the
details of
that
we don't
know if
she was
equally
sinned
against
as a
sinner
in that
relationship
we don't
know
her
background
we don't
know
her
emotional
traumas
that may
have given
her a
tough
time
to form
lasting
bonds
and loving
attachments
in a
marriage
relationship
we just
don't
know
but what
we do
know
is that
she seems
to be
both
a
sufferer
and sinner
like we
are
and
Jesus
begins
to talk
to her
and he
says
you've
been trying
to get
living
water
through the
broken
cistern
of
romantic
love
and that's
not really
working out
so great
is it
because
there's
an eternal
thirst
that can
only be
quenched
by the
living
God
who's
made
us
for
himself
and
nothing
else
is
going
to
satisfy
you
right
if you
try to
put
a man
or a
woman
in that
God
shaped
God
sized
hole
in your
heart
much less
five or
six men
or five
or six
women
it's
not
going to
work
and that's
not just
true with
romance
and sexuality
that's
true with
money
and
security
it's
true
with power
and success
is true
with basically
any
created
thing
that
you would
try to
dig out
a cistern
that would
hold water
for you
you see
many people
at this
point
many
biblical
scholars
and preachers
they say
oh okay
this woman
is feeling
convicted
for her life
and her
sins
and so
she begins
to change
the subject
right
verse 19
she says
sir
I can see
that you're
a prophet
our ancestors
worshipped
on this
mountain
but you
Jews
claim
that the
place
where we
must
worship
is in
Jerusalem
she's
changing
the subject
I'm not
convinced
she's
changing
the subject
because
she knows
enough
to know
that when
God's
word
comes to
you
through
a
prophet
and when
that
truth
of
God's
word
convicts
you
of
your
sin
what
you
most
need
to
do
is
go
to
a
mountain
what
you
most
need
to do
is
go
to
a
temple
on
the
mountain
what
you
most
need
to
do
is
go
to
the
place
where
God
has
promised
to
atone
for
your
sins
and
what
she's
saying
here
I
think
is
where
do
I
go
where
can
I
go
and get
the
cleansing
and
the
forgiveness
that
I
need
do
I
go
to
Mount
Zion
and
Jerusalem
do
I
go
to
Mount
Gerizim
and
Samaria
where
do
I
go
and
Jesus
says
that's
not
the
point
of
my
mission
the
point
of
my
mission
is
to
bring
the
life
of
heaven
to
earth
and
in
my
coming
it's
not
so
much
holy
mountains
and
holy
buildings
that
matter
so
much
anymore
those
is
already
said
in
John
2
that
if
you
tear
down
this
temple
I'll
raise
it
up
again
in
three
days
and
what
he's
speaking
about
was
his
own
body
right
and
so
Jesus
launches
in
here
in
verse
21
he
says
woman
believe
me
a
time
is
coming
when
you
will
worship
the
father
neither
on
this
mountain
nor
in
Jerusalem
you
Samaritans
worship
what
you
do
not
know
we
worship
what
we
do
know
for
salvation
is
from
the
Jews
yet
a
time
is
coming
and
has
now
come
when
the
true
worshipers
will
worship
the
father
in
spirit
and
in
truth
I
think
that
should
be
capital
T
truth
for
they
are
the
kind
of
worshipers
the
father
seeks
God
is
spirit
and
his
worshipers
must
worship
him
in
spirit
and
in
truth
Jesus
I
think
is
saying
here
you
don't
need
to
go
up
on
a
mountain
seeking
God
because
God
has
already
come
down
seeking
you
he's
searching
for
you
friends
do you
realize
that
God
the
father
is
seeking
you
that
the
only
reason
any
of
us
are
even
here
today
to
worship
or
to
consider
worshiping
God
is
that
he
has
been
seeking
us
our
whole
life
long
God
Jesus
says
God
is
seeking
us
by
the
Holy
Spirit
and
through
the
truth
that
comes
through
Jesus
to
bring
us
into
the
presence
of
the
father
where
we
might
worship
him
it's
not
that
we
sinners
who
dug
out
cisterns
for
ourselves
come
seeking
God
and
asking
him
to
quench
our
thirst
it's
that
God
the
triune
God
the
three
in
one
God
is
seeking
us
actively
providentially
creatively
looking
for
any
way
he's
not
a
passive
God
Jesus
says
he's
an
active
and a
living
God
who's
seeking
you
to
come
and
worship
him
and
he's
not
just
seeking
!
you
he's
seeking
all
the
people
that
you
know
and
that
you
love
and
that
you're
praying
this
is
this
is
this
is
this
is
this
is
this
is
mysterious
this
is
profound
this
is
kind
of
all
your
father
truth
spirit
stuff
I don't
really
know
what
you're
talking
about
right
now
but
when
Messiah
comes
he'll
sort
it
all
out
and
make
it
clear
for
us
and
Jesus
just
kind
of
drops
the
mic
and
says
I
the
one
speaking
to
you
I
am
he
and
of
course
this
Messiah
when
he
came
down
from
heaven
to
earth
he
came
to
do
a
lot
more
than
just
explain
stuff
to
us
right
if
you
fast
forward
to
the
end
of
this
gospel
in
John
19
the
Messiah
is
there
and
he's
nailed
up
on
a
cross
and
you
know
what
he
says
on
the
cross
he
says
I
am
thirsty
I
am
thirsty
!
thirst
the
spiritual
thirst
of
being
cut
off
from
the
Father
cut
off
from
the
spring
of
living
water
he's
come
to
take
our
place
he's
come
to
die
as
a
sinner
he's
come
to
suffer
our
thirst
and
it's
because
Jesus
the
Messiah
came
and
bore
our
cosmic
thirst
on
his
cross
that
he
can
give
to
us
that
spiritual
satisfaction
of
eternal
life
living
water
so
friends
if
the
Messiah
stepped
out
of
eternity
and
into
time
to
seek
out
this
one
thirsty
woman
at
the
well
do
you
think
he'll
do
anything
less
than
what
he's
doing
here
to
seek
you
to
seek
the
people
that
you
love
he's
a
seeking
God
all
right
I've
got
one
last
thing
to
say
about
not
just
the
living
water
and
the
seeking
God
but
I
just
want
to
show
you
this
overflowing
woman
and
what
happens
to
her
just
quickly
it
says
in
verse
28
that
then
leaving
her
water
jar
the
woman
went
back
to
the
town
and
she
said
to
the
people
come
see
a
man
who
told
me
everything
I
ever
did
could
this
be
the
Messiah
and
they
came
out
of
the
town
and
made
their
way
toward
him
it's
an
incredible
phenomenon
right
because
she's
literally
just
heard
the
gospel
and
she
turns
around
within
the
hour
and
starts
sharing
the
gospel
and
notice
that
she's
just
got
this
water
this
spring
of
living
water
that's
just
welling
up
inside
of
her
like
when
you
drink
the
water
it
starts
flowing
out
of
you
it
just
starts
gushing
forth
and
spilling
and
overflowing
into
all the
other
people
in
your
life
and
they
start
to
come
and
get
their
thirst
satisfied
they
start
coming
to
Jesus
to
see
for
!
Notice
how
she
makes
this
invitation
it's
so
simple
she
just
says
to
her
friends
in
her
village
she
says
come
and
see
just
come
with
me
and
see
just
trust
me
come
and
see
and
then
the
second
thing
she
says
she
is
just
engagingly
honest
and
real
she
says
come
see
a
man
who
told
me
everything
I
ever
did
he
knows
the
worst
stuff
about
me
he
knows
all
the
ways
I
tried
to
quench
my
thirst
and
he
still
wanted
to
be
in
a
relationship
with
me
and
then
she
says
she
puts
Jesus
at
the
center
she
says
to
her
friends
he's
not
just
a
man
he's
not
just
a
Jew
he's
not
just
a
prophet
she
provocatively
says
you
think
he
could
be
the
Messiah
what
do
you
think
it's
incredibly
warm
and
winsome
witness
of
this
woman
is
a
model
for
all
time
for
all
of
Jesus
disciple
community
right
it
says
in
verse
39
many
of
the
Samaritans
from
that
town
believed
in
him
because
of
the
woman's
testimony
he
told
me
everything
I
ever
did
so
when
the
Samaritans
came
to
him
they
urged
him
to
stay
with
him
and
he
stayed
two
days
and
because
of
his
words
many
more
became
believers
and
they
said
to
the
woman
we
no
longer
believe
just
because
of
what
you
said
now
we've
heard
for
ourselves
we
know
that
this
man
really
is
the
savior
of
the
world
could
it
be
that
the
living
water
the
seeking
God
the
Messiah
the
savior
of the
world
wants
to not
just use
this
woman
but he
wants
to
use
you
wants
to
use
your
testimony
he
wants
to
use
your
life
to
say
to
other
people
come
and
see
with
me
we're
going
to
be
launching
our
alpha
course
this
next
Thursday
night
this
Thursday
night
at
630
and
we're
going
to
say
more
at
the
end
of
this
service
about
that
but
I
just
want
to
ask
you
right
now
is
there
one
!
in
your
village
one
person
in
your
life
that
God
has
intentionally
put
there
the
seeking
God
who's
not only
seeking
you
he's
seeking
them
is there
one
person
to which
you
need to
go out
this week
and say
come and
see
come with
me to
coffee
come sit
the
table
and
come to
alpha
whatever
it
is
come
and
see
and
I
believe
if
we
trust
God
like
this
woman
trusted
God
we
will
be
overflowing
with
the
living
water
for
other
people
to
be
satisfied
in
the
name
of
the
Father
Son
and
Holy
Spirit
Amen