WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:29.980 Amen. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.679 And first 26 verses again. 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:34.640 This story of the woman of Samaria. 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:42.719 Before we look at this, let's turn to the Lord in prayer again. 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:43.299 Let's pray. 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:54.100 Our Father in heaven, we thank you for this, your holy word. 00:00:54.100 --> 00:01:01.640 And we ask you, trusting in Christ's merits and depending on your Holy Spirit's power, 00:01:02.939 --> 00:01:09.400 that our reading and hearing of your word this morning would be effectual to save and keep saving us. 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:16.800 And so we ask for your help that we may listen diligently, readily and prayerfully. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.100 Help us to receive your word with faith and love. 00:01:22.360 --> 00:01:25.840 Lay it up in our hearts and practice it in our lives. 00:01:26.700 --> 00:01:30.240 To the glory of your great name, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:31.560 Amen. 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:39.579 Well, as we read this encounter of Jesus and this woman in Samaria, 00:01:40.340 --> 00:01:46.820 we are in a sense at the end of the first act of the good news story as John presents it to us. 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:51.840 He has played the magnificent overture in the opening of chapter 1, 00:01:52.460 --> 00:01:56.719 where he's introduced us to the main character, which he starts by calling the Word. 00:01:56.719 --> 00:01:59.599 And he's also called it the light. 00:02:00.379 --> 00:02:04.140 And this is the light that does two things in this book. 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:06.400 It's the light that is. 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:08.699 The light who is creator. 00:02:09.419 --> 00:02:11.099 The light who is the light of all men. 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:17.219 The light who is the reason for which and the means by which all people are created. 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:20.199 The light for whom we all live. 00:02:21.620 --> 00:02:24.379 The light that makes itself known to all who are alive, 00:02:24.379 --> 00:02:26.859 however much they might try and deny it. 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:28.639 The light that is. 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:30.500 And he's the light that comes. 00:02:31.659 --> 00:02:34.400 Ever since darkness entered into the world, 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:39.680 the light who is, as creator, has been coming as redeemer. 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:45.659 The light that has been coming has been rejected by the darkness. 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:49.079 Not received by his own, his own creation. 00:02:50.460 --> 00:02:52.719 But this light has kept coming. 00:02:52.719 --> 00:03:00.439 Until a great climactic day when this light came as the Word became flesh. 00:03:01.180 --> 00:03:02.520 And lived among us. 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:05.020 Full of the glory of God. 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:10.860 Jesus Christ, full of God's glory, came to be the tabernacle for God's people. 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.020 The meeting point between God and man. 00:03:15.259 --> 00:03:16.819 And John has introduced us to another John. 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:17.620 John the Baptist. 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:23.659 Who introduced and prophesied the coming of this light into the world as a lamb. 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:28.340 Who would take away the sins of the world and reconcile us to God. 00:03:29.920 --> 00:03:33.020 And as he did so, we see some of his disciples, 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.120 those who understand what he's saying, 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:38.460 transferring their discipleship to Jesus. 00:03:38.460 --> 00:03:44.980 At which point, John presents us the big event in this first act of the story, 00:03:45.379 --> 00:03:46.460 at a wedding in Cana. 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:50.819 And Jesus gives the first of seven signs that we see in this book. 00:03:51.180 --> 00:03:53.840 A sign that would explain what he has come to do. 00:03:55.340 --> 00:03:58.840 And John has given a lot of teaching about what Jesus has come to do, 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:00.080 since that scene. 00:04:00.180 --> 00:04:03.580 Mainly in conversations with various people along the way. 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.120 Until we come to this final scene in the act. 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:07.719 This is the final scene change. 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:09.400 Before the end of this act. 00:04:10.780 --> 00:04:12.819 And what John gives us in this scene, 00:04:12.920 --> 00:04:13.780 on the one hand, 00:04:14.379 --> 00:04:16.800 summarises all that he's said about Jesus so far. 00:04:18.019 --> 00:04:20.100 But it also brings a new dimension to it. 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:22.259 It helps us to see it in a new light. 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:24.879 He literally takes us to a new place 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:26.360 to get this new perspective. 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:30.060 We even go beyond the Jewish territory into Samaria. 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:31.680 We see the beginning of the chapter. 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:36.280 And so here is the light arriving in a new place, 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:37.540 which allows us to see 00:04:37.540 --> 00:04:41.259 what it looks like for the light to arrive somewhere new. 00:04:42.280 --> 00:04:44.860 What is it like when Jesus comes on the scene 00:04:44.860 --> 00:04:47.340 for the first time in someone's life? 00:04:48.939 --> 00:04:51.300 And to get us ready for this summary 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:53.080 and for this fresh perspective, 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:54.740 John rocks the boat a little bit. 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:56.780 He makes us do a double take, 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:59.240 which is what he's doing in verses 6 and 7. 00:05:01.540 --> 00:05:02.920 Imagine you're going on a journey 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:04.720 with some friends 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:06.740 and you take a break on the long drive 00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:09.519 and you stop in a pub or a restaurant. 00:05:10.460 --> 00:05:12.259 There's hardly anyone else in there 00:05:12.259 --> 00:05:14.680 except for one woman who's just sat at the bar. 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.800 And while you're waiting for your food to arrive, 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:21.540 one of your friends goes up to this woman at the bar 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:22.840 and says, 00:05:23.019 --> 00:05:24.300 Do you come here often? 00:05:26.540 --> 00:05:28.540 You might understandably ask at that point, 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:30.300 What on earth is he doing? 00:05:30.300 --> 00:05:34.139 Is he trying to chat her up or something 00:05:34.139 --> 00:05:36.879 while we're in the middle of a long drive? 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:39.480 What is he doing? 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.740 That is basically what some of the readers in John's day 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:45.920 must have thought when they got to verse 7. 00:05:46.900 --> 00:05:48.340 You might not think that immediately, 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:51.800 but it is a classic line that would make you think that. 00:05:52.060 --> 00:05:53.600 Here's a man who's gone to a well 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:56.320 and he talks to a woman at that well 00:05:56.320 --> 00:05:57.900 and asks her for a drink. 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:01.600 That is a classic, almost cliché, 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:03.680 chat-up line in the ancient world. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:06.640 And you'll see that in the Old Testament. 00:06:07.260 --> 00:06:09.120 That is exactly how Abraham's servant 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:10.439 found a wife for Isaac. 00:06:11.280 --> 00:06:13.280 Jacob too, who had actually given this well. 00:06:13.840 --> 00:06:15.640 Maybe it was even at this well that they met. 00:06:16.300 --> 00:06:17.500 He'd given this well to Samaria. 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:19.020 That's exactly how he met Rachel. 00:06:19.900 --> 00:06:21.720 That's exactly how Moses met his wife. 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:24.680 That if you'd watched a rom-com in those days 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.840 where the man goes to talk to a woman at the well, 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.120 you'd have complained about how unoriginal this story was. 00:06:32.820 --> 00:06:36.080 Could it possibly be that Jesus is doing the same thing here? 00:06:37.820 --> 00:06:40.380 Given everything that John has said about Jesus so far, 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:42.440 it is a pretty surprising turn of events. 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.860 On the one hand, John has spoken of Jesus as a bridegroom. 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:48.220 That has been there. 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:50.440 John the Baptist has called him a bridegroom. 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:54.740 And he's even spoken about how he has no right to untie his sandal. 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:59.240 The way Boaz did have the right to take the sandal of an unworthy redeemer. 00:06:59.719 --> 00:07:01.259 Jesus is the worthy bridegroom. 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:03.120 And John has no right to take his place. 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.839 He's the one who was the true master of the wedding feast at Cana. 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:11.139 But he made it very clear then that this was not his time. 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:13.319 This was not his hour. 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:16.959 But the way John has spoken about him, 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:18.939 even in calling him a bridegroom, 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:21.860 he has made it sound like it's about something much greater 00:07:21.860 --> 00:07:24.180 than just finding him a woman to marry. 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:27.659 So when we read Jesus saying, 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:29.939 what is basically this classic Chesot line, 00:07:30.180 --> 00:07:31.699 it catches us off guard. 00:07:33.139 --> 00:07:35.600 You've got to wonder what on earth is going on. 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.620 Have I missed something so far? 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:43.280 Now you might be helped right in thinking about all the times 00:07:43.280 --> 00:07:45.620 that water has come up in John's gospel, 00:07:46.080 --> 00:07:48.040 and every time water has come up so far, 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:49.920 it's never just about the water. 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:52.920 So there might be something more going on. 00:07:54.400 --> 00:07:56.060 But you're still bound to ask, 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:58.660 have I misunderstood what Jesus is looking for? 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:02.280 Would you take me through this again, John? 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:05.359 And that is exactly what he does. 00:08:06.799 --> 00:08:08.819 And if we're surprised, we're not alone, 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:12.059 because the Samaritan woman was pretty surprised herself. 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:15.819 Our surprise is based on everything we've known about her, 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:17.079 about Jesus so far. 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:20.619 Her surprise too was based on what she knew about him. 00:08:20.779 --> 00:08:24.079 Except all she knew about him was that he's a Jewish man. 00:08:24.599 --> 00:08:25.679 That's all she knows about him. 00:08:26.819 --> 00:08:29.379 And just as we're starting to ask ourselves questions, 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:34.120 it's the woman who actually gets to ask the questions to Jesus himself. 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:37.600 And so this woman is our guide, in a way, 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.259 as we look for some answers from Jesus. 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:43.639 And she's going to discover who Jesus is 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:47.639 in four steps as we go along this conversation. 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.500 The starting point for her, the first step, 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:52.960 as far as she knows, 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:55.720 is this man has nothing to do with me. 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.160 This man has nothing to do with me. 00:08:59.220 --> 00:09:00.300 That's where she starts off. 00:09:02.060 --> 00:09:03.100 That's what she thinks. 00:09:03.160 --> 00:09:04.899 And she might understandably assume 00:09:04.899 --> 00:09:06.420 that the feeling is mutual. 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:08.580 She would expect a Jewish man to think, 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:10.500 this woman has nothing to do with me. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:11.980 A Samaritan woman. 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.259 But here he is asking for a drink. 00:09:16.700 --> 00:09:17.820 And as she points out to him, 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:21.220 how weird it is for him to speak to her. 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:21.720 Verse 9, 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:25.060 How is it that you, a Jew, Jewish man, 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:28.120 ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria? 00:09:29.779 --> 00:09:31.980 John points out how weird it is in verse 10. 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:32.740 She's not wrong. 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.080 Jews don't have dealings with Samaritans. 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:39.360 Not to mention how strange it is for a man 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.019 to be speaking to a woman out in public. 00:09:42.680 --> 00:09:44.259 And yet Jesus' answer is basically, 00:09:44.420 --> 00:09:45.840 it isn't weird in the slightest. 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.980 Because if you knew what I have to offer, 00:09:49.259 --> 00:09:51.139 if you knew what the gift of God is 00:09:51.139 --> 00:09:53.139 that I am proposing to the world, 00:09:53.680 --> 00:09:55.340 you'd be asking me for what I have. 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:58.340 So why wouldn't I ask you for what you have to offer? 00:10:00.340 --> 00:10:02.500 It's rather an intriguing answer, isn't it? 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:04.399 So she takes the bait. 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:08.740 As she does so, she discovers in verses 10 to 15, 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:12.139 this man has something I'm interested in. 00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:15.360 That's the second step of her discovery. 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.680 This man has something I'm interested in. 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:20.379 The beginning, of course, 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:22.200 she doesn't get what he's talking about. 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.639 Have you got some bucket hidden away somewhere? 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:28.620 Do you have some secret special well 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:29.539 that I don't know of? 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:31.519 Can you somehow do better 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:33.460 than our great patriarch Jacob 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:34.639 who gave us this well 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:37.620 and drank at this well with his family? 00:10:39.460 --> 00:10:42.159 And Jesus basically says in verses 13 to 14, 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:44.560 yes, I am greater than Jacob. 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:47.759 I've got a far better well than this one. 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:52.259 I've got a well that stops you from thirsting again. 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:54.879 With this well, 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:57.240 you'll have a well springing up inside of you 00:10:57.240 --> 00:10:58.680 to eternal life. 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:01.460 And boy, is she interested. 00:11:01.460 --> 00:11:05.120 And not just because she's fed up 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:06.860 of having to fetch water every day. 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:09.860 Because look at what's going on here. 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:13.740 She's fetching water at the sixth hour. 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:14.580 That's that midday. 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:16.759 That is not normal. 00:11:18.060 --> 00:11:19.100 Evening is when the women 00:11:19.100 --> 00:11:20.580 would usually come out to fetch water. 00:11:20.580 --> 00:11:23.940 This woman has chosen the least likely, 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.240 least convenient time to fetch water. 00:11:27.400 --> 00:11:29.660 She comes in the blazing midday sun. 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:32.660 Nobody else in their right mind 00:11:32.660 --> 00:11:33.860 would come at this time of day. 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:36.700 And that's probably just the point. 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:39.460 It's probably just what she wanted. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.820 She'd pick the time when she's least likely 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:43.379 to bump into anyone else. 00:11:43.379 --> 00:11:46.000 This woman is alone. 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:48.139 This woman is sad. 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:49.019 And she's ashamed. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:52.279 And so she answers, 00:11:52.419 --> 00:11:54.279 Oh, sir, give me this water. 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:57.179 So I will not be thirsty 00:11:57.179 --> 00:11:59.840 or have to come here to draw water. 00:12:02.500 --> 00:12:03.220 And at this point, 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:05.120 when she's shown some of her colours, 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:08.320 Jesus' response is to show her 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:09.100 that he's a prophet. 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:12.480 And so she comes to a third step 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:13.080 in discovering 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:14.680 who he is. 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:15.220 She learns, 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.580 This man knows me well. 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:19.060 He knows all about me. 00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:22.220 Just as she asks for this water 00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:24.379 that would spare her from thirsting 00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:26.960 and having to make this painful daily trip 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:29.180 to fetch water alone, 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:31.840 Jesus, seemingly out of nowhere, 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:32.100 says, 00:12:32.160 --> 00:12:32.800 Go get your husband. 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:35.180 And she replies, 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:36.120 But she has no husband. 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:38.160 Now at this point, 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:39.240 Jesus could keep on 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.460 with the diagnostic questions, 00:12:40.560 --> 00:12:40.920 couldn't he? 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:42.800 That's often what he does. 00:12:44.060 --> 00:12:44.960 And in these days, 00:12:45.340 --> 00:12:46.200 under the new covenant, 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:48.700 singleness is a normal way to live. 00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:50.620 That's not a strange thing to say, 00:12:50.680 --> 00:12:51.300 I have no husband. 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.440 End of conversation. 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:54.840 But in this period here, 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:55.720 to be a single woman 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:56.860 was a strange thing. 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:57.980 It meant you had no provision. 00:12:58.940 --> 00:13:00.259 It meant you were completely destitute. 00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:02.939 So for Jesus to ask her, 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.600 and then to assume that she was married, 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:07.000 would be a normal thing. 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:09.600 And it would be a normal thing 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:10.000 to ask, 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:10.600 Well, how come? 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:11.620 What's going on? 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:13.000 Why didn't he ask for questions then? 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.399 He doesn't do that. 00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:16.779 He takes this opportunity 00:13:16.779 --> 00:13:17.779 to show her 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:19.299 that he knows what's going on. 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:22.240 He reveals who he is 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:23.539 and what he knows. 00:13:23.700 --> 00:13:24.340 Verse 17, 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:25.799 You are right in saying, 00:13:25.940 --> 00:13:26.600 I have no husband. 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:28.960 For you have had five husbands, 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:30.500 and the one you now have 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:31.519 is not your husband. 00:13:34.019 --> 00:13:34.779 Now we don't know 00:13:34.779 --> 00:13:36.879 whether she's been widowed five times, 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:38.799 or divorced five times. 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:41.699 And if they're divorces, 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:42.339 we don't know whether 00:13:42.339 --> 00:13:43.179 the fault was hers 00:13:43.179 --> 00:13:44.679 or the husband's fault each time. 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:47.159 Whatever happened here, 00:13:47.219 --> 00:13:49.299 we can see that she's been stigmatized. 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:50.699 She's ashamed. 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:52.919 There are bound to be 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:54.099 rumours going around 00:13:54.099 --> 00:13:55.339 whether or not they were right. 00:13:57.319 --> 00:13:58.799 And she's in so much need 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:00.120 that her best bet now 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.379 was to accept a situation 00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:02.959 where she lives with a man 00:14:02.959 --> 00:14:03.879 who won't marry her. 00:14:05.959 --> 00:14:08.159 And in this painful situation here, 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:10.379 here comes a man 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:12.120 who reveals to her 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:13.139 that he knows. 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.899 He knows her. 00:14:14.979 --> 00:14:16.099 He knows what's happened to her. 00:14:16.959 --> 00:14:18.500 He knows what is happening to her. 00:14:19.359 --> 00:14:20.579 He knows where she is. 00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:22.779 Here is a prophet 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.899 who knows her well. 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.979 He knows all about her. 00:14:26.839 --> 00:14:28.000 And so in verse 19, 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:28.659 she says, 00:14:28.859 --> 00:14:30.759 Sir, I perceive that you're a prophet. 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:34.079 And you might think 00:14:34.079 --> 00:14:34.959 that many seem to do 00:14:34.959 --> 00:14:36.419 that what she says next 00:14:36.419 --> 00:14:38.339 is a sort of a diversion tactic. 00:14:39.579 --> 00:14:40.979 He's asking personal questions. 00:14:41.979 --> 00:14:42.979 But he's a prophet. 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.519 He's into theology. 00:14:44.699 --> 00:14:45.299 So I'm not asking 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:46.279 a theological question. 00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:47.620 And that will distract him 00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.039 for a while. 00:14:49.579 --> 00:14:50.879 But if we think that, 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:53.399 and a lot of commentators do, 00:14:53.979 --> 00:14:54.939 I think that reveals 00:14:54.939 --> 00:14:55.899 more about us 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:56.639 than about her. 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.240 And it's especially 00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:59.240 recent commentators 00:14:59.240 --> 00:14:59.819 who do this. 00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:01.039 I think that reveals 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:02.139 more about our attitudes 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:03.759 than it does about her. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:05.279 because don't you think 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:06.620 if she was trying to distract him 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.439 with something irrelevant 00:15:07.439 --> 00:15:08.399 he'd been able to tell? 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.240 Do you not think 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:12.240 that he'd be able to spot it 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:13.299 and bring it back 00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:14.480 to the heart of the matter 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.319 if that is the heart 00:15:15.319 --> 00:15:15.759 of the matter? 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:17.159 Of course he could. 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.399 But he doesn't do that. 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:21.120 This conversation 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:22.839 is going the way 00:15:22.839 --> 00:15:24.179 Jesus wants it to go. 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.219 On the one hand, 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:26.559 yes, 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:27.539 she does have these 00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:28.559 relational issues 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:29.879 that need to be addressed. 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:32.960 But what has Jesus done 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:33.600 in revealing 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:35.019 his prophetic knowledge 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:36.620 of her situation 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:38.240 rather than just 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:39.080 asking questions? 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.799 He hasn't just brought 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:41.700 her situation 00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.659 into the conversation 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:44.240 but he's brought up 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.860 God 00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:46.360 and his knowledge 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.299 of the situation 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:48.919 into the conversation. 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:51.159 When she says 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:52.700 I perceive you're a prophet 00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:54.539 she's not saying 00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.440 wow, that was impressive 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:57.799 or how do you know that? 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:59.959 She knows 00:15:59.959 --> 00:16:01.039 at this point 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.759 that in this man 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:04.659 God has come 00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:06.099 to speak into her life. 00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:08.740 And so she shows 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.559 that she knows 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:10.399 deep down 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.379 what she needs 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.199 more than anything 00:16:13.199 --> 00:16:14.259 is reconciliation 00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:15.179 with God. 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:18.099 But she belongs 00:16:18.099 --> 00:16:19.359 to a people in Samaria 00:16:19.359 --> 00:16:19.979 that has developed 00:16:19.979 --> 00:16:20.779 their own practices 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.620 and beliefs. 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:23.379 They only accept 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:24.379 the first five books 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:25.240 of the law 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.859 for example 00:16:25.859 --> 00:16:26.799 not the rest 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:27.659 of the Old Testament. 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:29.099 They've set up 00:16:29.099 --> 00:16:29.599 an alternative 00:16:29.599 --> 00:16:30.479 centre of worship 00:16:30.479 --> 00:16:31.799 in Samaria 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.959 a different mountain 00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.659 to worship on. 00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:34.919 They've always 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.919 defied themselves 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:37.439 by not belonging 00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:38.240 to the Jews. 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:40.959 So that question 00:16:40.959 --> 00:16:41.559 is bound to hang 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.159 over her head 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.919 now isn't it? 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:45.199 And would have done 00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:45.740 all her life 00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.319 who's right? 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:48.240 Who really knows God? 00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.559 Can I be reconciled 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:50.939 with God 00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:51.679 being a Samaritan 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:52.419 if they're right? 00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:55.279 And here is one 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.219 who clearly speaks 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.940 as one sent 00:16:56.940 --> 00:16:57.580 by God 00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:59.340 who can speak 00:16:59.340 --> 00:16:59.860 to her 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.779 even in the 00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.899 darkness of her life 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:03.060 in her sin 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.680 and suffering 00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:04.700 but it's a man 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.019 of God 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:06.000 speaking to her. 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.519 And so in this 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.039 fourth step 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.460 she learns 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.039 this man 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.920 can sort out 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.319 the most important 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.339 question in my life. 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.480 This man 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.059 can sort out 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:17.039 the most important 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.559 question 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.960 in my life. 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.220 And the way 00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:22.160 she frames the issue 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:23.660 is as an issue 00:17:23.660 --> 00:17:24.400 of mountains. 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.300 Because that is 00:17:26.300 --> 00:17:26.960 the main question 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.340 that has been 00:17:27.340 --> 00:17:28.460 hanging over 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.360 these two rival 00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:30.600 societies for centuries. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:32.880 And she's not 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:34.340 asking this question 00:17:34.340 --> 00:17:35.019 of which mountain 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.600 should be used 00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.080 for worship 00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:36.900 as though it's 00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.480 just a bit of 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.340 theological trivia. 00:17:39.820 --> 00:17:40.400 Just a bit of 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:42.000 theory to just 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.860 distract ourselves 00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:43.200 with. 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:43.940 No, no, 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.860 she's really 00:17:44.860 --> 00:17:45.400 wondering 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:47.200 how can you 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:47.840 a Jew 00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.600 ask me 00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:49.299 a Samaritan 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:50.000 at the beginning 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.660 and by now 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.240 she's wondering 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.019 how can you 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.940 speak of God's 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:54.759 gift to me 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:56.059 as a Jewish 00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.500 prophet 00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:57.980 speaking on 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.840 God's behalf 00:17:58.840 --> 00:18:00.580 as though 00:18:00.580 --> 00:18:01.319 this difference 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.759 between Jew 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.259 and Samaritan 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.900 didn't matter. 00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.240 Of course it 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.720 matters. 00:18:05.600 --> 00:18:06.240 We've got to 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.900 get this question 00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:07.299 sorted. 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.700 Maybe she's 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.319 starting to wonder 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:12.220 if God is 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:13.240 speaking to me 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.160 through a Jewish 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:15.420 prophet 00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:16.180 have we been 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:16.740 wrong all this 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.019 time? 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.819 Do I need 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.319 to move? 00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:19.779 Do I need 00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.279 to leave 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.080 all my family 00:18:21.080 --> 00:18:21.819 and all this 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.279 community? 00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:23.420 Do I need 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:23.920 to convert 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.600 over there? 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:25.960 Do I need 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.360 to swallow 00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:26.940 my national 00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:28.480 prize and 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.059 cross over 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.440 to another 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:29.759 mountain? 00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:31.700 Should all 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.160 of us be 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.700 over there? 00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:34.860 And the 00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.580 answer is 00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:36.140 on the one 00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:37.580 hand that 00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:38.779 God's dealings 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.519 God's salvation 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.259 yes does 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.779 indeed come 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.440 from the Jews. 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.259 On the one 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.860 hand yes you 00:18:42.860 --> 00:18:43.180 have been 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.420 wrong. 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.700 You've been 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:43.960 worshipping 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.380 what you don't 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:44.660 know. 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.620 But Jesus 00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:47.199 tells her 00:18:47.199 --> 00:18:48.259 that there's 00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:48.719 not only 00:18:48.719 --> 00:18:49.099 going to be 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:49.599 a change 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.079 in her 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.599 own life 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.059 story. 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:52.299 It's not 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.539 just about 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:52.879 going to 00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:53.179 move to 00:18:53.179 --> 00:18:53.399 another 00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:53.799 mountain. 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.359 There's 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.639 going to be 00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:55.979 a shift 00:18:55.979 --> 00:18:56.319 in the 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.799 story of 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.099 the whole 00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.599 world. 00:18:59.059 --> 00:18:59.539 The idea 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.179 of a temple 00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:00.619 on a 00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:00.959 mountain 00:19:00.959 --> 00:19:02.219 was only 00:19:02.219 --> 00:19:02.739 ever meant 00:19:02.739 --> 00:19:03.039 to be 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.500 symbolic. 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:04.599 It was 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.159 only there 00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:05.479 as a 00:19:05.479 --> 00:19:05.819 temporary 00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.359 picture. 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.079 God 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:08.539 doesn't live 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.119 in particular 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.739 temples on 00:19:09.739 --> 00:19:10.199 particular 00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:11.059 mountains on 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.500 earth. 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:13.059 God is 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.559 spirit. 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.200 He doesn't 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.599 have a 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.119 body like 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:15.500 man. 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:16.559 He is 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.079 spirit. 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.500 And so 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.660 he's 00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.440 worshipped in 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.660 spirit and 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.319 in truth. 00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.880 The day 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.160 that the 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.539 temple 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.980 symbolized 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.900 has come. 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.920 It is 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.339 coming. 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:29.980 It has 00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.359 come. 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:30.880 The 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.299 worship of 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:31.740 God can 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.299 now be a 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.759 global 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.319 phenomenon. 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:34.859 Worship 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.240 will no 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.839 longer be 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.579 in sketches 00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.220 and copies 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.960 as this 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.460 temple in 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.339 Jerusalem is. 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.599 even a 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:40.879 bad 00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.299 sketch or 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.740 copy in 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.179 Samaria. 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.579 The real 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.399 thing, real 00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:44.939 living, 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.480 fellowship 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.359 with God 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.199 is now a 00:19:47.199 --> 00:19:47.859 worldwide 00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.759 reality. 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.179 As people 00:19:50.179 --> 00:19:50.799 from every 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.720 tribe, every 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.480 tongue, every 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.699 nation come 00:19:53.699 --> 00:19:54.159 to the 00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:54.619 heavenly 00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.399 Mount Zion, 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.439 the heavenly 00:19:56.439 --> 00:19:57.079 temple that 00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:57.319 he has 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.879 established. 00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.319 Just as 00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.639 we've done 00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.259 today in 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.639 gathering. 00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:01.599 That is 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:01.899 where we 00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.419 have come. 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:04.740 It's a 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.339 reality that 00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.099 he himself 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.439 has come 00:20:06.439 --> 00:20:06.899 to bring 00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:07.240 in. 00:20:07.699 --> 00:20:08.079 Not just 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.339 tell us 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.740 about, but 00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.059 he's come 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.399 to bring 00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:09.639 it. 00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:11.359 That's 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.679 not something 00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.159 she grasped 00:20:12.159 --> 00:20:12.579 straight away 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:12.960 and so 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.259 she says, 00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:13.960 well, we'll 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.099 at least have 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.779 certainty when 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.779 Messiah comes. 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.619 And so we 00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.039 come to this 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.619 great climax 00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:19.980 of the 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.679 conversation in 00:20:20.679 --> 00:20:21.319 verse 26. 00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.579 I who speak 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.099 to you am 00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.460 he. 00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:24.819 The word 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.099 order in 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:26.159 English does 00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:26.399 make it 00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:26.759 obvious, but 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.139 this is the 00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.779 first time in 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.059 John's 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.919 gospel that 00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:29.279 he uses 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.200 that phrase 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.839 I am. 00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:32.500 I myself 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.000 am. 00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.139 There are 00:20:34.139 --> 00:20:34.819 seven times 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.379 in this book 00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.879 where he says 00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.399 I am 00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:36.759 something. 00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.440 I am 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.159 the good 00:20:38.159 --> 00:20:38.440 shepherd, 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.000 I am 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.680 the way, 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:39.980 the truth 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.480 and life, 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:40.940 I am 00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:42.180 the bread 00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.740 of life. 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:43.980 And there are 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.480 seven times 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.000 when he just 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.960 says I am 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.680 or I 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.799 myself am. 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.700 Echoing God's 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.759 language of I 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.980 am who I 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.640 am in the 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.120 Old Testament. 00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.100 And here's the 00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:55.660 first, I 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.500 myself am 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.700 the one 00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.220 speaking to 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.440 you. 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.100 And so here 00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.539 she fully 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.039 learns. 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:03.819 this man 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.579 doesn't just 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.319 answer the 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.899 biggest question 00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.240 in her 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.159 life, but 00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:08.259 fully resolves 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.980 it, fully 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.559 sorts it 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:10.879 out. 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.839 Because he 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.359 doesn't just 00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:13.859 answer the 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:15.480 question, he 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.279 shows himself 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.399 to be God 00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:18.879 himself, seeking 00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.720 that reconciliation 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.339 with his 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.680 people. 00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.099 And so it 00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:25.839 turns out he 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.500 has come for 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:28.559 her after all. 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.799 Suddenly we 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.159 see a whole 00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.940 new layer of 00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.599 meaning to 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.319 verse 4. 00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:35.039 He had to 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.440 go to 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.899 Samaria. 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.720 Now it's not 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.399 just geographical 00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:38.899 detail. 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.299 It is 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:39.639 geographical 00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.119 detail, he 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.619 did have to 00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:40.960 pass through 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.299 Samaria. 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.680 But Jesus 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.639 had to go 00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.379 to Samaria 00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:45.359 for her. 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.039 And if you 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.619 use John's 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:51.240 writing, you 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.759 realise there 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.259 was a point 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.000 to his 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.619 telling us 00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.399 the time. 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.059 Not just 00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.639 telling us that 00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.119 it's the middle 00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.680 of the day, 00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:59.639 it's the sixth 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.040 hour. 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.900 And he 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.220 came to 00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.720 a woman who 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.320 had had 00:22:03.320 --> 00:22:04.400 six men 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.800 in her 00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.140 life. 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.520 And we've 00:22:06.520 --> 00:22:06.759 seen the 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.300 number six 00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:08.080 before in 00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.400 John's 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:09.320 Gospel, and 00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:09.720 it always 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.500 suggests something 00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.420 is incomplete 00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:11.940 here. 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.080 And here 00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:14.460 is Jesus 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.980 Christ saying, 00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:15.400 I have 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.800 come at 00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:17.320 this sixth 00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.860 hour to 00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.280 be your 00:22:18.280 --> 00:22:19.160 seventh and 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.900 last man. 00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:22.040 The only 00:22:22.040 --> 00:22:22.540 man that 00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:22.820 you will 00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.580 ever truly 00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.320 deeply 00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:24.940 need. 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:26.980 But more 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.340 than that, 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.100 this is the 00:22:28.100 --> 00:22:29.320 time when 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.720 worship has 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.339 been focused 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.139 on a single 00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:32.659 mountain, 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.599 whichever 00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.299 mountain it 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.679 is, that 00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.039 was the 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.539 incomplete 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.319 time. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.539 I've 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.960 come in to 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.480 bring in 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.519 the completion, 00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:42.319 the perfection 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:44.379 of worship. 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.000 The time when 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.500 God is 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.659 worshipped in 00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:48.579 spirit and in 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:48.960 truth. 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.759 He was 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.259 seeking a 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.519 bride. 00:22:53.919 --> 00:22:54.279 But it 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.740 wasn't just 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.200 about this 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.500 woman. 00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:56.579 Although it 00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:56.899 is through 00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.399 her that we 00:22:57.399 --> 00:22:58.200 learn about 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.279 his seeking 00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.640 for a 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.000 bride. 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.380 Through her 00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.700 we learn 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.259 that God 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.039 is seeking 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:04.240 worshippers to 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.019 glorify and 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.600 enjoy him 00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.600 forever, all 00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:06.960 over the 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.420 world. 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.819 This body 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.660 of worshippers 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.220 is his 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.080 son's bride 00:23:12.080 --> 00:23:12.819 that he 00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.100 has come 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:13.660 to seek. 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.720 So what do 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.279 we learn from 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.519 this encounter 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.880 with the 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.259 woman of 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.680 Samaria? 00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.980 Well just 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.400 like this 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.740 Samaritan 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.160 woman, we 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.539 learn that 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.000 while we 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.460 may think 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.880 that Jesus 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.319 is someone 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.619 who has 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.039 nothing to 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.319 do with 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.919 us, or 00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.200 mainly 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.559 someone who 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:30.899 has something 00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.339 we're interested 00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:33.379 in, Jesus 00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.000 is the one 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.419 who knows 00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:34.899 us better 00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.259 than we 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.399 know 00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:37.259 ourselves, and 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.879 has come to 00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.480 sort out the 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.339 most important 00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.759 question in 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.399 our lives, the 00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:41.939 problem of 00:23:41.939 --> 00:23:42.439 worship. 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.359 That's 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.919 essentially what 00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.519 it means every 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.019 time you see 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.960 the mention of 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.179 the word 00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.939 covenant in 00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:49.359 the Bible, 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.439 the God who 00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:51.980 made you has 00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.799 stooped down 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.799 to you even 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.679 in your rebellion 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:56.420 against him, to 00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.180 establish a 00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.039 deep loving 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.759 friendship with 00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.380 you forever. 00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.400 This is what 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.580 the light coming 00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.420 into the world 00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.680 has all been 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.060 about. 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.900 From that 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.539 first day of 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.180 Adam's sin 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:10.420 in the garden, 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.600 he promised to 00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.500 kill that serpent 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:14.080 and win at 00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:14.840 our friendship, 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.700 from our 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.200 friendship with 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.740 evil to 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.400 friendship with 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.880 God, to 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.380 worshipping 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.880 God. 00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.420 And as he 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.779 came to 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.860 Abraham and 00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:24.140 to Isaac and 00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.240 to Jacob and 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.640 he came to 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.580 Moses and 00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.000 he came to 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.920 David and 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.180 to the 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.860 prophets, what's 00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.100 he doing? 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.740 He's seeking 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.320 worshippers. 00:24:31.280 --> 00:24:32.140 He's preparing 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.840 a bride for 00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.380 his son. 00:24:35.540 --> 00:24:35.840 And as 00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.600 Jesus came, 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.620 became flesh, 00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:38.640 went to the 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.200 cross to 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.680 save his 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.880 people, as 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.660 he rose up 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.320 and sent his 00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:42.880 apostles to 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.500 make disciples 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.300 in all nations, 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.080 what was he 00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.340 doing? 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.140 Seeking 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.780 worshippers 00:24:46.780 --> 00:24:47.540 and preparing 00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:48.380 his bride. 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.480 We can so 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.200 often think that 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.320 Jesus doesn't 00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:53.660 really have 00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.060 anything to 00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.360 do with 00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.660 me. 00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.040 Unless I 00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:56.600 ask him to, 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.060 that is. 00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.460 So Jesus 00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.920 might be for 00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.480 you, but 00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.840 he's not for 00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.019 me. 00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.120 I don't 00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:03.000 need to 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.420 bring Jesus 00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.820 into the 00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:04.140 picture. 00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:05.440 I'm doing 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.300 just fine, 00:25:06.540 --> 00:25:06.840 thank you 00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.380 very much. 00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.220 Or maybe 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.580 he's got 00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.040 something I'm 00:25:10.040 --> 00:25:10.820 interested in, 00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:11.660 sort of 00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.240 useful, I 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.560 guess. 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.700 Maybe I 00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:13.940 could give 00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.360 it a go. 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.920 And yet 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.300 here he 00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:17.779 comes as 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.100 one who 00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:18.620 knows us 00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.160 inside and 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.440 out, 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.140 saying he 00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.740 has come to 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:22.080 sort us out, 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.980 sort out the 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.620 most important 00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.160 question in 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.640 our life, 00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.779 to provide 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.039 for the 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.579 biggest need 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:26.860 in our 00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.299 lives. 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.420 Now when 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.680 he came 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:29.960 here this 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.140 morning, 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.460 you probably 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.099 expected to 00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:32.099 hear something 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.640 about Jesus, 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.400 but maybe 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.880 you're thinking, 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.400 I didn't come 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.700 here to have 00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.700 Jesus barge 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.140 into my 00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.620 life like 00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:37.940 this. 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.360 Who is 00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.900 Jesus to 00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.559 make demands 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.279 of me? 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:41.680 I didn't 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:43.539 sign up for 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.059 him to know 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.740 everything about 00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.400 me like this. 00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.579 Can I opt 00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:46.880 out? 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.140 Who is he to 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.519 tell me what 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.980 I need? 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:51.279 I was 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.360 asked recently 00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:52.940 back in 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.599 Paris, 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:53.960 does he 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.620 really know 00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.200 everyone? 00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.680 What about 00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.039 people who 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.440 don't want 00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.680 him in 00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.180 their lives? 00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.839 What about 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.259 people who 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.839 don't necessarily 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.319 believe in 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.620 God? 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.500 What will 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.900 happen to 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.299 them if 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.839 they don't 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.240 believe in 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.519 God, 00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.500 but they've 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.960 never really 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.400 done anything 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.779 awful? 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.640 What if at 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.059 the end they 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.720 discovered God 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.299 was real all 00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.660 along, 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.220 but they weren't 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.380 really that bad? 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.940 Is that enough 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.960 just to get 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.299 them in? 00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:19.599 Well the 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.079 only answer 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.599 to that is 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.680 what if I 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.000 came to 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.559 your house 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.159 and settled 00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:25.960 in and 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:27.119 squatted and 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.619 treated it 00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.220 like my own 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.079 home and 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.859 used your 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.399 food and 00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.759 water and 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.139 utilities and 00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.019 completely ignored 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.599 you and 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.059 anyone else 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.319 who lived 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.480 there and 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.099 any rules or 00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.639 practices you 00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.059 might have 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.399 there? 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.039 Is it 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.440 enough for 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.919 me to 00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.599 not do 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:42.919 anything 00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.639 seriously 00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.099 bad? 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.720 Or isn't 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.180 that just a 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.740 terrible thing 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.059 for me to 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.339 do in 00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.680 itself? 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.099 And if you 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.960 simply see the 00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.299 way I'm 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.440 behaving and 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:55.039 living in 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.720 your house, 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.740 is that 00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.460 snooping or 00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.299 is that just 00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.039 you simply 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.859 observing what 00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.519 I'm doing as 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.059 I go about 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.680 in your 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.059 house? 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.079 This is 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.099 God's world. 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.059 He made 00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.359 it. 00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.000 The very 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.799 fact that we're 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.480 alive screams 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.559 to every person 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.559 each day that 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.179 we owe 00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:16.960 everything to 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.220 him. 00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:20.159 The existence 00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:21.159 of every human 00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.539 life is a 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:24.119 light trying to 00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.679 break through 00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.339 this darkness 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.039 that we keep 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.519 creating to 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.079 try and smother 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.379 it. 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.819 And Jesus 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.399 is that 00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.099 light, that 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.179 life, that 00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:33.099 creating and 00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.679 redeeming light, 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.359 the word of 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.079 God literally 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.940 in the flesh. 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.220 And he's 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.859 come seeking 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.559 his bride, 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.539 seeking 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.059 worshippers 00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.440 for his 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.819 father, 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:44.980 seeking to 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.400 make us 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.960 to be what 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.380 he made 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.680 us to be 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:46.880 in the 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.579 first place. 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.079 If you 00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.500 think I'm 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.059 only talking 00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.360 at this 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.640 point to 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.380 people who 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.720 aren't 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.240 professing 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.900 Christians, 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:56.579 not, let's 00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.000 be honest, 00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.460 it is 00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.160 frighteningly 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.539 easy for 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.039 all of us 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.420 to forget 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.099 about Jesus, 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.319 think that 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.720 there are 00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.180 maybe at 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.839 least parts 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.500 of my life 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.599 where I can 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.240 decide how 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.779 much of a 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.440 say Jesus 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.819 gets to 00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.279 have in 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.740 that part 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:09.980 of my 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.259 life. 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.259 It is 00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.860 painfully 00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.500 easy to be a 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.819 practical 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.180 atheist, 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.660 isn't it? 00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.160 And how 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.799 easy it is 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.059 for us 00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.359 just to 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.759 think of 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.079 him as 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.460 one who 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.059 has 00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.380 something 00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.619 I'm 00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:20.940 interested 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.420 in. 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.660 Be that 00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.299 inner peace 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.519 or friends, 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.980 clear conscience, 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.619 a bit of a 00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.279 fire insurance 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.839 policy. 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.759 Even if I 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.279 just go to 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.720 him to get 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.400 forgiveness of 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.799 sin, 00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.900 that's just 00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.259 about ticking 00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.299 a box and 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.720 getting me 00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.359 into heaven, 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.460 but I'm not 00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.960 really concerned 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.400 about him 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.019 being there. 00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:40.740 it's just 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.119 about what 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.259 I want, 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:42.960 me and 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.579 my wants. 00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.160 You must 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.779 realise that 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.339 here is a 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.700 man who 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.119 knows you 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.819 inside out. 00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.879 Here is a 00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.160 man who 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.579 knows your 00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.359 needs much 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.720 better, 00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.420 much more 00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.000 deeply than 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.500 you think. 00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.480 You must 00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.160 realise that 00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.440 he knows 00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.940 your greatest 00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.559 problem is 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.180 your relationship 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.779 with God. 00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.059 Your greatest 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.599 need is 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.160 reconciliation 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.139 with God, 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.480 to be brought 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.980 back to 00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.259 him. 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.279 He knows 00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.680 to have 00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.879 communion, 00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.859 friendship with 00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.440 God is 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.299 literally what 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.940 you were made 00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.319 for, 00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.319 and he should 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.720 know it's 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.039 what you were 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.460 made for, 00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.000 because it 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.460 was his 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.139 reason for 00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.759 making you. 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.139 Not only 00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.619 does he know 00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:22.940 that, 00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.960 he has come 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.619 to make that 00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.160 a reality 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.700 himself, 00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.099 where we so 00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.720 miserably have 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.019 failed. 00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.000 He is the 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.400 one who came 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.759 to seek 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.279 worshippers 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.400 for his 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.639 father, 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.180 come to 00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.039 seek his 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.759 dear bride. 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.319 He is the 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.819 one who came 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.339 to provide 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.839 this living 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.439 water that 00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:39.039 never leaves 00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.579 us thirsty. 00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.079 He is the 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.480 one who came 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.099 to put living 00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.679 springs inside 00:29:44.679 --> 00:29:45.240 us to give 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.879 us eternal 00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.399 life. 00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.939 But of 00:29:48.939 --> 00:29:49.279 course that 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.679 was at the 00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:51.119 cost of 00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.599 his own 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.119 thirst. 00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.839 As he would 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.079 say, 00:29:54.179 --> 00:29:54.500 hanging on 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.899 that cross, 00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.059 I thirst. 00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.519 It was at 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.059 the cost of 00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.539 his life. 00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.139 He came to 00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.619 love his 00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.359 bride and 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.959 lay his 00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.519 life down 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.099 for her. 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.859 He came 00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.180 to do 00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.599 all that 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.039 was needed 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.740 to reconcile 00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:10.139 us to 00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.519 God. 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.039 When the 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.740 father raised 00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.039 him to 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.400 life by 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.879 the spirit, 00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.639 he gave 00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:16.920 him the 00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.599 holy spirit. 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.700 He is 00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.180 now the 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.879 life-giving 00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.920 spirit. 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.599 He is the 00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.319 great well, 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.000 the source 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.379 of our 00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.819 life. 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.759 Not just 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.299 in the sense 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.759 that everyone 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.379 is alive, 00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.539 but the 00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.900 source of 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.680 our spiritual, 00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.420 eternal, 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.519 resurrection, 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.960 life. 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:35.460 friends, 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:35.920 if you're 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:37.059 still mainly 00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.779 feeling miffed 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.240 at the idea 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.700 of Jesus 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.759 making all 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.259 these claims 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.559 on your 00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.019 life, 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.940 and ignoring 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.799 the infinite 00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.720 blessing he 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.319 has come to 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.340 be for you, 00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.460 there will 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.940 be a day 00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.240 when you 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.779 will regret 00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.779 resisting him. 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.079 You'll 00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.660 regret not 00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.460 acknowledging him 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.759 as your 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.079 maker. 00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.759 And sadly 00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.120 that day 00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.680 could be too 00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.000 late. 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.039 But I 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.440 assure you, 00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.940 I promise 00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.299 you in 00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.940 God's name, 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.319 acknowledging 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.120 Jesus Christ 00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.440 as your 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.819 Lord and 00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.180 Saviour, 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.620 will never 00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.019 be something 00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.579 you regret. 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.000 It doesn't 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.259 mean your 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.559 life will 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.059 be easy. 00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.900 People all 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.340 around the 00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:14.000 world suffer 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.460 for Jesus 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.220 every day, 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.480 but they 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.100 suffer an 00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.640 even face 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.460 death knowing 00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.960 that it's 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.319 completely 00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.039 worth it. 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.180 Because he 00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.620 has come to 00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:24.100 sort out the 00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.740 biggest problem 00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.759 in their 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.279 lives. 00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.220 And he's 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.539 come to do 00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.799 the same 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.160 for you. 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.420 He has 00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.299 come to 00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.720 bring you 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.200 back to a 00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.860 loving friendship 00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.519 with God, 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.460 forever. 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.059 Let me 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.440 urge you 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.599 then, 00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.240 in Christ's 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.539 name, 00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.299 simply to 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.720 ask him 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.039 for that 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.660 living water. 00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.279 Come to 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.519 him. 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.920 Come to 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.139 him not 00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.599 as someone 00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.639 you'd like 00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.099 to let 00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.559 in, 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.299 as though 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.779 it's for 00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.180 you to 00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.500 say, 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.160 but as 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.119 your God, 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.480 the one 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.980 who made 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.200 you. 00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.639 Come to 00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:50.879 him. 00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.240 Come to 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.460 him not 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.019 as someone 00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.160 whom you 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.819 can use, 00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.660 but as 00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.440 your God 00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.420 and bridegroom 00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.940 come to be 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.740 reconciled 00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.640 with you. 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.200 Come to 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.360 enable you 00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.019 to glorify 00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.720 and enjoy 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.240 your God 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.640 forever. 00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.140 Come to 00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.580 him as 00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:08.880 the one 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.180 who will 00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.580 give you 00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.100 eternal 00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.580 life. 00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.100 And what 00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:12.620 is eternal 00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.440 life according 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.740 to Jesus? 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.360 It's not just 00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.019 living forever. 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.980 In John 17 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.840 he tells us 00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:19.039 eternal life 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.620 is to 00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.580 know God 00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.259 and Jesus 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.880 Christ whom 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.240 he has 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.620 sent. 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.220 Have communion 00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.779 with him. 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.640 Come to 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.140 him with 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.520 these brothers 00:32:28.520 --> 00:32:29.020 and sisters 00:32:29.020 --> 00:32:29.380 that you 00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.800 see around 00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:30.080 you. 00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:31.780 And help 00:32:31.780 --> 00:32:33.100 others to 00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.780 come with 00:32:33.780 --> 00:32:34.200 you to 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.500 him. 00:32:36.020 --> 00:32:36.660 Come to 00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.000 him no 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.420 matter what 00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.880 your past 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.320 has been, 00:32:39.540 --> 00:32:39.860 no matter 00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.140 what your 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.000 future holds. 00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.040 Come to 00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:42.500 him each 00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.860 day. 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.480 He will 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.040 not reject 00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:45.400 you. 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.180 He won't 00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.500 be like 00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.200 this woman's 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.540 six man 00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:51.540 who can 00:32:51.540 --> 00:32:51.880 live here 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.080 but I'm 00:32:52.080 --> 00:32:52.240 not going 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.540 to marry 00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:52.840 you. 00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:54.520 He has 00:32:54.520 --> 00:32:55.060 come for 00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.420 you. 00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.180 Come to 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.460 him. 00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.420 You might 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.120 be asking 00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.820 what do 00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.340 you mean 00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:02.460 come to 00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.780 him? 00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:03.360 Where? 00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.880 As man 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.420 he is in 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.200 that heavenly 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.660 temple 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:09.420 where we 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.780 have come 00:33:09.780 --> 00:33:10.340 by faith 00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:11.420 together this 00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.720 morning. 00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.440 As God 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.800 he is 00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:13.480 spirit he 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.120 is everywhere. 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.660 Coming to 00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.440 him simply 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.200 means to 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.020 believe in 00:33:18.020 --> 00:33:18.920 him, to 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.820 trust in 00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.320 him fully. 00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:23.020 Ask him 00:33:23.020 --> 00:33:23.540 in prayer 00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.640 for what 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:24.900 he is 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.500 offering you. 00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:27.320 It means 00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:28.040 stop resisting 00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.379 him. 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.839 Stop 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.359 rejecting 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.779 him. 00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.819 Maybe 00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:33.980 you are 00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.240 thinking 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.519 well 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.220 rejecting 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.659 him, 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.119 disobeying 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.319 him, 00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.519 even 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.839 just in 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.259 this one 00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.599 part of 00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.079 my life 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:40.319 has sort 00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.619 of become 00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.159 my thing 00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.539 now. 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:42.859 I'm 00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.200 sort of a 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.759 bit in 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.319 too deep. 00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:44.740 It's 00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.240 sort of 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.539 stuck in 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.920 a pattern 00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.279 now. 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.359 And this 00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.720 woman may 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:48.940 have felt 00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.259 the same 00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.539 thing, 00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:49.899 especially 00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.799 if all 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.299 her failed 00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.740 marriages 00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.139 were her 00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.480 fault. 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:54.259 Jesus 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.579 is saying 00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:54.860 no you 00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.319 haven't, 00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.180 it's not 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.620 too late, 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.140 come on, 00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.579 come and 00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:58.880 drink. 00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.839 I want 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.160 to give 00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.240 you a 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.759 new life 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.360 of love 00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.019 and worship, 00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.180 come to 00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.420 me. 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.320 So let's 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.800 go to him 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.539 now in 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.780 prayer, 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.400 let's pray. 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.460 Amen.