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 Our text for today is John chapter 4, verses 1 through 30.

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 While you're getting there, I just want to extend some appreciation to everyone who showed up over the last two days on Friday and Saturday to help with the project downstairs.

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 If you are unaware, about two-thirds of our building flooded downstairs and had to be remediated, flooring out, sheetrock cut, and we're putting it back together.

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 And not only am I thankful for all the help that showed up just because the project needs to get done, but it's a real clear expression that the church understands that it's not my project.

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 This building belongs to you all as much as it belongs to me, and I'm very glad for that.

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 So you didn't just show up and help me with my project, but we came together and rallied.

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 And especially thankful for Jake, who pulled together materials for us, and Tyler, who spearheaded and led the charge over the last two days.

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 And the long haulers.

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 And if you don't know if you're a long hauler, you're not a long hauler.

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 But I'm grateful for everybody who showed up, even those of you who could come for an hour or two and pitch in.

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 It was really, really helpful.

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 Very encouraging.

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 We'll keep at it.

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 It's not done quite yet.

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 So, John chapter 4, verses 1 through 30.

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 Let me pray before we read it.

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 Father God, help us as we study your word together this morning.

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 We humbly recognize that it was written for your glory and for our good.

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 We should.

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 We need your help to believe its promises and obey its commands and have affection for you, its author.

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 So help us, we pray, to this end.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Verse 1, chapter 4 and following.

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

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 although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples,

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 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.

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 And he had to pass through Samaria.

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 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

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

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 It was about the sixth hour.

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 A woman from Samaria came to draw water.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 The Samaritan woman said to him,

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

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 For Jews had no dealings with Samaritans.

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 Jesus answered her,

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 If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, give me a drink,

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

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 The woman said to him,

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

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 Where do you get that living water?

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 Are you greater than our father Jacob?

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

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again.

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

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

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 The woman said to him,

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

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Go call your husband and come here.

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 The woman answered him,

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 I have no husband.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 You are right in saying I have no husband.

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 For you have had five husbands and the one you now have is not your husband.

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 What you have said is true.

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 The woman said to him,

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 Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

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 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,

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

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 Jesus said to her,

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

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 You worship what you do not know.

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 We worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

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 But the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.

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 For the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

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 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

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 The woman said to him,

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 I know that Messiah is coming, he who is called Christ.

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 When he comes, he will tell us all things.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I who speak to you am he.

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 Just then his disciples came back.

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 They marveled that he was talking with a woman,

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 but no one said,

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 What do you seek?

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 Or, why are you talking with her?

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

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

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 Can this be the Christ?

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 They went out of the town and were coming to him.

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 Okay, now, you may have noted in your bulletin that it says,

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 John chapter 4, verses 1 through 30, part 1.

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 If all goes to plan, you know, often I have a plan to do the entire text,

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 and then we end up splitting it into parts.

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 I am planning on doing it in two parts,

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 so this Sunday and the next Sunday,

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 because there's just so much richness to be pulled out of these verses.

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 And to aid us across this week and next in our study of these 30 verses,

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 I'm going to do something unique for my preaching,

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 perhaps for all preaching, I don't know.

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 We're going to consider the text with two outlines,

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 not just one, but two.

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 And my hope is that this will help us grasp the structure

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 and, therefore, the meaning of the text.

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 So our first outline for today,

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 Jesus is presented in four ways.

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 Number one, he is Jesus the living water.

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 I'll explain more, verses 4 through 15.

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 He is Jesus the prophet, number two, verses 16 through 19.

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 We'll try to cover those two today.

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 Thirdly, he is Jesus' savior of the world.

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 And fourthly, he is Jesus, Messiah.

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 So we're going to try our best to get to those two points of the four today.

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 And we're also going to use a second outline,

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 which will kind of be the more prominent outline.

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 First, if you're taking notes, this is probably the place you want to start.

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 First, the greatness of our sin.

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 And secondly, the surpassing greatness of Jesus' mercy.

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 The first of these outlines presents itself fairly obviously to me

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 as I sought to ascertain some direction for our study.

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 You may not have ever taught the Bible, but this is a thing we do.

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 We sit down, we read the text, we reread the text.

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 We're looking for some structure found within the text itself.

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 Some texts it's easier, some texts it's a little more difficult to ascertain

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 how you should structure what the structure of the text is,

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 therefore what the structure of the sermon ought to be.

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 But as we read through that, and I gave you those first four points,

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 I imagine that it was fairly simple for you to see the point there.

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 It's sequential, Jesus the living water, Jesus the prophet, Jesus the savior of the world,

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 Jesus the messiah follows through the text in that way.

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 And of course, we do well to see what any text intends to inform us about our Lord.

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 We want to pay very careful attention to it.

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 What is it saying about Jesus in the case of the gospel of John?

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 So, why the second outline?

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 If that's easy to ascertain, why the second outline?

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 And I want to tell you, I want to give you a little bit of explanation.

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 So as I'm looking at this passage, I'm beginning to notice some patterns

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 that I want to show you that were emerging to me.

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 I'm going, I really think there's an interesting pattern going on in this text.

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 And so we need to talk a bit about the literary structure of chapter four.

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 Before doing it, though, I want to take two quick comments about preaching.

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 Some of you are guests this morning.

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 Some of you are pretty settled in here.

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 But number one, I'm just always baffled, just absolutely astounded

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 by the preacher who is constantly searching for relevant stories to help make Bible points.

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 I don't spend any time in the week watching TV or sports

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 and looking for an analogy that I can bring to the pulpit on Sunday morning.

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 Why?

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 The Bible itself is replete with Spirit-inspired stories.

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 We have one before us today.

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 I just want to say, not all preaching that has stories in it is bad,

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 analogies in it is bad.

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 But be wary of preaching that's always looking elsewhere to try to drive a lesson home.

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 It's right here.

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 It's right here in the text itself if we would be careful and really consider it.

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 Secondly, good preaching keeps your nose in the text.

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 What do I mean by that, right?

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 Good preaching is many things,

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 but a really good place to begin preparing a faithful sermon

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 is to consider how to have your hearers swim around in the text.

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 So when I say keep your nose in the text,

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 not that I really want any of you to do this, but this.

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 You're doing this.

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 You don't have to look at me.

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 I'm not very much to look at up here.

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 I wave my hands around frantically sometimes,

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 but you're better off in the text.

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 And I do a good job when I'm drawing you to it again and again and again.

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 We don't want to just read it and then move on in our preaching.

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 We want to contemplate it deeply so that the text might read us.

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 And beloved, this text, I mean, it is just rich.

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 The scripture is so incredible.

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 The times I've read this passage and not really understood the layers of its meaning,

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 and I will tell you humbly,

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 probably someday I will come back through the book of John

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 and there will be something else in there,

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 something I missed that will make it all the much more rich.

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 This past Monday at our elder meeting,

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 we had a discussion about literary structure

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 and how it aids in our preparation and delivery of faithful sermons.

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 We talk about things like that at elder meetings sometimes.

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 And we had some extended conversation about how much of that is helpful to listeners.

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 Like, how much time should we spend explaining things like literary structure?

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 But we also don't want to neglect it,

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 particularly when it's really important to the meaning of the text.

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 We want you, in hearing the way we preach,

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 to be able to go home and confidently study the Bible.

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 You can do everything I'm about to do this morning.

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 It's very possible for you to do it

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 if you could just take up and learn how it is that you're supposed to do it.

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 So, at the risk, I recognize,

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 at the risk of spending too much time on the structure before us this morning,

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 but with the hope of keeping your nose in the text

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 and with the aim of answering the second outline question,

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 why a second outline,

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 I want to talk to you about chiasmus.

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 I've used the term before.

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 I think it blows off the top of your head.

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 We're doing it again.

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 Chiastic structure.

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 And this word comes from the Greek letter,

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 the X in Greek, which is the chi.

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 So that's chiasmus is the plural of it.

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 Chiastic structure.

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 And these structures are found everywhere

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 in Hebrew, in Greek literature,

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 including the Bible.

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 So what that means is,

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 the starting point of the text

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 can kind of be folded over

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 to the ending point of the text,

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 and they reflect one another.

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 So the two things, you could fold.

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 So think of the X,

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 like you're following the pattern,

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 or if you want to follow it,

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 down to the point and then back out.

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 The two things fold over the top of the structure.

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 All over the place in the Bible.

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 Not forced into it.

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 And I'm going to show you this morning

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 that this text has a chiastic structure.

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 In fact, the entire book of John

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 has a chiastic structure,

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 and I can't wait to get to the center point of the text.

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 I'm so excited to get there,

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 but I'm going to wait for it right now.

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 Did you know that the entire Pentateuch,

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 the first five books of the Bible,

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 have a chiastic structure?

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 Brilliant.

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 Brilliantly written.

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 And meant to bring us to a place

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 to help us interpret the rest of it.

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 Why?

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 Why does this type of structure exist?

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 Well, it's a very useful device

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 for the memorization

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 and the transmission of thought.

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 It's really helpful for that.

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 And that structure can help lead us,

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 again, to some interpretive help

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 as we're looking at text.

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 Now, I learned this week,

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 if any of you listen to the Room for Nuance podcast,

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 which I commend to you a lot,

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 this was talked about this week

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 from the book of John.

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 I learned this week that Jewish children

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 were taught their alphabet this way.

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 I don't know the Jewish alphabet,

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 so I'm going to tell you in our alphabet.

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 First, right, sequentially in order

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 from beginning to end, right?

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 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and so on.

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 Then, they learned it backwards.

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 So, in our alphabet,

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 Z, Y, X, W, V, E, U, T,

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 and yes, I typed the whole thing out backwards.

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 Because I couldn't do it otherwise.

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 Because we don't learn the alphabet that way, do we?

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 In fact, if you're anything like me,

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 you've got to sing the song every time.

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 You try to...

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 Then, then they would learn it

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 in a chiastic structure.

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 A, Z, B, Y, C, X, D, W.

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 What a way to know their alphabet

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 forward, backward, inside out.

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 I mean, you really know

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 where the letters belong in that sequence

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 if you memorize it in that way.

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 So, this is like in the water

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 of our biblical writers

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 and their initial audiences.

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 I think they would have seen them.

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 It should have been really apparent

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 what was going on.

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 We've got to recognize that they exist

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 and slow down a little.

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 So, that was what I was doing this week.

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 As I was looking, I'm going,

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 there's some things happening.

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 This is an interesting text.

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 Even odd.

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 What's going on here?

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 And then, praise God,

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 somebody smarter than me

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 actually built out the chiastic structure

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 and handed it to me in a book.

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 And I was able to take a look at it.

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 And I want to bring it to you.

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 Like I said already,

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 but regularly,

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 where the literary structure

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 meets in the middle,

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 the central point of the text

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 is being made

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 or a significant turning point happens

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 or a phrase that helps

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 the reading of the rest of the passage

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 is presented.

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 We're supposed to pay attention to it.

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 A little special attention

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 to what's going on

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 right at the center

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 of that text.

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 And so, we really do well

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 when we notice these patterns

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 emerging from the text.

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 So, I want to show you.

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 Now, the chiastic structure

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 begins in verse 4

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 and ends in verse 30.

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 The previous text

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 is also chiastic,

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 but the first three verses

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 belong to it.

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 So, I'm going to talk about

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 the first three verses

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 just briefly

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 and then I'm going to get

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 to the chiastic structure.

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 Again, I'm answering the question

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 why a second outline.

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 So, I'm just going to know.

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 There's structure here

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 that matters

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 for our study

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 of this text.

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 Okay, so first three verses.

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 Now, when Jesus learned

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 that the Pharisees had heard

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 that Jesus was making

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 and baptizing more disciples

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 than John.

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 He's rising in prominence.

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 His ministry is growing.

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 There's a concern

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 on Jesus' part

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 that the Pharisees

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 are going to take him

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 before his time.

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 We'll see this repeated

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 throughout the gospel accounts.

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 Jesus himself

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 did not baptize,

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 verse 2 says,

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 but only his disciples.

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 He left Judea,

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 the region

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 where Jerusalem is located,

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 and departed again

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 for Galilee.

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 He's going back to Galilee.

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 Okay?

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 So, that's where we pick up

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 the end of the other

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 classic structure

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 and the beginning

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 of this one.

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 Now,

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 nose in the text.

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 Are you ready?

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 I'm going to show it to you.

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 I just want you to see

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 how very cool it is.

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 I hope you think it's cool.

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 Okay.

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 First,

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 verses 4 through 6

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 correspond to verse 30.

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 Notice in verse 5,

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 he comes to a town,

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 he comes to a town

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 of Samaria.

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 And then what happens

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 in verse 30?

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 They go out of the town

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 and there,

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 in this language,

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 they're coming to him.

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 Okay?

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 So, see how that happens?

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 And inclusio,

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 he's going to the town,

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 eh,

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 there's some coming to,

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 coming out to him.

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 Okay?

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 So, I'm just showing you.

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 This is how you can kind of

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 see the pattern.

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 Go, eh,

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 there's some coming to

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 and some coming to

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 happening on both sides

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 of this.

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 Now,

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 watch again.

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 The first half of verse 7.

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 A woman from Samaria

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 came to draw water.

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 She would have brought

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 something with her

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 in order to do that.

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 A water jar.

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 Notice verse 28,

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 29.

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 So,

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 the woman

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 left her water jar

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 and went away.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 are you seeing

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 what's happening here?

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 So,

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 he's coming to,

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 then they come to,

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 and you step just inside of that.

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 She came to draw water

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 with a water jar.

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 What does she do?

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 Just before,

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 she leaves her water jar

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 and she goes back

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 to the town.

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 You see how it steps in?

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 I won't walk you through

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 the entirety of the text,

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 but I'm going to give you

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 another one.

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 Okay?

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 Jesus speaks

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 to the woman.

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 Okay?

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 We see this at the very

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 beginning of verse

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 7.

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 Oh,

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 the last half of verse 7.

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 Excuse me.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 give me

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 a drink.

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 And what we see

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 in verse 27,

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 the disciples come back.

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 What do they do?

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 They marvel

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 that he was talking

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 with

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 the woman.

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 Are you seeing it?

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 I'm not making this up.

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 Right?

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 It's there.

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 And we can track it

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 all the way down

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 to the central point.

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 For the sake of time,

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 I'm not going to walk you

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 through the entire thing.

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 If you'd like to see it,

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 I'll be happy

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 to share it with you.

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 But what I do

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 want to bring you to

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 is the central,

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 the hinging point.

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 Okay?

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 And it is found

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 in verse 17,

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 the very first half.

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 We show you

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 on either side.

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 Again,

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 this is reflecting

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 on either side.

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 Jesus says to her,

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 go call your husband.

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 Other side,

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 he's speaking to her again.

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 Same phrase.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 you are right in saying,

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 I have no husband.

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 Last half of verse 17.

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 The beginning of verse 17.

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 The woman answered him,

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 I have no husband.

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 Isn't that fascinating?

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 If you understand

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 that these structures exist

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 and you can see the pattern,

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 and again,

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 it's a whole pattern.

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 It's built out here.

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 See the chiasm?

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 There's a whole thing.

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 The central point of it

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 is the woman said to him,

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 answered him,

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 I have no husband.

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 Fascinating, right?

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 The structure of the text itself

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 is communicating,

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 this is a turning point.

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 There's something going on here.

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 We should pay attention.

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 So this text fully intends for us

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 to behold Christ.

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 But this is not a text

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 that's teaching us

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 how to emulate Christ.

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 This is not a text saying to us,

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 look like Jesus in this way.

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 We could pull some things

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 by implication,

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 but that's not the point

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 of the text.

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 This text seeks to expose us,

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 to lay us bare.

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 This is what's going on,

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 right in the central point

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 of this text.

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 Jesus says to her,

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 go get your husband,

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 come back here,

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 and she says,

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 I have no husband.

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 He knows this already

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 when he asks her,

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 because how does he respond?

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 Yeah, you don't have a husband.

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 You've had five.

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 Five failed marriages,

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 and now the man

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 that you're living with

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 is not your husband.

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 Which is why the first point

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 of that second outline

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 is the greatness of our sin.

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 We're supposed to notice

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 this happening in this text.

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 The greatness of our sin.

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 This little point,

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 we have to start with it,

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 verses 16 through 19,

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 and this is where we see,

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 she makes the declaration

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 that Jesus is the prophet.

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 That second point

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 in the first outline

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 that I mentioned to you.

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 Jesus said to her in verse 16,

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 go call your husband

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 and come here.

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 Jesus has just said

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 some astounding things.

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 We read them earlier,

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 and we'll address them

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 in a moment.

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 Some astounding things

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 about living water.

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 Water that you will have,

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 and it will never go away.

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 Water that wells up in you

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 for eternal life.

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 I mean,

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 these words are worth

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 contemplating.

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 Roll these things over.

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 What is going on here?

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 And she is just

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 absolutely clueless.

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 I mean,

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 she thinks he's speaking

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 literally

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 as he's saying this.

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 And we can see in verse 15,

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 she says to him,

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 Sir, give me this water

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 so that I will not be thirsty

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 or have to come here

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 to draw water.

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 How great.

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 It tidies up my day

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 is what it seems to be doing

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 there on the surface.

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 And what does Jesus do?

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 That's what's so odd

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.579
 about this text.

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 What does he do

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:06.039
 when she says this?

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 He doesn't go,

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 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

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 Let me explain further

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 what I mean by this.

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 He just drops the analogy.

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 He stops talking

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 about it altogether.

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 He doesn't even revisit it

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 later in the text.

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 Like we move on later

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 to talk about worship

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 and where worship happens

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 and how worship happens

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 and who worship is

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 to be aimed at.

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 He just leaves it behind

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 altogether.

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 She doesn't get it.

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 And he just

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 seems to just

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:36.179
 move on.

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.899
 This response

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:38.000
 seems so

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.019
 very

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.740
 strange.

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:43.359
 but if we

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.500
 understand the structure,

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:46.140
 if we see the structure

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.359
 and we see what's going on

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.299
 and we can add

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.620
 another little detail

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:51.640
 into the mix,

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:53.460
 it helps us comprehend

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:55.680
 what is happening here.

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.259
 Right?

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:56.599
 So,

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.759
 we come to the text.

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:57.940
 Again,

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.359
 our elders,

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.420
 this past week,

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.900
 we had a conversation

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:02.799
 about textual structure

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.500
 and I didn't get

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.059
 to this point.

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.400
 It was not where my head was

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.200
 by the time we ended

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.940
 our time together.

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.620
 But we were all

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.820
 kind of thinking

00:25:09.820 --> 00:25:10.660
 through outlines

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.880
 and I was scratching my head.

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.120
 I said,

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.960
 I got some work to do

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.279
 on this text.

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.539
 Right?

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:16.120
 It is odd.

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.880
 And then I start

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:18.320
 to notice patterns.

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.299
 And then we pick up

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.400
 a detail

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.380
 in the last part

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.940
 of verse 6.

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:24.680
 When does Jesus arrive

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:26.100
 at this well?

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.960
 It was about

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:30.720
 the sixth hour.

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.519
 So,

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.680
 about noon.

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.380
 First hour was 6 a.m.

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.799
 It's about

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:38.180
 noon.

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.899
 This is not

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.500
 when people

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.480
 went and gathered

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.879
 water in the desert.

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:45.059
 This is the hottest

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.619
 time of the day.

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.220
 They would go out

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.899
 early in the morning

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:51.019
 or they would go out

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.259
 late in the evening

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.000
 as the sun

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:54.180
 was setting.

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.559
 Preparing for the day,

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.440
 putting it away

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.919
 in the evening,

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.779
 getting ready for

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:59.200
 the next day.

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.899
 This woman,

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.839
 by herself,

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.680
 as far as we can tell,

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.460
 this woman

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.440
 is out there

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.919
 in the middle

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:10.819
 of the day

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.919
 gathering water.

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.359
 It's extremely

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.279
 significant.

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:19.200
 The woman answers

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.859
 Jesus.

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.879
 She says,

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.919
 I have

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:24.279
 no

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.819
 husband.

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.960
 Jesus says to her,

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.559
 you are right

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.000
 in saying

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.720
 I have no husband

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.339
 for you have had

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.039
 five husbands

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.919
 and the one you have

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.879
 is not your husband.

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:35.420
 what you have said

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:37.100
 is true.

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.600
 Five failed marriages.

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.940
 This number,

00:26:41.020 --> 00:26:41.140
 I mean,

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.420
 this is a true story.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.920
 This number

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:44.640
 is an astounding number.

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:47.140
 Less so in our day,

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.480
 but still in our day.

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.000
 And she's now

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.600
 in a cohabitation

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.740
 situation.

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.700
 This woman

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:56.260
 has either

00:26:56.260 --> 00:26:57.800
 first looked

00:26:57.800 --> 00:26:58.540
 for satisfaction

00:26:58.540 --> 00:26:59.120
 in men

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.559
 and they have

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.679
 failed to satisfy

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.019
 her.

00:27:02.239 --> 00:27:03.000
 Or she has been

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.139
 the desired

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.779
 satisfaction

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.599
 of these men

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.019
 and she has

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:07.139
 failed to satisfy

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.659
 them.

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.459
 Or,

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.139
 and likely,

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.599
 as we know,

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.419
 the nature of human

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:10.979
 relationships,

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.119
 both things

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:13.019
 are true.

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.359
 She

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:17.000
 is

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.819
 dry.

00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:20.859
 She has

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:22.239
 looked for life

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.720
 and she

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.640
 has failed

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:25.059
 to find it.

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.220
 She is

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.720
 out there

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.279
 in the middle

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.980
 of the day.

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.819
 This is some

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.900
 sanctified imagination,

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.759
 I know,

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.799
 but cultural

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.759
 details help us

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.259
 to understand

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.640
 she is avoiding

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.819
 the scorn

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.819
 of others

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.960
 and she is

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.620
 collecting water

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.359
 by herself

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.799
 in the midday heat.

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.359
 She comes

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.240
 to that well

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.839
 in the middle

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.539
 of the day

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.900
 with great

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.120
 shame.

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:51.859
 It's why

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.439
 she's there

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.039
 and it's

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.779
 why Jesus

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.639
 encounters her

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.579
 in this

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.539
 very

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.559
 moment.

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:59.219
 She doesn't

00:27:59.219 --> 00:27:59.659
 get what he's

00:27:59.659 --> 00:28:00.359
 talking about,

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:00.899
 about living

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.279
 water.

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.239
 Why does she

00:28:03.239 --> 00:28:03.779
 not want to

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.239
 come back

00:28:04.239 --> 00:28:04.779
 to the well?

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.599
 She could

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.079
 avoid it

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.639
 altogether,

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.199
 right?

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.979
 I don't have

00:28:07.979 --> 00:28:08.959
 to be around

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:09.859
 the shame,

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.419
 I don't have

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:10.879
 to come out

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.799
 in the midday

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.439
 heat instead

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:12.979
 of gathering

00:28:12.979 --> 00:28:13.559
 early in the

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.259
 morning or

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.839
 late in the

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.059
 evening,

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.699
 I could avoid

00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:16.359
 it all

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.199
 together.

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:17.979
 And Jesus

00:28:17.979 --> 00:28:19.419
 turns to

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.900
 expose her.

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.680
 You've been

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.519
 looking for it

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.160
 in the wrong

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.900
 place,

00:28:25.300 --> 00:28:25.980
 is what he's

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.980
 saying to her.

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.180
 The relief

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.560
 of your shame

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.400
 isn't found

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.720
 in a midday

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.300
 gathering

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:33.759
 of water,

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.380
 it's found

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.240
 in me,

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.259
 the source

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.240
 of living

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.580
 water.

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.740
 Earlier this

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.360
 morning in our

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.880
 liturgy,

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.420
 Jake read

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.180
 from Jeremiah

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.160
 chapter 17

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.539
 verses 5

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.140
 through 13,

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.539
 I want to

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.380
 reread some

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.840
 of that

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.580
 for you.

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.860
 This is

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.539
 verses 5

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.180
 and 6.

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.060
 Thus

00:28:52.060 --> 00:28:52.539
 says the

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.900
 Lord,

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:54.180
 cursed is

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.580
 the man

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.220
 who trusts

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.720
 in man

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.519
 and makes

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.300
 flesh

00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:58.519
 his strength,

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.700
 whose heart

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.640
 turns away

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.680
 from the

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.060
 Lord.

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.240
 He is

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.620
 like a

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.180
 shrub

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.560
 in the

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:04.860
 desert

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.460
 and shall

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.120
 not see

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:07.080
 any good

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.880
 come.

00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:09.160
 He shall

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.880
 dwell in

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.420
 the parched

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.880
 places

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.320
 of the

00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.700
 wilderness

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.980
 in an

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.380
 uninhabited

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:15.340
 salt

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:15.900
 land,

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.900
 dry,

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.440
 dry land.

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.059
 land.

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.140
 Then down

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.519
 to verse

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.039
 9,

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.120
 the heart

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.900
 is deceitful

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.519
 above all

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.120
 things and

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.820
 desperately

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.440
 sick.

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.860
 Who can

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.700
 understand it?

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.220
 And then

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.080
 verse 13,

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.840
 O Lord,

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.460
 the hope

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.039
 of Israel,

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.340
 all who

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:33.980
 forsake you

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.320
 shall be

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.720
 put to

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.200
 shame.

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.100
 Those who

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.580
 turn away

00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:36.920
 from you

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.240
 shall be

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.940
 written in

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.580
 the earth,

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.519
 for they

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.480
 have forsaken

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.759
 the Lord,

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.240
 the fountain

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.500
 of living

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:46.019
 water.

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.059
 water.

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.900
 That wasn't

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.359
 an accident.

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.000
 We planned

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.319
 that,

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.859
 him reading

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:51.039
 that earlier

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.220
 for our

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.639
 benefit.

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.700
 You may

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.379
 not comprehend

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.160
 just how

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:57.400
 dry a

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.700
 desert

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.579
 is.

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.660
 Water is

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:02.039
 life in

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.099
 these places,

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.420
 right?

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.480
 In a stark

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.819
 way,

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.059
 right?

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.539
 It's life

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.859
 for all

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.079
 of us,

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.500
 but it's

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.440
 in a stark

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.680
 way.

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.139
 It is

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:09.319
 precious.

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.019
 It is

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.299
 carefully

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:13.379
 saved in

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:14.379
 the desert.

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.500
 desert.

00:30:15.280 --> 00:30:15.860
 We here

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.220
 are like

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.580
 fighting

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:17.000
 against

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.480
 water all

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.840
 the time,

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.020
 right?

00:30:18.020 --> 00:30:18.160
 We're

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.360
 trying to

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:18.800
 keep water

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.320
 out of

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:20.020
 stuff like

00:30:20.020 --> 00:30:20.220
 our

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.680
 basements,

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:21.800
 right?

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.260
 It's the

00:30:23.260 --> 00:30:24.140
 enemy often

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.900
 where we

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.820
 live,

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.700
 but not

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.140
 at all

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.620
 so,

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:27.900
 right?

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.260
 This idea

00:30:29.260 --> 00:30:30.740
 of a water

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.800
 that satisfies,

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:32.740
 that gives

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.860
 life forever,

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.980
 it's a really

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.000
 vivid thing

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.360
 that Jesus

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.780
 is saying

00:30:36.780 --> 00:30:37.200
 to her

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.000
 as she

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:39.120
 confuses

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.840
 it all

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.260
 together.

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:42.839
 Jesus'

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.700
 response

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.319
 to her

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.079
 failure to

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.700
 understand

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.680
 what he

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.200
 told her

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.460
 about

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.099
 living

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.759
 water

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.339
 makes

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.039
 perfect

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.640
 sense

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.879
 when we

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.339
 can understand

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.879
 the cultural

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.980
 and literary

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.519
 context,

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.940
 right?

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.039
 Keep your

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.379
 nose in

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.900
 the text.

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.539
 Keep your

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.240
 nose in

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.960
 the text.

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.599
 It's a

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.200
 rich,

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.000
 rich

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.960
 book.

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.039
 Let it

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.799
 read

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.680
 you.

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:09.759
 We are

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:11.500
 no different

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.400
 from this

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.640
 woman.

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.420
 I feel like

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.840
 we're always

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.259
 reading the

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.460
 Bible.

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:15.860
 There are

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.560
 others all

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.039
 the time.

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.259
 Don't let

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.840
 it be lost

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.340
 on you.

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.759
 You and

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.960
 I have

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.400
 searched

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.480
 for satisfaction

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.160
 for life

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.620
 in so

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.580
 many places

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.380
 where it

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:30.640
 cannot be

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.960
 found.

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.560
 We should

00:31:33.560 --> 00:31:33.880
 not read

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.259
 this text

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.500
 and go,

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:34.680
 well,

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.259
 I haven't

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.600
 been married

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.259
 five times

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.579
 and now

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:36.740
 I'm

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.319
 cohabitating

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.220
 with somebody

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.599
 else.

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.299
 This is

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.819
 clearly a

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.200
 story about

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.720
 somebody who's

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.700
 that bad

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.160
 off.

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.720
 Not at

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:43.920
 all.

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.420
 Every single

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.019
 one of us

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.779
 has tried to

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.900
 find satisfaction

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.559
 in something

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.160
 that will

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.019
 not provide

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.359
 satisfaction.

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.180
 It will

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.460
 not.

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.299
 It cannot.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:53.940
 And we

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.379
 walk around

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.599
 in this

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.839
 world,

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.480
 apart from

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.900
 the forgiveness

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.500
 of Christ,

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.379
 with great

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.579
 shame and

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:58.839
 guilt.

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.259
 Metaphorically,

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.900
 for us,

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.660
 we're looking

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.579
 for all kinds

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.640
 of ways to

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.119
 avoid it.

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.579
 And we

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.339
 drown it in

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.599
 things.

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.180
 Even those

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.360
 who have

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.799
 been delivered

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.600
 from the

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.340
 power and

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.640
 the guilt

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.120
 of sin,

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:10.080
 we drown

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.620
 the way we

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.120
 feel with

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:12.460
 all sorts

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.920
 of unsatisfactory

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.720
 things.

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:17.120
 We,

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.140
 so often,

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.820
 are midday

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.360
 at a well.

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:22.560
 What we need

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.820
 is living

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:25.320
 water.

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.200
 to the point

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:27.980
 to the

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.220
 point,

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:29.299
 draw our

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.879
 attention to

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.399
 this woman.

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.799
 We might

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.619
 see the

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.919
 greatness of

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:35.439
 our sin

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:35.980
 as we

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.460
 behold

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.679
 her.

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.079
 How does

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.599
 she respond?

00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.059
 The woman

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.759
 says to him,

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.139
 Sir,

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.639
 I perceive

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.480
 that you

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.460
 are a

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.759
 prophet.

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.159
 He knows

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:50.000
 things that

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.579
 he couldn't

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.359
 possibly know

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.879
 without her

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:53.059
 having told

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.279
 him.

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.399
 And her

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.339
 conclusion that

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.000
 he is a

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.539
 prophet is

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.579
 absolutely

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:57.940
 correct.

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.819
 Jesus holds

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:00.319
 that office.

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.799
 It's certainly

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.659
 not all that

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:01.960
 he is,

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.220
 but he

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.940
 certainly is.

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.519
 She's saying

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.079
 a true

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.359
 thing there.

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.960
 She's taking

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.099
 a step in

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.659
 the right

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:08.779
 direction.

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.720
 We'll see

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.399
 next week where

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:12.119
 her thinking

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.279
 leads her.

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.619
 It doesn't

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.480
 take off the

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.919
 way you might

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.639
 hope that it

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:15.919
 would.

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.180
 but we

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.480
 do see

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.740
 in verse

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.160
 29,

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:17.680
 she says,

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.120
 come see

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.500
 a man

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.380
 who told

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.980
 me all

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.279
 that I

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.940
 ever did.

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.660
 Can

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:23.300
 this be

00:33:23.300 --> 00:33:24.400
 the

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.820
 Christ?

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.920
 The

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.460
 greatest

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:30.060
 person

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:31.740
 and

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.120
 ours.

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.740
 But

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.200
 praise God

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.779
 we get to

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.820
 step out

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.460
 beyond that.

00:33:37.820 --> 00:33:38.759
 We're not

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.500
 left miserable

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.300
 in the middle

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:40.880
 of the text.

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.320
 So we

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.660
 also want

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.060
 to note

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:44.360
 the surpassing

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:46.359
 greatness of

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:46.639
 Jesus'

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.379
 mercy.

00:33:48.959 --> 00:33:49.679
 The opening

00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:50.019
 song,

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.419
 kind of the

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:50.759
 song that's

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.059
 kind of meant

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.779
 to gather

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.279
 your attention

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.979
 and get

00:33:52.979 --> 00:33:53.519
 us together,

00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:54.119
 although that

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.979
 seemed to

00:33:54.979 --> 00:33:55.500
 be slow

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.079
 this morning.

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.359
 So you

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.679
 might have

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:57.419
 missed the

00:33:57.419 --> 00:33:58.019
 first verse

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.019
 of his

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.599
 mercy is

00:33:59.599 --> 00:33:59.979
 more.

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.619
 This is

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.719
 what love

00:34:02.719 --> 00:34:03.719
 could

00:34:03.719 --> 00:34:04.479
 remember

00:34:04.479 --> 00:34:06.479
 no wrongs

00:34:06.479 --> 00:34:06.759
 we have

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.240
 done.

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.299
 Omniscient,

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.539
 all-knowing.

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.940
 He knows

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.359
 all about

00:34:13.359 --> 00:34:14.000
 this woman's

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.440
 sin.

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.179
 Omniscient,

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.980
 all-knowing,

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.760
 he counts

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.719
 not their

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.719
 sum.

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.519
 Thrown into

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.340
 a sea without

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.239
 bottom or

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.840
 shore,

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.519
 our sins,

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.260
 they are

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.599
 many.

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.159
 His mercy

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.239
 is more.

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.199
 Praise the

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.599
 Lord,

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.440
 his mercy

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.199
 is more.

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.739
 Stronger than

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.219
 darkness,

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.460
 new every

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.159
 morn.

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.519
 Our sins,

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.840
 they are

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.039
 many.

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.500
 His mercy

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.820
 is more.

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.820
 Surpassing

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.559
 greatness

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:45.039
 of Jesus'

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.600
 mercy.

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.080
 So let's

00:34:47.080 --> 00:34:47.720
 back up in

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.059
 the text

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.480
 and look

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.340
 at what it

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.760
 teaches us

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.240
 about that.

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.260
 Verse 4

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.940
 says he

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.120
 had to

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.900
 pass through

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:55.320
 Samaria.

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.440
 Now,

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.980
 Jesus has

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.960
 left Judea

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.400
 and he's

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.480
 traveling back

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.260
 to Galilee.

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.780
 We see that

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:02.019
 detail in the

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.360
 text.

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.880
 He did not

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:05.000
 have to

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.580
 travel through

00:35:05.580 --> 00:35:06.000
 Samaria

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.840
 in a

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.760
 geographical

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.539
 sense.

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.940
 It was

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.539
 the fastest

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.860
 way,

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.000
 it was

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.239
 the most

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.960
 direct way

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.380
 to complete

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.900
 his journey,

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.579
 but there

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.119
 were two

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.860
 routes that

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:16.039
 circumnavigated

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.579
 the region

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:18.000
 and most

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.900
 Jews went

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.480
 out of their

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.599
 way to

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.119
 avoid

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.179
 encountering

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:23.000
 Samaritans.

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.639
 They went

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.539
 around the

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.119
 long way

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.880
 to not go

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.679
 through the

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:28.019
 region of

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.380
 Samaria.

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.099
 But John

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.099
 says Jesus

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:32.539
 had to

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.619
 pass through

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.019
 Samaria.

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.599
 Why?

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:37.039
 The verb

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.440
 that John

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.980
 uses here

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.579
 translated

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.380
 had to,

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.539
 he also

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.139
 uses to

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.659
 speak of

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:41.960
 Jesus

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.599
 fulfilling

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.819
 the mission

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.360
 that the

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.159
 Father had

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.579
 given him.

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:45.940
 He uses

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.440
 that same

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.719
 verb

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.279
 repeatedly

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.819
 throughout

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.539
 his

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.920
 gospel

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.699
 account.

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.019
 Jesus

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.380
 had to

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.000
 pass through

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.460
 Samaria

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.819
 because this

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.819
 was a

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:57.900
 mercy-filled

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.940
 divine

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.920
 appointment.

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.319
 He was

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:02.519
 compelled to

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.059
 go there

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.759
 by God

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.259
 the Father

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:04.799
 that he

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.079
 would be

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.719
 at this

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.119
 well,

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.019
 at this

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.480
 time,

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.079
 to speak

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.579
 words of

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.699
 life to

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.199
 this woman.

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.920
 What a

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:13.360
 merciful God.

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.539
 He was

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.199
 meant to

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.579
 encounter

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:15.860
 her.

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.340
 Now I

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.860
 mentioned that

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.259
 Jews went

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.559
 out of their

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.860
 way to

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.159
 avoid

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.799
 encountering

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.559
 Samaritans.

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.279
 Some

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.779
 historical

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.699
 context is

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.799
 helpful here.

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.219
 Samaria was

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.739
 a region,

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.119
 I mentioned

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.599
 that already,

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.340
 but the

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.940
 people named

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.619
 after the

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.739
 region were

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.340
 viewed with

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:31.420
 disdain because

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.039
 of their

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.719
 mixed

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.500
 ethnicity.

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:35.019
 after the

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.460
 fall of the

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.980
 northern kingdom

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.519
 of Israel

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.019
 to the

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.739
 Assyrians,

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.019
 the ten

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.639
 tribes of

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.000
 Israel,

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.500
 this is in

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.239
 2 Kings

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:43.980
 chapter 17,

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.460
 were exiled

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.880
 from their

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.699
 own land

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.599
 to Assyria,

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.599
 and the

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.039
 king of

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.559
 Assyria

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.380
 brought people

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:51.059
 from Babylon,

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.239
 Kutha,

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.300
 Ava,

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.539
 Harnath,

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.119
 and

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.699
 Safarazim,

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.159
 something like

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.340
 that,

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.000
 and placed them

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.360
 in the cities

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.860
 of Samaria

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.659
 instead of the

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.380
 sons of Israel,

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.039
 and they

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.700
 took possession

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.220
 of Samaria

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.820
 and they

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.440
 lived in

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:05.880
 its cities.

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:06.840
 They

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.599
 intermarried

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.320
 and were

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:09.380
 therefore

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.720
 viewed as

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.480
 unclean

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.700
 by the

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:12.980
 Jews.

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.460
 Not only

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.780
 that,

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.079
 for some

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.440
 time,

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.280
 the Samaritan

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.840
 people had

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.880
 mixed together

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.820
 pagan idolatry

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.660
 with Judaism.

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.640
 In Jesus'

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.200
 day,

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.619
 they had

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.500
 departed from

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.579
 the idolatry,

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.280
 but they

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.599
 had a

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:27.119
 pretty odd

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.400
 version of

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.079
 Judaism.

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.760
 They only

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.100
 read and

00:37:31.100 --> 00:37:31.480
 studied

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:31.960
 the

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.760
 Pentateuch,

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.100
 the first

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:33.560
 five books

00:37:33.560 --> 00:37:34.780
 next week,

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.280
 but the

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.980
 Jewish people

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.540
 just viewed

00:37:36.540 --> 00:37:37.280
 them as

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.720
 unclean,

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:40.200
 outside of

00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:41.220
 the grace

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.680
 and mercy

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.660
 of God.

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.480
 So,

00:37:44.560 --> 00:37:44.900
 a further

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.360
 mercy,

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:45.880
 right?

00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:46.840
 He is sent

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:48.100
 through this

00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:48.700
 region to

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.160
 encounter

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:51.100
 this woman,

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.660
 a Samaritan.

00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:55.400
 Jesus does

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:57.600
 not see

00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:58.200
 this Samaritan

00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:58.440
 woman,

00:37:58.540 --> 00:37:58.980
 or the

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.660
 Samaritans

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.019
 of her

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.399
 village,

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.859
 we'll see

00:38:00.859 --> 00:38:01.599
 later in

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:01.980
 the chapter,

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.420
 as being

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.759
 outside of

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.940
 the reach

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:06.259
 of his

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.539
 mercy.

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.339
 So,

00:38:08.399 --> 00:38:08.759
 he prompts

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:10.379
 a conversation

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:10.940
 with her,

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.659
 verse 7,

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:11.940
 right?

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.940
 He asks her

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.359
 for water,

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.319
 give me a

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:14.539
 drink,

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:14.940
 and we get

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.920
 the parenthetical

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.500
 insertion,

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.139
 verse 8,

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.659
 his disciples

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.000
 had gone

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.460
 away into

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.799
 the city

00:38:18.799 --> 00:38:19.179
 to buy

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:20.219
 food,

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.739
 and she

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.279
 responds

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.799
 to him,

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.480
 how is it

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.119
 that you,

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.139
 a Jew,

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:25.259
 ask a

00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:25.759
 drink from

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.119
 me,

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.739
 a woman

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:28.500
 of Samaria.

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:29.799
 And then

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.219
 John inserts

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.479
 again,

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:30.879
 for Jews

00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:31.519
 had no

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:31.879
 dealings

00:38:31.879 --> 00:38:32.199
 with

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:33.679
 Samaritans.

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.199
 Further,

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.199
 it was

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.639
 breaking

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.559
 a societal

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.219
 norm

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:39.379
 for a

00:38:39.379 --> 00:38:39.979
 rabbi

00:38:39.979 --> 00:38:40.979
 to speak

00:38:40.979 --> 00:38:42.000
 with a

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.219
 woman.

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:44.099
 At very

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:45.159
 best,

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.879
 it was

00:38:45.879 --> 00:38:46.199
 seen as

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.519
 a waste

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.959
 of time.

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.039
 This is

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.419
 why the

00:38:49.419 --> 00:38:49.879
 disciples

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:51.000
 marveled

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.279
 that he

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:51.919
 was talking

00:38:51.919 --> 00:38:53.299
 with a

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.559
 woman.

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.159
 Further

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:56.219
 mercy.

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.279
 The

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.579
 original

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.079
 readers of

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.420
 this would

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.639
 have been

00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:58.839
 like,

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.539
 why is

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.819
 Jesus

00:38:59.819 --> 00:39:00.299
 spending

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:01.039
 any

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.679
 time

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.799
 with

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.119
 her?

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.079
 Jesus

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.519
 answers

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.839
 her.

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:08.379
 If you

00:39:08.379 --> 00:39:08.739
 knew the

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:09.119
 gift of

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.519
 God and

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:09.799
 who it

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.039
 is that

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.359
 is saying

00:39:10.359 --> 00:39:10.619
 to you,

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:10.980
 give me

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.480
 a drink,

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.599
 you would

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.019
 have flipped

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.559
 it around.

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:13.859
 You would

00:39:13.859 --> 00:39:14.299
 have asked

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:14.579
 him and

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:14.859
 he would

00:39:14.859 --> 00:39:15.239
 have given

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:16.619
 you living

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.819
 water.

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:18.699
 If you

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.079
 have any

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.699
 idea of

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.399
 who I

00:39:20.399 --> 00:39:21.339
 am,

00:39:22.319 --> 00:39:22.679
 you would

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.139
 get that

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.579
 the point

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.079
 is not the

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.500
 water in

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.000
 the well.

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:27.299
 everyone,

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:28.179
 verse 13,

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.619
 who drinks

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.279
 this water

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.559
 will be

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.159
 thirsty again,

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.519
 but whoever

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.920
 drinks of

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.219
 the water

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:31.739
 that I

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.119
 will give

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.500
 him will

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.739
 never be

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:34.179
 thirsty

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:35.819
 again.

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.480
 Fully

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.739
 satisfied.

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.539
 He does

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.239
 not mean

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.500
 that we

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:40.819
 won't have

00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:41.119
 to drink

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.659
 water.

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.460
 He's not

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.319
 talking about

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:44.000
 our temporal

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.359
 life.

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.839
 He's talking

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.559
 about our

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.259
 eternal

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:47.699
 satisfaction.

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.039
 Never

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.259
 be thirsty

00:39:50.259 --> 00:39:51.480
 again.

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.099
 The water

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.619
 I give

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:52.940
 him will

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.420
 become in

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.739
 him a

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:54.460
 spring

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.579
 of water

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.659
 welling

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.579
 up

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.760
 to

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.019
 eternal

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.460
 life.

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.220
 Here

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:01.699
 Jesus

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.720
 presents

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.240
 himself

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:04.840
 as the

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.360
 living

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:06.740
 water.

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.199
 Great,

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:08.980
 great

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:10.280
 mercy to

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.720
 this woman.

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.179
 He presents

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.780
 himself as

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:13.000
 the living

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:14.199
 water.

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:14.599
 But why

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.639
 not the

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.539
 giver of

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.800
 living

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.539
 water?

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.400
 Again,

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.000
 back to our

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.320
 Jeremiah

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.740
 chapter 17,

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.759
 verse 5

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:23.479
 through 13,

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.359
 reading from

00:40:24.359 --> 00:40:24.939
 before.

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.379
 This time,

00:40:25.419 --> 00:40:25.739
 let me read

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:25.939
 to you

00:40:25.939 --> 00:40:26.559
 verses 7

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.399
 and 8.

00:40:27.799 --> 00:40:28.239
 Blessed

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:29.139
 is the

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:30.059
 man who

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:31.119
 trusts in

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.559
 the Lord,

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.279
 whose trust

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:33.659
 is the

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:34.039
 Lord.

00:40:34.879 --> 00:40:35.759
 Trust in

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:36.099
 the Lord,

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.719
 whose trust

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:38.259
 is the

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:38.519
 Lord.

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.899
 He is like

00:40:38.899 --> 00:40:39.579
 a tree

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.579
 planted by

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.779
 water that

00:40:41.779 --> 00:40:42.419
 sends out

00:40:42.419 --> 00:40:43.079
 its roots

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.539
 by the

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.239
 stream and

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.919
 does not

00:40:44.919 --> 00:40:45.859
 fear when

00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.619
 heat comes,

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:47.219
 for its

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.979
 leaves remain

00:40:47.979 --> 00:40:48.859
 green and

00:40:48.859 --> 00:40:49.239
 is not

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:50.159
 anxious in

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.659
 the year of

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.000
 drought,

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:51.639
 for it

00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:52.639
 does not

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.679
 cease to

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:55.000
 bear fruit.

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.559
 The picture

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.980
 is a tree

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.539
 planted by

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.179
 a stream

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:58.199
 that continues

00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:58.980
 and continues

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.699
 and continues.

00:40:59.879 --> 00:41:00.379
 Even in a

00:41:00.379 --> 00:41:00.659
 year of

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:00.960
 drought,

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:01.920
 the water

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:03.339
 continues to

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:03.679
 flow.

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:03.980
 Does that

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.679
 sound familiar

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.619
 at all?

00:41:05.779 --> 00:41:06.199
 Back to

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:07.239
 verse 14.

00:41:08.319 --> 00:41:10.159
 The spring

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.759
 of water

00:41:10.759 --> 00:41:11.639
 that wells

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:13.619
 up to

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:13.879
 eternal

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.399
 life.

00:41:14.839 --> 00:41:15.139
 And again,

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.859
 verse 13,

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.119
 O Lord,

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:17.519
 the hope of

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:17.819
 Israel,

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:18.879
 all who

00:41:18.879 --> 00:41:19.379
 forsake you

00:41:19.379 --> 00:41:19.639
 shall be

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:19.940
 put to

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.239
 shame.

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.139
 Those who

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.519
 turn away

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:21.819
 from you

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:22.159
 shall be

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.619
 written in

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:22.900
 the earth,

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.319
 for they

00:41:23.319 --> 00:41:24.299
 have forsaken

00:41:24.299 --> 00:41:25.139
 the Lord,

00:41:25.819 --> 00:41:27.299
 the fountain

00:41:27.299 --> 00:41:29.019
 of living

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:30.299
 water.

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:32.059
 That's why I

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.440
 think Jesus

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.920
 is presenting

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:34.420
 himself as

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:35.460
 the living

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:36.879
 water.

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.379
 John's

00:41:38.379 --> 00:41:38.960
 Jewish readers,

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.819
 this imagery

00:41:39.819 --> 00:41:40.339
 would have been

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:41.179
 just firing

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.819
 off in their

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.940
 brains as

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.980
 they're reading

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:45.239
 this recorded

00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:46.179
 word of

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.420
 Jesus'

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.559
 teaching to

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:49.059
 this woman.

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.639
 God's

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.139
 love of

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:51.139


00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:51.059
 So,

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:51.900
 we get to

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.480
 see in the

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:53.359
 first part

00:41:53.359 --> 00:41:53.719
 of this

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.199
 passage,

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:54.500
 in our

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.099
 first week

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.539
 in it,

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:56.940
 the greatness

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.379
 of our

00:41:57.379 --> 00:41:57.719
 sin,

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.679
 the surpassing

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.259
 greatness

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:01.500
 of Jesus'

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.299
 mercy as

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:02.799
 he presents

00:42:02.799 --> 00:42:04.779
 himself as

00:42:04.779 --> 00:42:05.199
 the living

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.859
 water and

00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:07.980
 as the

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.319
 prophet.

00:42:09.319 --> 00:42:09.980
 I hope

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:11.059
 that our

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.519
 time in

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.339
 thinking about

00:42:12.339 --> 00:42:14.079
 this lays

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:15.339
 us bare.

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:16.980
 we recognize

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.900
 our great

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.660
 need of

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:19.559
 a merciful

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.920
 savior.

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.700
 And close

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:22.880
 with a

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.559
 quotation from

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:24.360
 Charles Spurgeon,

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.660
 it's on the

00:42:24.660 --> 00:42:24.980
 back of your

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.360
 bulletin.

00:42:26.140 --> 00:42:26.559
 He's once

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:26.780
 said,

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.460
 God's mercy

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:28.000
 is so

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.460
 great,

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.660
 God's mercy

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.280
 is so

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:30.680
 great,

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.900
 that you

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.539
 may sooner

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.380
 drain the

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.780
 sea of

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.320
 its water,

00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:36.120
 or deprive

00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:36.800
 the sun

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:37.160
 of its

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:37.660
 light,

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:38.940
 or make

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.760
 space

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.320
 too

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:40.920
 narrow,

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:41.800
 than

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.640
 diminish

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.759
 the great

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:44.379
 mercy

00:42:44.379 --> 00:42:45.639
 of our

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.599
 God.

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.759
 Let's pray

00:42:47.759 --> 00:42:48.059
 together.