WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.679 Good morning everyone. The reading today is going to be from John chapter 1 to 32. 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:10.500 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.960 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given his son Joseph. 00:00:40.299 --> 00:00:46.719 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. 00:00:47.379 --> 00:00:49.500 It was about noon. 00:00:50.740 --> 00:00:54.480 When the Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, 00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:59.760 Will you give me a drink? His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:05.840 The Samaritan woman said to him, You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:11.760 How can you ask me for a drink? For Jews do not associate with Samaritans. 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:18.900 Jesus answered her, If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, 00:01:19.260 --> 00:01:22.460 you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. 00:01:24.140 --> 00:01:29.519 Sir, the woman said, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:32.219 Where can you get this living water? 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:38.939 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:41.420 as did his sons and his livestock? 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:47.260 Jesus answered, Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. 00:01:47.260 --> 00:01:51.980 But whoever drinks of the water I give them will never thirst. 00:01:52.540 --> 00:01:59.780 Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water, welling up to eternal life. 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:09.040 The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water. 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:14.139 He told her, Go, call your husband and come back. 00:02:14.959 --> 00:02:17.199 I have no husband, she replied. 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.699 Jesus said to her, You are right when you say you have no husband. 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:28.379 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband. 00:02:28.379 --> 00:02:31.620 What you have said is quite true. 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.180 Sir, the woman said, I can see that you are a prophet. 00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:44.039 Our ancestors worshipped on the mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is Jerusalem. 00:02:45.659 --> 00:02:51.699 Woman, Jesus replied, Believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father, 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:54.280 neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.860 You Samaritans worship what you do not know. 00:02:58.539 --> 00:03:02.400 We worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:10.680 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the spirit and in truth, 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:14.199 for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:20.020 God is spirit and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth. 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:23.939 The woman said, I know that Messiah. 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:26.400 Christ, called Christ, is coming. 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.020 When he comes, he will explain everything to us. 00:03:30.819 --> 00:03:36.420 Then Jesus declared, I, the one speaking to you, I am he. 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:43.280 Just then, his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:48.479 But no one asked, what do you want or why are you talking with her? 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:54.819 Then leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 00:03:55.079 --> 00:03:59.199 Come, see a man who told me everything I've ever done. 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:01.319 Could this be the Messiah? 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:05.879 They came out of the town and made their way towards him. 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:10.819 Meanwhile, his disciples urged him, Rabbi, eat something. 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:16.459 But he said to them, I have food to eat that you know nothing about. 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:21.560 Then his disciples said to each other, could someone have bought him food? 00:04:22.419 --> 00:04:28.299 My food, said Jesus, is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:34.400 Don't you say, don't you have a saying, it is still four months until harvest? 00:04:35.340 --> 00:04:38.800 I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields. 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:40.680 They are ripe for harvest. 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:46.879 Even now, the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life. 00:04:47.660 --> 00:04:50.959 So that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.120 Thus the saying, one sows and another reaps, is true. 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.819 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:04.540 Others have done the hard work and you have reaped the benefits of their labor. 00:05:05.860 --> 00:05:07.180 May God bless his word. 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:10.840 Good morning, Wes Kilburn. 00:05:11.660 --> 00:05:12.079 Good morning. 00:05:13.660 --> 00:05:16.000 So we're going to start our series. 00:05:16.340 --> 00:05:18.079 Let me get a timer on here really quick. 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:20.120 We're going to start and restart our series. 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:22.139 It was called Encounters with Jesus. 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.500 So we've been going through the Book of Romans. 00:05:23.860 --> 00:05:28.860 Don't worry, next week Steve will be back to look at the Book of Romans again. 00:05:28.860 --> 00:05:30.399 But we're going to take a slight reprieve here. 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.759 And we're going to talk about encounters with Jesus. 00:05:34.660 --> 00:05:37.160 Now, I don't know about you, but whenever I meet somebody, 00:05:37.180 --> 00:05:40.680 somebody new, I can't help but compare myself to them. 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.920 This happened actually just this week when I was playing basketball. 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:49.300 There was a guy that normally doesn't come. 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:50.240 He was new this week. 00:05:50.300 --> 00:05:51.420 So I normally play with a group. 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:55.220 About 15 to 20 of us play basketball on a Thursday. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:58.780 And there was this guy that came that was new this week. 00:05:59.340 --> 00:06:02.540 And so automatically you start making comparisons, right? 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:05.040 I saw him and I saw him start to warm up. 00:06:05.080 --> 00:06:08.700 And I went, hey, you know, this guy, he's pretty good at basketball. 00:06:08.900 --> 00:06:13.000 But automatically my brain went to something very skeptical. 00:06:13.819 --> 00:06:16.660 And I was like, well, he's good right now, but we haven't started playing. 00:06:17.020 --> 00:06:20.520 So maybe, maybe we'll see how this translates into the game. 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:26.060 Very quickly, I went from skeptical to practical because he was put on the other team. 00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:28.420 And I was the one that was tasked with guarding him. 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:32.920 So very practically, I thought, okay, I got to know, you know, how's he shoot? 00:06:33.019 --> 00:06:33.780 Where is he going to go? 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:34.480 How does he drive? 00:06:34.660 --> 00:06:37.600 So I was thinking very practically about this, these types of things. 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.759 One time up and down the court, I went from practical to beneficial. 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.540 I was thinking, hey, you know, actually this will be quite good for me. 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:50.340 You know, the level of skill or my basketball, my basketball excellence, 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:52.000 I'm like right in the middle. 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:53.620 I'm not very good. 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:57.240 Okay, so you need to know that before we continue on with the rest of the story. 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.459 But I'm also not like terrible. 00:06:59.579 --> 00:07:01.019 I'm just like right there in the middle. 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.740 And so I was going, you know what, this will be good for me. 00:07:03.899 --> 00:07:06.139 You play against somebody that's better than you. 00:07:06.280 --> 00:07:09.300 You'll say, okay, you know, iron sharpens iron here. 00:07:09.420 --> 00:07:10.459 You know, I'll be better. 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:15.759 And as I was thinking this, I went from beneficial, that thought process, 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:22.139 to what I stayed in the rest of the night, which is what we'll call surrender. 00:07:22.139 --> 00:07:27.000 Because as I was thinking, oh, this will be very beneficial for me, 00:07:27.259 --> 00:07:28.680 I just got down to guard him. 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:33.219 And then all of a sudden, the next thing I knew, he was behind me scoring a goal. 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:40.199 So you don't need to know a lot about basketball to realize that's not very good. 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:45.779 So quickly, I found out, and the rest of my teammates found out as well, 00:07:45.939 --> 00:07:47.819 that I should not be guarding that guy. 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:50.019 And so I guarded somebody else. 00:07:50.159 --> 00:07:53.779 So that quickly went from, this will be good for me, to, yeah, I'm going to guard somebody else. 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:55.500 So that is the surrender response. 00:07:55.500 --> 00:08:03.319 Today, in our story, here in John 4, we're going to say that the woman at the well, 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:08.100 she has these four responses as well when she meets Jesus. 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:12.540 See, she's going to move from being skeptical of Jesus, 00:08:13.420 --> 00:08:15.439 to thinking very practically about Jesus, 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:20.939 to thinking how he can be beneficial before she finally surrenders to him. 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:24.639 And when she surrenders to him, just like me at basketball, 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.079 she will get a new assignment as well. 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:31.379 But this one is going to be greater than anything she could imagine. 00:08:32.299 --> 00:08:33.779 So let's dive into the passage. 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:36.200 Let's start here in verses 1 through 6. 00:08:36.299 --> 00:08:41.360 Verses 1 through 6 basically give us a snapshot of what had been happening before. 00:08:41.500 --> 00:08:46.399 As I said, it's been a little while since we have been in our encounters with Jesus series. 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.559 But if you remember, the last time that I preached, 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:51.559 we were talking about Nicodemus, right? 00:08:51.599 --> 00:08:54.319 And Nicodemus was a Jewish Pharisee who wanted to figure out 00:08:54.319 --> 00:08:56.500 what does it mean to be born again? 00:08:57.239 --> 00:09:00.359 Well, Jesus had been spreading this good news and this gospel 00:09:00.359 --> 00:09:02.619 of what it means to be born again all throughout Jerusalem. 00:09:02.939 --> 00:09:05.099 And, well, it kind of became a problem. 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:09.039 It was not very safe for him to stay in Jerusalem anymore. 00:09:09.599 --> 00:09:11.939 So him and his disciples, they packed up their tents, 00:09:11.979 --> 00:09:13.799 and they decided to move north. 00:09:14.459 --> 00:09:17.859 And as they're moving north, they have to go through Samaria. 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:21.399 Now, if you know anything about the New Testament, 00:09:21.939 --> 00:09:25.539 you know that the Samaritans and Jews might as well have been cats and dogs. 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:27.519 They did not get along. 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:32.179 And see, so this is where we are as Jesus, 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:36.319 with the sun high in the sky, goes through the town of Sychar, 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:41.359 and he stops to get a drink from a well. 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:47.000 He sends his disciples into town, and here comes a Samaritan woman. 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:50.940 And he asked this woman for a drink. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.159 Let's pick the story up in verse 9. 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:56.879 Go ahead and look at your Bibles there if you have them. 00:09:56.980 --> 00:09:57.399 It says, 00:09:57.399 --> 00:10:20.579 Sir, the woman said, 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:23.639 You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:26.160 Where can you get this living water? 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:28.340 Are you greater than our father Jacob, 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:31.420 who gave us this well and drunk from it himself, 00:10:31.660 --> 00:10:34.680 as did also his sons and his livestock? 00:10:36.139 --> 00:10:42.220 You see that this woman's response when she first encounters Jesus is skepticism. 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:44.040 She says, 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:44.440 Wait a minute. 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:46.240 Aren't you a Jew? 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:48.820 Like, we don't get along. 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:51.139 Why are you asking me for water? 00:10:52.060 --> 00:10:56.840 I mean, they don't get along so much that the gospel writer John puts in here 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:59.060 an explanation that they are water and oil. 00:10:59.460 --> 00:11:00.139 They don't get along. 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:06.019 So that's why it's so strange when she questions him. 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:07.200 It's very abnormal. 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:09.680 It would be like if you're walking down the street in London, 00:11:09.680 --> 00:11:11.980 and somebody comes out and hands you a hundred pound note. 00:11:12.220 --> 00:11:12.480 It says, 00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:12.860 Here you go. 00:11:12.899 --> 00:11:13.440 Take this. 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:15.240 That's not, 00:11:15.340 --> 00:11:16.220 you're not going to respond and go, 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:17.680 Oh yeah, just a normal Tuesday. 00:11:18.540 --> 00:11:19.379 If you do, 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:20.160 let's be friends. 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:22.480 But, 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:24.080 instead, 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:24.700 you're going to go, 00:11:24.800 --> 00:11:24.980 Wait. 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.000 Why? 00:11:26.660 --> 00:11:27.560 Am I being filmed? 00:11:27.660 --> 00:11:28.720 Is there something happening here? 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:35.200 And so that's how weird this interaction was for Jesus and this woman at the well. 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:36.639 But yet, 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:37.160 Jesus, 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:38.779 ever the evangelist, 00:11:39.139 --> 00:11:40.779 continues pressing on. 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:42.180 And he says, 00:11:42.540 --> 00:11:42.860 Actually, 00:11:42.920 --> 00:11:45.120 if you knew who was asking you for a drink, 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.600 you would ask about this living water. 00:11:48.660 --> 00:11:49.000 And again, 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:49.440 the woman, 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:51.899 she responds with skepticism. 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:52.899 She doesn't quite understand. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:53.220 She says, 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:53.540 Wait a minute. 00:11:53.779 --> 00:11:55.980 Who did you say you are again? 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:57.720 This well is deep. 00:11:57.840 --> 00:11:58.879 And let me double check. 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:00.399 Yeah, 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:01.639 you don't have a bucket. 00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:02.440 What are you doing? 00:12:04.040 --> 00:12:04.320 She says, 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:06.680 Are you actually going to be greater than our father Jacob? 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:07.539 who, 00:12:07.539 --> 00:12:09.739 who through his persistence and altruism, 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:16.120 dug a well that has watered our cattle and our families for centuries. 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.659 Are you better than him? 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:21.080 See, 00:12:21.139 --> 00:12:22.899 you can tell this woman is not bought in, 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:23.200 right? 00:12:23.340 --> 00:12:25.980 She has a ton of questions. 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:29.000 And if we think about it, 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:32.180 this can be like us when we engage Jesus today, 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:32.700 isn't it? 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:36.680 Maybe you walked in here today because a friend invited you. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:44.000 Or maybe you came because you just were walking by the street and felt like the Lord was calling you in today. 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:45.340 Whatever it is, 00:12:45.460 --> 00:12:50.460 maybe you are here and you are surprised that you have made it this far in the sermon without lightning striking your seat. 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:52.399 You're thinking, 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:52.700 Man, 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:55.779 if these people knew what I did last night, 00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:58.580 they would have double locked the doors and not let me in. 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:01.139 Or maybe you're thinking, 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:05.019 Based on some of the things that I have said in my past, 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:08.740 I cannot believe that I am sitting here today. 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:10.899 Just like the woman at the well, 00:13:10.899 --> 00:13:14.139 you have questions for Christians. 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:19.279 You've heard the name of Jesus be used not for the betterment of society, 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:20.459 but to its detriment. 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:23.299 Maybe you have friends, 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:24.459 loved ones, 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:25.500 people you care about, 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:30.579 or maybe even yourself that has been hurt by people that call themselves Christians. 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:32.779 Or maybe, 00:13:32.939 --> 00:13:33.120 again, 00:13:33.179 --> 00:13:35.639 you're the other person that has done their research and you're going, 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:35.840 Hey, 00:13:36.079 --> 00:13:37.379 this doesn't add up. 00:13:37.439 --> 00:13:39.079 There are millions of books that have been written. 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:40.179 Why is this one, 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:40.639 the Bible, 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.580 quote unquote, 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:42.480 inspired? 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:45.159 This Bible, 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.019 these stories, 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.679 they're not real. 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:47.819 This is just a fairy tale. 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:48.879 God's not real. 00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:51.379 This doesn't belong in the world. 00:13:52.699 --> 00:13:54.600 And if God really loved me, 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:56.639 why would I be single? 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:01.720 Why would I not have a mom anymore? 00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:04.539 Why am I unwell? 00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:04.980 00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:09.159 but despite all of these questions, 00:14:09.459 --> 00:14:13.799 you find yourself sitting at West Kilburn Baptist Church today. 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:20.719 You can't get rid of this nagging feeling that there is something bigger than you out there. 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:30.540 You think life has got to be more than just a chance accident, and you think there's got to be more to life than work on Monday and drinks on Friday. 00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:35.100 I think you can identify a lot with the woman at the well here, can't you? 00:14:36.540 --> 00:14:40.740 Did you notice what time the woman was at the well? 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:44.160 Verse 6 shows us noon. 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:48.279 Women did not go to the well at noon. 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:51.939 They either went early in the morning or late at night. 00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:56.519 So why is this woman going to fetch water at the hottest part of the day? 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:59.019 It's because she's an outcast. 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.639 She's not a part of the religious elite. 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:04.959 She's actually quite the opposite, which we'll find out in just a minute. 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:09.220 And I am sure she was asking similar questions to you. 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:14.100 She's thinking, why has my life turned out this way, God? 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:17.839 Why can't I keep a relationship? 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:23.500 Why, God, do you even care that I exist? 00:15:24.939 --> 00:15:35.720 And here, in one of her lowest moments of the day, where she is reminded every single day that she is alone, that she is a social outcast, 00:15:36.839 --> 00:15:38.459 Jesus meets her. 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:46.360 And he doesn't shy away from her, but instead he presses deeper. 00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:49.700 So that's the first response. 00:15:49.780 --> 00:15:51.720 You can be skeptical to Jesus. 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:55.019 You're going to see the woman at the well then moves into another response. 00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:56.720 And this one is practical. 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.500 Let's look at verse 13. 00:15:58.500 --> 00:16:25.360 The woman at the well here is much like Nicodemus just one chapter earlier. 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.700 She hears what Jesus is saying, and she's thinking very practically. 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:32.000 She's thinking Jesus must mean practically here. 00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:33.740 Never be thirsty again. 00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:36.019 Somebody's offering you, you don't ever have to drink again. 00:16:36.180 --> 00:16:38.620 You don't have to come and draw this water. 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:42.919 You don't have to lug a water jug out here in this hottest part of the day. 00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:44.580 Sign me up. 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:49.980 And again, I think this is a common response when we encounter Jesus. 00:16:50.520 --> 00:16:56.200 See, the pragmatist hears the gospel and hears somebody say, hey, the gospel has changed my life. 00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:58.080 And they say, sign me up. 00:16:58.340 --> 00:17:00.820 Who doesn't want a changed life? 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.860 But very practically, they come to church. 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:07.059 They sit through the service. 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.100 They sing a song. 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:09.100 They hear the sermon. 00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:12.039 And they pray a prayer. 00:17:12.219 --> 00:17:13.259 And they say, okay, great. 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:15.299 Now my life will be perfect. 00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:18.480 But do their problems disappear? 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.899 Not at all. 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.419 So instead, they come back. 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:25.379 Maybe they say, maybe God just didn't hear me. 00:17:25.459 --> 00:17:27.699 I didn't have, you know, the words in the right order. 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:30.259 Maybe God has Vodafone and the coverage was out that day. 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:33.099 Whatever it is, maybe I'll just try again. 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:36.459 And they keep treating Jesus like a genie. 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:42.539 Let me speak directly to you if you are the pragmatist in the room today. 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:45.759 Jesus is not a genie. 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:52.339 You cannot rub the lamp and get your three wishes just because you prayed a prayer and how you want your life to turn out. 00:17:55.459 --> 00:17:56.740 Jesus is not a genie. 00:17:57.159 --> 00:17:58.059 He is a savior. 00:17:58.619 --> 00:18:01.719 And when he comes back, it will not be beside a well. 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:12.100 He will come back on a white horse with fire in his eyes, a robe dipped in blood, a crown rightfully put on his head, and tattooed across his body. 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:15.519 It will say, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:18.839 Does this sound like somebody that's coming to grant your wishes? 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.640 No. 00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:24.640 This is a savior. 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:30.259 So pragmatists in the room today, do not be fooled. 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:34.660 God is not a spirit in the sky waiting to meet every one of your needs. 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:36.279 He is Lord. 00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:45.599 If you want to have a relationship with him, you either follow him as Lord or you prepare to meet his wrath. 00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:47.400 There is no in between. 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.400 See, let's look at Jesus' response here. 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.200 He knows that the woman at the well is just not getting it. 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:03.820 So he presses her even deeper and brings up her sexual past. 00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:10.300 So we don't know any more specifics about this woman at the well than what is listed right here. 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.940 We don't know if she had five husbands because all five of her husbands have died, 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:18.940 and now the guy that she is with now is looking around and going, 00:19:19.340 --> 00:19:23.940 I know what happens when people say, I do to you. 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.420 I'm good. 00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:29.279 Or maybe all of her husbands divorced her. 00:19:29.820 --> 00:19:31.039 Maybe she divorced her husbands. 00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:31.960 Maybe she was unfaithful. 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.420 We don't know. 00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:39.620 But either way, we do know that she is dealing with an immense amount of shame. 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:47.200 And Jesus knows that just saying a little prayer or repeating a little mantra to herself is not going to help. 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.519 He needs to go deeper. 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:53.080 He has to go to her heart. 00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:57.740 So this brings us now to the third response when we encounter Jesus, 00:19:58.060 --> 00:20:02.380 which is looking at him and trying to get something beneficial out of the relationship. 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:07.420 See, the beneficial person is very much like the practical person. 00:20:07.780 --> 00:20:10.680 They're looking what they can get out of this relationship with Jesus. 00:20:12.540 --> 00:20:16.000 They're looking for the benefits of a relationship with Jesus. 00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:20.240 But unlike the pragmatist, it's not just practical. 00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:22.160 They want to go deeper. 00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:27.520 See, the beneficial person wants to be friends with benefits with Jesus. 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:31.440 See, their purpose in following Jesus, 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:34.039 they want to have purpose in following Jesus. 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.740 They want a unified mission. 00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:37.000 They want the freedom. 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:38.039 They want the worldview. 00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:40.759 But they do not want to surrender. 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:47.000 They want the benefits of that relationship with Jesus, 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.600 but without the commitment. 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:51.220 Let's look at verse 19. 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:54.980 This is right after Jesus has exposed this woman's sexual past. 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.640 She says, 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:59.579 Sir, I can see that you are a prophet. 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:02.200 Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:05.559 but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem. 00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:08.180 Jesus has just said to her, 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.720 Hey, you've had five husbands. 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:13.599 This is not something that she proclaims widely across the town. 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:16.299 And so she's starting to wake up to this conversation. 00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.039 She's saying, 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:20.240 Hey, this is not just some normal Jew that has come to the well here. 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:22.339 No, this guy, he's really something. 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:28.240 She sees this meeting as an opportunity to use for her theological benefit. 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.400 She says, 00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:32.839 Hey, Jesus, here you can help me with my worldview. 00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:35.680 See, the Jews and Samaritans had beef 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:37.720 because after Solomon died, 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:40.880 the kingdom of Israel split into a northern kingdom and a southern kingdom. 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.799 And in the northern kingdom, 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:45.579 there was a kingdom outside of Israel called Assyria 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:48.379 that came in and took over the northern kingdom. 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:53.199 The Assyrians took a lot of people that were beneficial to them out of Israel, 00:21:53.199 --> 00:21:56.740 and they put a lot of Assyrians into the northern kingdom of Israel. 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:01.539 And so it was through this that intermarrying started to happen. 00:22:02.199 --> 00:22:05.460 And the Jews that were in the south and the southern kingdom of Judah, 00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:09.139 they looked at those that were in Samaria in that northern kingdom, 00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:11.500 and they looked at them as unclean. 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:15.720 They were unwelcome in their worship because they had intermarried. 00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:19.740 And this beef had been going on for centuries. 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.640 On top of this beef, 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:26.839 they also established different places of worship. 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:28.440 For those in the southern kingdom, 00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:31.079 that would have been Jerusalem, right, at the temple. 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:33.079 For those in the northern kingdom, 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.500 that's Mount Gerizim, 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:37.000 which is almost exactly where Jesus is 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:39.099 as he talks to this woman at the well here. 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:42.059 So this woman is looking around, 00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:42.699 and she says, 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:45.480 Hey, I know that Jesus is powerful. 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.319 Let me use this. 00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:50.879 She wants him to give her an answer 00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:53.339 to this theological question of where to worship 00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:56.039 so that she can have a purpose. 00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:58.119 She's thinking to herself, 00:22:58.219 --> 00:23:01.579 Hey, if I figure out where we are supposed to worship, 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:04.039 then I can set up a TikTok account about this. 00:23:04.179 --> 00:23:05.519 I can start posting around, 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.159 and people will say, 00:23:06.219 --> 00:23:08.199 Hey, this girl knows what she's talking about. 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.660 And I'll start to get some followers, 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:11.940 and I'll gain some money and some momentum, 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:14.840 and I'll be able to make a lot of money 00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.900 and make a name for myself. 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.279 She can even say, 00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:19.259 Hey, wait, I'll start out a website of this, 00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:22.759 www.rightplacetoworship.com. 00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:24.559 And I'll have people come in, 00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:27.620 and they'll see me as an authority on this. 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:29.039 I'll be able to write a few books. 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.140 I'll get my name out. 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.180 I'll go on a nice big tour, 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:33.539 and my life will be set. 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:37.440 What does Jesus answer her with? 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:41.259 Well, he blows her entire framework up. 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:44.059 He says the hour is coming. 00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:45.900 In fact, it is here, 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.340 where temples, 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.600 they're just not going to matter. 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:53.620 What matters is that you worship 00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:55.340 the God of the universe 00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:57.779 in spirit and in truth. 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.220 Now, these words, 00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:01.220 in spirit and truth, 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:03.080 there's a lot to unpack with that. 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:04.799 So I'm going to give 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:07.339 a very brief SparkNotes version. 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:09.019 Does anybody still use SparkNotes? 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.000 No? 00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.379 No? 00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:13.980 A chat GPT version 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:16.899 of what is happening here. 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.699 To worship in spirit 00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:23.139 means that worship comes from your heart. 00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:26.960 It engages the whole heart. 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:29.400 And to worship in truth 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.940 means that your worship 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:34.180 is informed by who God is 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:37.059 and what he is like. 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:40.000 This is not an either or, 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.819 but a both and. 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:45.279 John Piper says it like this, 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:47.220 truth without emotion 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:49.799 produces dead orthodoxy 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:51.519 and a church full 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:53.240 or half full 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:55.100 of artificial admirers. 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.740 On the other hand, 00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:58.199 emotion without truth 00:24:58.199 --> 00:25:00.159 produces empty frenzy 00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:02.039 and cultivates shallow people 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:04.159 who refuse the discipline 00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:05.859 of rigorous thought. 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.659 But true worship, 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.419 so this is what he's saying, 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.419 true worship 00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:10.579 comes from people 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:12.659 who are deeply emotional 00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:14.859 and who love deep 00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:16.759 and sound doctrine. 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:20.139 Both and, 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:22.000 not either or. 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:26.019 I think we can see ourselves 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.500 in this woman's story again. 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.640 I've seen this 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.220 as I've looked around our society. 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.400 As we're being confronted, 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.500 as this woman's being confronted 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:35.339 with the power of Jesus, 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.740 she's not choosing to submit. 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:39.700 Instead, 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.799 she's looking to Jesus 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.440 from pointers 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.680 that will be beneficial 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.880 for her life. 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.220 As I was saying, 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.299 I've looked around our society, 00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.519 I think I've seen this, 00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.779 what is called 00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:50.019 the quiet revival. 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.619 See, 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.319 there's been an increase 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.019 in people, 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.579 in young people specifically, 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.740 that have been going to church 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.319 in the UK. 00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.599 This is something 00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.500 that we need to celebrate. 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.180 16% 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.559 according to a recent study 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:05.220 of 18 to 24 year olds 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.139 attend church 00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:07.119 once a month in the UK. 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.359 16%. 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:10.220 In 2018, 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.400 do you know what that number was? 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.700 4%. 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:16.259 Now my masks are not great, 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.200 but I believe, 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.879 chat GPT told me, 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:23.220 that this is a 300% increase. 00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:26.280 That's amazing. 00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.860 Praise God for that. 00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:31.840 But before we start 00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:33.660 to ring in the bells of revival, 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.940 I think we do need 00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:36.360 to think about one thing 00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.620 and be cautious 00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.460 about one thing. 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.560 I've seen 00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:42.340 in some of the media 00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:43.280 that I have ingested 00:26:43.280 --> 00:26:44.120 and podcasts 00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.840 and other things 00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:46.040 of that nature, 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.420 that there are guys, 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.900 and I do intentionally say, 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.220 guys, 00:26:49.280 --> 00:26:50.720 I think this can affect 00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:52.180 both genders, 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:54.800 but I say guys intentionally 00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.240 because I think 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.180 a lot of the media 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:58.380 is framed towards them. 00:27:00.560 --> 00:27:01.500 I see a lot of guys 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.280 that are intentionally 00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:04.320 co-opting Christianity 00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:06.100 to use to their own 00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.960 personal benefit. 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:09.380 They strip Christianity 00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:10.740 of its spiritual meaning 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.620 and just are trying 00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:11.980 to figure out 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.779 what it will do 00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:14.240 to benefit their lives. 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.819 They adhere to Christianity 00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:17.180 because it brings them 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.880 discipline. 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.420 It brings purpose 00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.279 to their lives. 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.860 It helps them explain 00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.600 some feelings 00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.420 that they might have. 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.860 Like, why are they depressed? 00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:26.620 Why do they feel hopeless? 00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.939 And it gives them 00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.859 a foundation 00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.899 for dealing 00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:31.139 with some of the craziness 00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:32.179 of the world, right? 00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.299 Think about some 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.079 of the hot topics 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.919 that we have today. 00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.919 Immigration, 00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.299 gender identity, 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.879 on and on we could go. 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.599 Christianity gives you 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.500 a worldview, 00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:43.339 a foundation 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:45.379 for looking at these things. 00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:47.000 But if you have 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.559 this worldview 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.000 and you do not submit 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.759 to God, 00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:51.459 it will not work. 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:54.200 It cannot work. 00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.140 See, Christianity 00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:59.700 requires full surrender. 00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.759 That's what it means 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.880 to call Jesus Lord. 00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.100 These people want to 00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:06.559 use Christ 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.460 for what will be 00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.539 beneficial to them, 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.640 but they do not 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:11.220 give themselves to him. 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:14.819 Jesus sees it today. 00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.100 And he saw it 00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:18.059 2,000 years ago 00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.620 with the woman 00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.240 at the well. 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:27.079 This worldview 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:30.740 will not lead 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.519 to prospering. 00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:35.480 Jesus knows it 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.319 and so he draws 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:37.920 the woman deeper. 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.079 Let's look at 00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.860 the last response. 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.400 Last response 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.380 of people that encounter 00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:44.299 Jesus is surrender. 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.620 We had skeptical. 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.440 We went from skeptical 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.279 to practical, 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.779 practical to beneficial, 00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:51.180 and now we go 00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:52.399 to surrender. 00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:54.019 Let's look at verse 25. 00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.660 The woman said, 00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:57.079 I know that Messiah 00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.819 called Christ 00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.299 is coming. 00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.359 When he comes, 00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.099 he will explain 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.440 everything to us. 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.859 This woman has tried 00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.819 to push Jesus away 00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.660 with her skepticism. 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.079 She's tried to add 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.440 Jesus to her life 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.660 with very practical 00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:10.119 and beneficial ways 00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.559 and now here 00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.700 she is at the end 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.740 of herself. 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.619 She says, 00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.960 listen, 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.680 all right, 00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.019 fine. 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.139 You seem to have 00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.779 outsmarted me 00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.879 at every turn 00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.639 in this conversation. 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.859 There's one coming 00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.420 who will explain 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.879 this to this, 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.460 trying to end 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.099 the conversation. 00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.299 And in this moment, 00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.019 when she cannot 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:29.639 see a way forward, 00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:33.720 what happens? 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.660 In one of the 00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:37.420 most clear ways 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.920 in the entire 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.019 Gospels, 00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:41.460 Jesus sees this woman 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.680 who has been spit up 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.339 and chewed out 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.920 by the world, 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.279 who is broken down, 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.319 who is looked at 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.240 as worthless. 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.379 If you're thinking 00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:49.099 about Nicodemus, 00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.819 the chapter earlier, 00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.519 complete opposites, 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:51.899 right? 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.039 And he looks 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.619 at this woman 00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.539 who the world 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.099 would say 00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.399 has nothing to offer 00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.700 in the clearest way 00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.960 in the entire Gospels. 00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:01.359 He looks at her 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.779 and he says, 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.559 the Savior 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.680 you are looking for, 00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:07.139 I am he. 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.200 So when we encounter 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.639 Jesus, 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.619 we can have 00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.899 a few responses, 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.420 right? 00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:16.360 We can reject him, 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.759 we can try and add him 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.900 as a bonus to our life, 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.240 but there is genuinely 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:23.600 only one right answer. 00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:26.000 That is full 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:28.080 and complete surrender 00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:29.480 to God. 00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:32.320 The woman at the well 00:30:32.320 --> 00:30:33.519 got to the end of herself 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.200 and when she got 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.920 to the end of herself, 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.100 she found Jesus 00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:36.900 right there, 00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:38.279 ready to accept 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.740 her surrender. 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:42.000 If you do not have 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.140 a relationship 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.700 relationship with Jesus, 00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:45.820 this is all you have 00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.140 to do. 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.360 If you feel a tug 00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.040 on your heart 00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.759 right now, 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:51.060 do not put it off. 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.759 This is not the product 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:54.000 of really great teaching. 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.620 This is not 00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.720 just because we put 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:58.040 some emotion 00:30:58.040 --> 00:30:58.800 in the air 00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.820 here at West Kilburn. 00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:01.180 That's the Holy Spirit 00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:02.200 working on your life. 00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.920 Do not leave this room 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.840 without giving 00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.560 your life to Christ. 00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:09.639 But maybe you're 00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.379 in the room today 00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:11.639 and you have said 00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.559 yes to that question. 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.019 You've answered 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.539 that question. 00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:13.940 You've said, 00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.099 I have indeed 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.379 completely surrendered. 00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.740 Of those four responses, 00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.839 I have submitted 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.679 to Christ. 00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.339 What does this message 00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.200 mean for me? 00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.559 Let's move into 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.319 our final part 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.240 of the sermon today 00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.960 called Share. 00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:30.759 When we encounter Jesus, 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.740 we are forced 00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.500 to compare 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:34.279 our old life 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.039 to what Jesus 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.660 is offering. 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.220 But when we accept 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.440 what Jesus is offering, 00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.640 then we go from 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.359 comparing 00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:42.059 to sharing. 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.900 This is what happens 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.359 to the woman. 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.299 Look at verse 28. 00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.299 She says, 00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.839 Then leaving her water jar, 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.779 the woman went back 00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.319 to the town 00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.259 and said to the people, 00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.720 Come, see a man 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.400 who told me 00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.779 everything I've ever done. 00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.819 Could this be 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.400 the Messiah? 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:59.259 This is a complete 00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.859 shift 00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.900 in this woman's demeanor. 00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:02.900 Remember, 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.400 originally, 00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:04.460 why did she go 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.560 to the well at noon? 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:08.280 Well, because she wanted 00:32:08.280 --> 00:32:09.460 absolutely nothing 00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.580 to do with the town, 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:10.920 right? 00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.759 And now, 00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:13.780 after surrendering 00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.960 her life to Christ 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.960 and leaving her baggage 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.780 with Christ, 00:32:17.040 --> 00:32:17.940 she goes back 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.960 to the very people 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.800 she was trying 00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.480 to avoid. 00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.300 But, 00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:26.860 she can't help 00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.820 but to say 00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:29.019 this good news 00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.100 to the town. 00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:31.500 Let's think about this 00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.740 for just a minute longer 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.740 and then we'll be done. 00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.599 Why 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:37.899 is there a 180 degree 00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.839 shift in this 00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.899 woman's life? 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:41.000 Where moments earlier 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.759 she was thought of 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.839 as an outcast 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.839 and lived her life 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.399 as an outcast 00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.240 and now she is an 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.500 on-fire evangelist 00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.939 for Jesus. 00:32:48.219 --> 00:32:49.599 Because she realized 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.679 how much 00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.859 she had been 00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.339 forgiven. 00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.959 If you think 00:32:54.959 --> 00:32:55.419 that you are 00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:56.019 a generally 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.019 good person 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.139 that hasn't done 00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:59.339 that much 00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.059 that bad 00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.839 and haven't done 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.639 that much wrong, 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.180 you know, 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.099 you pay your bills 00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.759 on time, 00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:06.079 you don't steal, 00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.619 you give a portion 00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.299 of your salary 00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.019 to those that are 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.660 less fortunate 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:11.720 than you. 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.740 If you don't think 00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.019 that you're that bad 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.900 when forgiveness 00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.200 is offered to you, 00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:19.279 you don't think 00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.279 it's that big 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.779 of a deal. 00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:24.019 But when you 00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.279 truly understand 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.119 how much 00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.859 we've been 00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.299 forgiven 00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:29.639 as Christians, 00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:32.460 then you realize 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.539 that this forgiveness 00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.819 is sweeter than 00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.899 honey on the tip 00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.559 of your tongue. 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.980 See, the Bible 00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:40.220 calls our good 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.160 works filthy 00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.079 rags. 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.160 So the good 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.720 things that we 00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.500 think are earning 00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.399 us a spot in 00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.660 heaven, 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:47.160 very, very 00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.740 bluntly, 00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.539 God calls them 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.200 minstrel rags. 00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:50.240 Isaiah, look it up. 00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:54.940 And it's in this 00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.680 moment when you 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.180 think that your 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.759 good works are 00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.839 helping you that 00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.839 Jesus comes along 00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.599 and says, no, no, 00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:01.200 no, this is not. 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.539 And it's when you 00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.879 realize this, 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.920 that your good 00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:06.480 works are just 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.619 dirty rags, 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.619 that you realize 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.800 how much you've 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.460 been forgiven. 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.400 When you realized 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.279 you've been saved 00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.559 from death to life, 00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.559 you can't help 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.400 but share that, 00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.659 right? 00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:20.420 Verse 14 says 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.760 this living water, 00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.180 Jesus says, 00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.840 this living water 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.539 that I am offering 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.599 you will burst 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.720 forth from you, 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.440 will be like a 00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.280 spring bursting 00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:27.980 forth from you. 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.740 Eugene Peterson 00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:30.720 is a guy that 00:34:30.720 --> 00:34:31.920 translated the Old 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.619 and New Testament 00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:34.880 into the original 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.700 Greek into English. 00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.599 And he says in 00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.240 verse 14, 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.340 here, I love his 00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.800 translation. 00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.800 It says, 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.159 the water I will 00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:42.780 give will be an 00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:44.019 artesian spring 00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.420 within, 00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:46.420 gushing fountains 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.400 of endless life. 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:50.700 An artesian spring, 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.380 for those of you 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.000 that didn't get 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.559 your architecture 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.300 degree, 00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:55.019 is the complete 00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.220 opposite of a 00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.380 well. 00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.099 A well you dip 00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.840 your bucket into, 00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.760 you have to draw 00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.519 water out. 00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.639 An artesian spring 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.960 is bursting forth 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.519 with water. 00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.720 It's basically like 00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.480 an ancient water 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.980 fountain, right? 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.539 You don't have to 00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.039 do any work, 00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.820 you just lean over 00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.300 and drink. 00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.320 This is what 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.800 happens when we 00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.940 grasp the forgiveness 00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:15.039 that Jesus has given 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.579 us, right? 00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:17.759 This truth wells 00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.579 up inside of us 00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:20.480 and bursts forth 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.940 to anyone around 00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.400 us. 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.960 And we need 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.639 this to happen. 00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:29.000 You cannot just 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.880 rely on the 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.340 quote unquote 00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:31.519 professional Christians 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.319 like Steve and 00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:33.659 myself to spread 00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.159 the gospel. 00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:36.380 Because there are 00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.759 people in your 00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:40.219 life that only 00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.059 you can reach. 00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.599 I was recently 00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.599 talking to a 00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.659 guy that works 00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.079 in one of those 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.779 big corporate 00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.400 buildings in 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.920 central London. 00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.819 And as we were 00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.339 chatting over 00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:51.759 lunch, I just 00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.239 casually brought 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.679 up the question. 00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.960 I said, how 00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.880 are we going to 00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.739 reach people 00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.539 like you? 00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.619 There are 00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.839 thousands of 00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:02.039 people within a 00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:03.400 small radius in 00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.400 central London that 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.259 come there every 00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.900 day. 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.759 How do we 00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:09.360 reach them with 00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.880 the gospel? 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.019 And after a 00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:14.139 pause, kind of 00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.920 looked back at 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.839 me and he 00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:17.199 said, you 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.679 don't. 00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.539 I do. 00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.400 See, it 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.659 wouldn't make 00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.319 sense for me to 00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.859 go in there and 00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.379 try and run a 00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:25.859 Christianity 00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.739 Explored, right? 00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.440 No offense to 00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.699 Christianity 00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.019 Explored. 00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.960 It's not going 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.739 to work. 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.000 I don't have a 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.960 relationship built 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.359 up with these 00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:33.559 people. 00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.440 They don't know 00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.239 me from Adam. 00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.779 But this guy, 00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:39.359 who spends day 00:36:39.359 --> 00:36:40.500 in and day out 00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.099 with these people, 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:42.159 he goes to get 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.059 drinks after work 00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.399 with them. 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.079 He spends his 00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.819 lunch break with 00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:44.960 them. 00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.739 He has that 00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.460 10-minute break 00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.920 that every one 00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.379 of us always 00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:47.839 has that we're 00:36:47.839 --> 00:36:48.399 not really doing 00:36:48.399 --> 00:36:48.819 work but we're 00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.199 just chatting 00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:50.199 with a co-worker. 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.399 He has that 00:36:51.399 --> 00:36:52.139 moment as well 00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.659 to share the 00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.779 reason for the 00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.980 hope that is 00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.319 in him. 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:00.259 Who has God 00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.480 put in your 00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:03.739 life that only 00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.359 you can reach? 00:37:06.359 --> 00:37:07.000 Is it a 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.460 co-worker? 00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.199 A neighbor? 00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:11.879 A classmate? 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.519 A teammate? 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.539 Who around 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.980 you can have 00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.960 their life 00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:21.059 changed because 00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.379 they have 00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:21.919 encountered 00:37:21.919 --> 00:37:23.539 Jesus through 00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:23.819 you? 00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:26.359 Let's pray. 00:37:28.359 --> 00:37:29.000 Father in 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.399 heaven, we 00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:30.779 thank you just 00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.039 for the 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.699 opportunity. 00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.739 Lord, that it 00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.719 wasn't us that 00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:36.019 went to you at 00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.659 the well and 00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.059 said, God, 00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.739 here's my good 00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.139 works. 00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.919 Give me some 00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.240 water. 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.840 But it was 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.900 you who saw 00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.500 us in the 00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.360 midst of our 00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.800 filth, in the 00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.400 midst of our 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.980 nastiness, and 00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.680 what we thought 00:37:47.680 --> 00:37:48.380 was good but 00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.340 is actually 00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.599 perverse. 00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.500 God, you 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.200 reached down 00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:54.300 and said, I 00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:55.860 love you. 00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.220 And God, I 00:37:58.220 --> 00:38:00.019 pray that there 00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.559 would be people 00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.119 in this room 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.900 today that 00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.360 would realize 00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:03.019 the immense 00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.039 love that you 00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:05.039 have given and 00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.960 would give over 00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.720 their life to 00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:06.920 you. 00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.700 Say, I have 00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:08.280 been Lord of 00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.860 my life for 00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.480 too long and 00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.900 it's not 00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.519 going well. 00:38:11.120 --> 00:38:11.880 I need 00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:15.000 someone to 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.320 rule. 00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.460 Lord, I 00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:19.700 pray that 00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:19.960 there would be 00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.340 people that 00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.780 would come to 00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.120 the end of 00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:21.800 themselves today. 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.340 Lord, I 00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.760 pray for 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:24.519 West Kilburn 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.100 that we 00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:25.640 would be a 00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.200 place that 00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:26.600 when people 00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:28.600 look, they 00:38:28.600 --> 00:38:29.100 see us 00:38:29.100 --> 00:38:30.040 worshiping in 00:38:30.040 --> 00:38:31.160 spirit and 00:38:31.160 --> 00:38:32.040 in truth. 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.660 God, that the 00:38:33.660 --> 00:38:34.440 gospel, the 00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.560 good news, that 00:38:35.560 --> 00:38:36.340 you have come and 00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.780 saved us from 00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:38.280 sins, we 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.720 couldn't help 00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.280 but have it 00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:40.480 overflow out of 00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.960 this building. 00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:43.000 The light 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.760 shining in a 00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:44.380 dark place would 00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.280 be so bright that 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.840 people would be 00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.660 attracted to it. 00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.880 God, we 00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:50.460 pray that you 00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.660 would use us. 00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.380 God, what a 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:52.980 gift that we 00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:54.080 get to be used 00:38:54.080 --> 00:38:55.620 in your kingdom 00:38:55.620 --> 00:38:56.120 to help bring 00:38:56.120 --> 00:38:56.480 people to 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:56.780 Christ. 00:38:58.040 --> 00:38:58.640 Lord, it is 00:38:58.640 --> 00:38:59.440 only you that 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.120 can bring people 00:39:00.120 --> 00:39:01.180 but you use 00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.560 us. 00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:02.600 God, and we're 00:39:02.600 --> 00:39:03.140 thankful to be 00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.640 the hands and 00:39:03.640 --> 00:39:04.340 feet of you as 00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.900 we go out. 00:39:06.740 --> 00:39:07.880 Lord, we pray 00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:09.039 all of these 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:10.680 things in your 00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:10.960 name. 00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:11.920 Amen.