1 00:00:32,019 --> 00:00:32,403 Amen. 2 00:00:32,411 --> 00:00:33,755 That was such a blessing. 3 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:36,559 Don't you enjoy hearing young people sing to the Lord? 4 00:00:39,059 --> 00:00:40,919 It's hard to go after that. 5 00:00:42,019 --> 00:00:43,883 John, chapter four, please. 6 00:00:44,051 --> 00:00:45,639 John, chapter four. 7 00:00:47,779 --> 00:00:50,683 While you're turning there, I'll read a few verses from Revelation 8 00:00:50,731 --> 00:00:52,399 on that note of that song. 9 00:00:56,349 --> 00:00:59,797 It says, after this I beheld and lo, a great multitude which no 10 00:00:59,853 --> 00:01:02,741 man could number of all nations and kindreds and people and 11 00:01:02,765 --> 00:01:06,645 tongues stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed 12 00:01:06,677 --> 00:01:09,685 with white robes and palms in their hands, and cried with a loud 13 00:01:09,717 --> 00:01:14,549 voice saying salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne 14 00:01:14,709 --> 00:01:16,405 and unto the Lamb. 15 00:01:16,597 --> 00:01:19,317 And then in verse 12, it says, saying, amen. 16 00:01:19,413 --> 00:01:23,237 Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power, 17 00:01:23,293 --> 00:01:26,619 and might be unto our God forever and ever. 18 00:01:26,739 --> 00:01:27,599 Amen. 19 00:01:28,099 --> 00:01:30,199 And that's encouraging to think about. 20 00:01:30,739 --> 00:01:32,839 God is on his throne, is he not? 21 00:01:33,219 --> 00:01:33,803 Amen. 22 00:01:33,851 --> 00:01:35,003 That's a good reminder. 23 00:01:35,131 --> 00:01:36,139 John, Chapter four. 24 00:01:36,179 --> 00:01:41,435 Tonight I would like to ask a question in just a little bit, but 25 00:01:41,507 --> 00:01:43,931 this evening we're going to look here at a common story that 26 00:01:43,955 --> 00:01:44,363 we've heard. 27 00:01:44,411 --> 00:01:45,707 It's the woman at the well. 28 00:01:45,763 --> 00:01:46,619 We know it that way. 29 00:01:46,659 --> 00:01:47,835 The woman at the well. 30 00:01:47,987 --> 00:01:50,651 And as we think about the woman at the well, let's see where 31 00:01:50,675 --> 00:01:53,515 we can find some parallels for our own life and glean something 32 00:01:53,587 --> 00:01:54,927 from her testimony. 33 00:01:55,083 --> 00:01:57,271 I think that'll be helpful for us tonight. 34 00:01:57,415 --> 00:01:59,699 And I guess my question would be this. 35 00:02:01,279 --> 00:02:07,179 Are you in survival mode or revival mode? 36 00:02:07,839 --> 00:02:10,859 Survival mode or revival mode? 37 00:02:11,999 --> 00:02:16,951 And when I think about this woman here at the well, I kind of 38 00:02:16,975 --> 00:02:18,663 titled this chapter here. 39 00:02:18,751 --> 00:02:21,539 At a well, but not doing so well. 40 00:02:21,869 --> 00:02:24,049 At a well, but not doing so well. 41 00:02:25,469 --> 00:02:28,609 The Bible says in verse number one. 42 00:02:29,469 --> 00:02:31,461 We'll look at verse number four. 43 00:02:31,645 --> 00:02:34,329 And he must needs go through Samaria. 44 00:02:34,909 --> 00:02:39,189 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, 45 00:02:39,269 --> 00:02:42,649 near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 46 00:02:43,229 --> 00:02:45,093 Now, Jacob's well was there. 47 00:02:45,181 --> 00:02:48,453 Jesus, therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus 48 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:49,577 on the well. 49 00:02:49,773 --> 00:02:52,189 And it was about the sixth hour. 50 00:02:52,969 --> 00:02:56,273 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. 51 00:02:56,441 --> 00:03:00,789 Jesus saith unto her, give me to drink. 52 00:03:01,529 --> 00:03:03,729 And so we think of a well tonight. 53 00:03:03,809 --> 00:03:07,349 And thinking of this woman and also thinking of Christ himself, 54 00:03:07,769 --> 00:03:11,989 Jesus went to the well for multiple reasons. 55 00:03:12,329 --> 00:03:12,929 Number one. 56 00:03:12,969 --> 00:03:16,145 The Bible already told us in verse number four that he must needs 57 00:03:16,217 --> 00:03:17,467 go through Samaria. 58 00:03:17,593 --> 00:03:20,327 I believe that one of the reasons why he needed to go through 59 00:03:20,383 --> 00:03:21,831 Samaria was, number one. 60 00:03:21,855 --> 00:03:24,739 It was God the Father's will for him to do so. 61 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:30,023 But the purpose behind God the Father's will was to meet this woman 62 00:03:30,191 --> 00:03:31,255 at a well. 63 00:03:31,407 --> 00:03:34,839 There was a divine appointment set up by God the Father. 64 00:03:34,919 --> 00:03:38,455 And Jesus, as he walked perfectly in line with the Father's 65 00:03:38,487 --> 00:03:41,079 will, met this woman here at this well. 66 00:03:41,199 --> 00:03:44,485 Another reason why Jesus would be at a well. 67 00:03:44,637 --> 00:03:46,181 And he tells us here as well. 68 00:03:46,205 --> 00:03:50,329 If you look at number seven, give me to drink. 69 00:03:50,749 --> 00:03:54,037 Jesus was thirsty, and Jesus was tired. 70 00:03:54,213 --> 00:03:55,765 He was exhausted. 71 00:03:55,957 --> 00:04:02,421 And yet in his exhaustion, I find it very interesting that he 72 00:04:02,445 --> 00:04:07,129 didn't seclude himself to the point where he was unreachable. 73 00:04:08,189 --> 00:04:15,157 But he reached out to a soul that was thirsty, and he met that 74 00:04:15,213 --> 00:04:15,809 need. 75 00:04:16,509 --> 00:04:18,965 And so there's two thirsty people here. 76 00:04:19,037 --> 00:04:22,373 Jesus is physically thirsty, and the woman is physically thirsty. 77 00:04:22,421 --> 00:04:27,329 And also her greater need is the spiritual thirst that she has. 78 00:04:27,629 --> 00:04:31,125 And she doesn't know where to find satisfaction there. 79 00:04:31,277 --> 00:04:32,613 But she will soon. 80 00:04:32,701 --> 00:04:35,253 Look at verse number eight. 81 00:04:35,421 --> 00:04:38,761 For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat. 82 00:04:38,885 --> 00:04:41,841 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, how is it that 83 00:04:41,865 --> 00:04:45,201 thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of 84 00:04:45,225 --> 00:04:49,029 Samaria, for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 85 00:04:49,529 --> 00:04:53,329 Jesus answered and said unto her, if thou knewest the gift of 86 00:04:53,369 --> 00:04:58,193 God, and who it is that saith to thee, give me to drink, thou wouldest 87 00:04:58,241 --> 00:05:01,709 have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 88 00:05:02,169 --> 00:05:05,873 The woman saith unto him, sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and 89 00:05:05,881 --> 00:05:07,047 the well is deep. 90 00:05:07,193 --> 00:05:10,039 From whence then hast thou that living water? 91 00:05:10,419 --> 00:05:13,851 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, 92 00:05:13,955 --> 00:05:18,059 and drank thereof himself, and his children and his cattle? 93 00:05:18,219 --> 00:05:23,595 Jesus answered and said unto her, whosoever drinketh of this water 94 00:05:23,747 --> 00:05:25,079 shall thirst again. 95 00:05:25,459 --> 00:05:31,851 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall 96 00:05:31,915 --> 00:05:33,039 never thirst. 97 00:05:33,469 --> 00:05:36,949 But the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of 98 00:05:36,989 --> 00:05:40,901 water springing up into everlasting life. 99 00:05:41,085 --> 00:05:46,229 The woman saith unto him, sir, give me this water that I thirst 100 00:05:46,309 --> 00:05:48,809 not, neither come hither to draw. 101 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:54,309 Jesus said unto her, go call thy husband, and come hither. 102 00:05:54,469 --> 00:05:56,837 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. 103 00:05:56,933 --> 00:06:00,095 Jesus said unto her, thou hast one well said I have no husband, 104 00:06:00,207 --> 00:06:04,015 for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast 105 00:06:04,047 --> 00:06:05,391 is not thy husband. 106 00:06:05,535 --> 00:06:07,619 In that saidst thou truly? 107 00:06:08,519 --> 00:06:14,259 The woman saith unto him, sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 108 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:20,175 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem 109 00:06:20,207 --> 00:06:22,367 is the place where men ought to worship. 110 00:06:22,543 --> 00:06:27,631 Jesus saith unto her, woman, believe me, the hour cometh when 111 00:06:27,655 --> 00:06:32,175 ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship 112 00:06:32,207 --> 00:06:33,139 the father. 113 00:06:33,479 --> 00:06:35,023 Ye, worship ye. 114 00:06:35,071 --> 00:06:39,471 Know not what we know what we worship, for salvation is of the 115 00:06:39,495 --> 00:06:40,259 Jews. 116 00:06:40,759 --> 00:06:47,071 But the hour cometh, and now is when the true worshipers shall 117 00:06:47,135 --> 00:06:52,229 worship the Father in spirit and in truth. 118 00:06:52,389 --> 00:06:55,781 For the Father seeketh such to worship him. 119 00:06:55,965 --> 00:07:01,829 God is a spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit 120 00:07:01,909 --> 00:07:03,689 and in truth. 121 00:07:04,349 --> 00:07:07,541 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah is cometh, which 122 00:07:07,565 --> 00:07:08,661 is called Christ. 123 00:07:08,845 --> 00:07:11,729 When he is come, he will tell us all things. 124 00:07:12,429 --> 00:07:18,209 Jesus saith unto her, I that speaketh unto thee am he. 125 00:07:18,829 --> 00:07:22,165 And upon this came his disciples and marveled that he talked 126 00:07:22,197 --> 00:07:22,901 with the woman. 127 00:07:23,005 --> 00:07:25,285 Yet no man said, what seekest thou? 128 00:07:25,317 --> 00:07:27,125 Or why talkest thou with her? 129 00:07:27,277 --> 00:07:30,469 The woman then left her water pot and went her way into the city 130 00:07:30,509 --> 00:07:34,997 and saith to the men, come see a man which told me all things that 131 00:07:35,053 --> 00:07:36,209 ever I did. 132 00:07:36,509 --> 00:07:39,489 Is not this the Christ? 133 00:07:41,149 --> 00:07:47,409 A well is a place where dissatisfied people come to be satisfied. 134 00:07:48,069 --> 00:07:53,729 Jesus came to this well here to meet this woman that was drawing 135 00:07:54,549 --> 00:07:57,449 and she was completely dissatisfied with life. 136 00:07:58,069 --> 00:08:00,957 She thought that she'd go to the well that day like she had every 137 00:08:01,013 --> 00:08:05,229 other day, just to satisfy and survive for the next day. 138 00:08:05,349 --> 00:08:08,861 She thought that, well, here we are, it's near the middle of the 139 00:08:08,885 --> 00:08:10,601 day and it's time for me to go get water. 140 00:08:10,725 --> 00:08:13,697 I'm not allowed to go in the morning, or if I do, I'll be ridiculed 141 00:08:13,713 --> 00:08:16,529 and mocked and made fun of and I don't want that. 142 00:08:16,569 --> 00:08:19,549 And so I'll go when people like me go. 143 00:08:20,249 --> 00:08:24,689 And she recognized that she was a sinner and understood that 144 00:08:24,809 --> 00:08:27,989 she was looked down upon in society. 145 00:08:28,489 --> 00:08:29,889 And so she's surviving. 146 00:08:29,969 --> 00:08:36,665 She's not thriving, she's surviving emotionally and spiritually, 147 00:08:36,817 --> 00:08:38,909 just in survival mode. 148 00:08:39,889 --> 00:08:41,657 And then there's Jesus. 149 00:08:41,833 --> 00:08:46,669 And Jesus interacts with her and engages in meaningful conversation 150 00:08:47,249 --> 00:08:48,389 with her. 151 00:08:49,089 --> 00:08:54,553 And it was quite a take back for her to have him even speak to 152 00:08:54,561 --> 00:08:54,681 her. 153 00:08:54,705 --> 00:08:56,549 And you see that played out there. 154 00:08:57,329 --> 00:09:00,985 It wasn't normal and it would have been looked down on for Jesus, 155 00:09:01,177 --> 00:09:05,653 a Jewish man, to have been communicating with a Samaritan woman 156 00:09:05,741 --> 00:09:07,729 like he was with her. 157 00:09:09,629 --> 00:09:13,889 I would say that there's two wells to draw from in this life. 158 00:09:14,749 --> 00:09:17,973 You're either drawing from the world's well or you're drawing from 159 00:09:17,981 --> 00:09:19,849 the well of living waters. 160 00:09:20,269 --> 00:09:25,765 Both of them are satisfying, there's no doubt about that, in different 161 00:09:25,837 --> 00:09:30,937 ways, but only one of them remains satisfying and will never 162 00:09:30,993 --> 00:09:31,869 run dry. 163 00:09:32,209 --> 00:09:36,185 If you've known Jesus for any real amount of time or legitimate 164 00:09:36,217 --> 00:09:41,273 amount of Time in your life, you found it to be very true that 165 00:09:41,441 --> 00:09:45,929 life brings a lot of mess and a lot of things happen that you never 166 00:09:45,969 --> 00:09:46,549 expected. 167 00:09:47,489 --> 00:09:51,509 And difficulties come and trials find their way into your life. 168 00:09:52,129 --> 00:09:54,509 But Jesus never leaves. 169 00:09:54,949 --> 00:10:00,253 And satisfaction in him can be found at any point. 170 00:10:00,421 --> 00:10:03,725 He truly is the fountain of living waters. 171 00:10:03,917 --> 00:10:07,805 The Samaritan woman here in the story met the one who could satisfy 172 00:10:07,837 --> 00:10:10,489 her like no one else and nothing else ever could. 173 00:10:10,789 --> 00:10:13,869 I want us to see here and consider that people are searching 174 00:10:14,029 --> 00:10:20,349 for purpose and satisfaction when I see this world. 175 00:10:20,389 --> 00:10:25,789 And we're trying everything in culture now and we're trying to make 176 00:10:25,829 --> 00:10:29,489 anything okay and everything should be accepted. 177 00:10:29,989 --> 00:10:31,901 Anyone's truth is okay. 178 00:10:32,045 --> 00:10:34,989 As long as they can say that it's truth for them, it's fine. 179 00:10:35,149 --> 00:10:38,249 Moral relativism is rampant today. 180 00:10:39,589 --> 00:10:46,749 Churches are in decline, and yet Jesus is still available to every 181 00:10:46,789 --> 00:10:48,329 person that would seek him. 182 00:10:48,629 --> 00:10:50,009 Jesus is available. 183 00:10:50,529 --> 00:10:58,041 Satisfaction can be had, satisfaction that can extend beyond 184 00:10:58,185 --> 00:11:00,189 their mortal life here on earth. 185 00:11:01,089 --> 00:11:05,945 And yet we see people that are drowning, people that are hurting 186 00:11:06,137 --> 00:11:07,465 and struggling. 187 00:11:07,657 --> 00:11:09,993 We know people like this in our own families. 188 00:11:10,121 --> 00:11:12,025 We know people like this in our neighborhoods. 189 00:11:12,057 --> 00:11:16,561 We know people like this at work, people that need to drink from 190 00:11:16,585 --> 00:11:19,349 another well, people that are surviving. 191 00:11:20,569 --> 00:11:24,673 I noticed in verses 7 through 11 that she was really just living 192 00:11:24,721 --> 00:11:27,297 without purpose as you see here. 193 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:31,441 She's just in, honestly for her, kind of a meaningless conversation 194 00:11:31,505 --> 00:11:32,513 here as she's talking. 195 00:11:32,561 --> 00:11:36,945 And Jesus begins to engage in a more deep conversation as it goes 196 00:11:36,977 --> 00:11:37,457 on. 197 00:11:37,593 --> 00:11:40,145 But it's very obvious here that she's really living with no 198 00:11:40,217 --> 00:11:40,833 purpose. 199 00:11:40,961 --> 00:11:45,429 And what the well represented before she was saved was just daily 200 00:11:45,949 --> 00:11:50,009 survival, a pointless existence. 201 00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:53,369 Do you remember what that was like before you were saved? 202 00:11:54,429 --> 00:11:59,205 And the things that mattered to you then really have no bearing 203 00:11:59,237 --> 00:12:00,485 in your life now. 204 00:12:00,637 --> 00:12:01,445 Isn't it funny? 205 00:12:01,477 --> 00:12:07,653 The things that used to get you excited or used to make you happy 206 00:12:07,701 --> 00:12:11,809 for a moment's time now they bring you. 207 00:12:13,169 --> 00:12:15,513 They don't bring you the same satisfaction, do they? 208 00:12:15,601 --> 00:12:19,273 In fact, some of those things, if they're sin, they actually bring 209 00:12:19,361 --> 00:12:23,069 the Holy Spirit into your heart in a way that is convicting. 210 00:12:23,489 --> 00:12:27,433 And so your life radically changes at the moment of salvation. 211 00:12:27,561 --> 00:12:30,713 And the Holy Spirit's influence works in you. 212 00:12:30,881 --> 00:12:35,449 And you experience what you were made to, where you were made 213 00:12:35,489 --> 00:12:36,185 to find joy. 214 00:12:36,217 --> 00:12:40,519 And you begin to find out that joy, not just temporary happiness, 215 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:45,191 but everlasting joy and living waters, can be had through the person 216 00:12:45,375 --> 00:12:49,223 of Jesus Christ, religious history and pedigree. 217 00:12:49,271 --> 00:12:52,983 She starts to talk about that, and she talks about it in such a 218 00:12:52,991 --> 00:12:56,471 way that Honestly, as I read the passage, it doesn't sound like 219 00:12:56,495 --> 00:12:58,839 she's real connected, if you know what I'm talking about. 220 00:12:58,959 --> 00:13:01,943 You ever been talking with a family member? 221 00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:08,633 Someone that, you know doesn't really have any real connectivity 222 00:13:08,681 --> 00:13:10,745 to the word of God or with a local church? 223 00:13:10,857 --> 00:13:14,985 But if you start to talk about spiritual things, they'll immediately 224 00:13:15,017 --> 00:13:18,137 jump into a conversation and they'll tell you everything they 225 00:13:18,193 --> 00:13:22,569 know, as if they're the authority in the room on how to know 226 00:13:22,609 --> 00:13:23,229 God. 227 00:13:23,809 --> 00:13:26,969 And then usually after they've said everything they know, they get 228 00:13:27,009 --> 00:13:27,513 quiet. 229 00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:30,713 And then sometimes an opportunity presents itself. 230 00:13:30,761 --> 00:13:33,823 And that's kind of what I see here with this woman at the well. 231 00:13:33,911 --> 00:13:36,799 She talks about this association that she has with this 232 00:13:36,839 --> 00:13:37,087 well. 233 00:13:37,143 --> 00:13:40,687 And she talks about Jacob in verse 12, which gave us the well 234 00:13:40,743 --> 00:13:44,623 and drank thereof himself and his children and his cattle. 235 00:13:44,751 --> 00:13:50,339 And really she's just talking about here a passionless association. 236 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,143 There was no real meaning or passion behind what she was talking 237 00:13:54,191 --> 00:13:54,639 about. 238 00:13:54,759 --> 00:13:57,775 She was really just talking to Jesus, thinking that she was giving 239 00:13:57,807 --> 00:14:00,049 him a history lesson about this well. 240 00:14:00,169 --> 00:14:03,149 And I'm sure Jesus had no idea what this well was all about, right? 241 00:14:03,689 --> 00:14:05,345 He knew everything about it. 242 00:14:05,497 --> 00:14:08,049 He could have sat in the teacher's seat there and told her 243 00:14:08,089 --> 00:14:10,549 everything about that well and everything about Jacob. 244 00:14:10,889 --> 00:14:15,105 But he lets her talk about her understanding, her spiritual understanding 245 00:14:15,137 --> 00:14:18,869 of this place where she survives. 246 00:14:19,929 --> 00:14:22,529 But I think it's good to stop for just a minute and think about 247 00:14:22,569 --> 00:14:22,961 something. 248 00:14:23,065 --> 00:14:25,697 Keep your place here and just turn back a couple pages to John 249 00:14:25,753 --> 00:14:26,729 chapter one. 250 00:14:26,889 --> 00:14:29,949 This is an important thing for all of us to remember. 251 00:14:30,769 --> 00:14:33,829 I heard it again today, actually, in a video. 252 00:14:34,129 --> 00:14:40,249 And you hear it often when people are speaking of God and speaking 253 00:14:40,409 --> 00:14:42,441 of the children of God. 254 00:14:42,585 --> 00:14:45,241 And they will usually reference, many times people that 255 00:14:45,265 --> 00:14:47,737 don't really understand the word of God and the doctrine of God's 256 00:14:47,753 --> 00:14:48,089 word. 257 00:14:48,169 --> 00:14:51,305 They'll reference God's children as anyone alive. 258 00:14:51,417 --> 00:14:54,459 All God's people, all humans are God's children. 259 00:14:54,649 --> 00:15:00,059 Now that sounds so nice, but it's so full of error. 260 00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:03,047 If you look at John chapter one, you'll notice something here 261 00:15:03,103 --> 00:15:04,551 in verse number 12. 262 00:15:04,735 --> 00:15:10,391 But as many as received him to them gave he power to become the 263 00:15:10,495 --> 00:15:14,647 sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. 264 00:15:14,783 --> 00:15:16,583 What's another way to put that? 265 00:15:16,751 --> 00:15:17,815 How about this? 266 00:15:17,967 --> 00:15:20,379 God has no grandchildren. 267 00:15:21,289 --> 00:15:23,029 Think about that for a moment. 268 00:15:23,369 --> 00:15:26,625 Who are those that can be called the sons of God? 269 00:15:26,817 --> 00:15:30,817 Well, John chapter 1 and verse 12 tells us here it's those that 270 00:15:30,873 --> 00:15:32,829 believe on his name. 271 00:15:33,289 --> 00:15:35,761 I would even say to young people, maybe people that have been 272 00:15:35,785 --> 00:15:39,905 in a religious home for a long time, but have never had a real, 273 00:15:39,977 --> 00:15:42,513 dynamic, meaningful relationship with the Lord Jesus 274 00:15:42,561 --> 00:15:43,409 for themselves. 275 00:15:43,569 --> 00:15:45,473 I would say to you this. 276 00:15:45,641 --> 00:15:45,919 If. 277 00:15:45,949 --> 00:15:50,315 If you're riding on the coattails of your parents or someone 278 00:15:50,387 --> 00:15:53,995 else in your home, or even riding the coattails of your pastor 279 00:15:54,027 --> 00:15:58,235 or some other spiritual influence in your life, but you have 280 00:15:58,307 --> 00:16:02,587 no real relationship with Jesus Christ, no personal walk with 281 00:16:02,643 --> 00:16:08,507 him, I would say that you are in survival mode at best, and you 282 00:16:08,563 --> 00:16:09,879 need Jesus Christ. 283 00:16:11,389 --> 00:16:13,609 She was living without satisfaction. 284 00:16:14,669 --> 00:16:18,213 The well represented many different things after she was saved. 285 00:16:18,261 --> 00:16:21,877 It would represent eternal provision to the end of God's glory 286 00:16:21,973 --> 00:16:24,049 and also for her good. 287 00:16:24,429 --> 00:16:30,089 It also represented personal satisfaction and personal salvation. 288 00:16:32,829 --> 00:16:35,209 But she was living without satisfaction. 289 00:16:35,949 --> 00:16:40,459 Living for physical satisfaction will leave you damaged, 290 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:44,807 full of regrets, and still yet wanting. 291 00:16:44,983 --> 00:16:48,119 And so people today, they run after the same things they've run 292 00:16:48,159 --> 00:16:49,575 after for eons. 293 00:16:49,767 --> 00:16:56,263 They'll run after money and power and even substances and physical 294 00:16:56,391 --> 00:17:02,759 relationships, materialism, a career, maybe popularity, you name 295 00:17:02,799 --> 00:17:03,143 it. 296 00:17:03,231 --> 00:17:07,609 We've tried it over and over and over again in every generation, 297 00:17:08,029 --> 00:17:11,609 but it's never yet found people truly satisfied. 298 00:17:12,269 --> 00:17:16,309 Her lifestyle represented religiosity and physical pleasure. 299 00:17:16,389 --> 00:17:20,709 Which brings me to a passage I'd like to read in the book of Hebrews. 300 00:17:20,789 --> 00:17:27,109 The Bible says in Hebrews, chapter 11, in verse number 25, choosing 301 00:17:27,189 --> 00:17:31,813 rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy 302 00:17:31,861 --> 00:17:35,009 the pleasures of sin for a season. 303 00:17:35,389 --> 00:17:37,429 There is pleasure in sin. 304 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:40,889 We cannot deny that we are flesh and blood. 305 00:17:41,629 --> 00:17:44,889 But the pleasure does not last forever. 306 00:17:45,789 --> 00:17:48,661 The pleasure does not last forever for the drunkard does it 307 00:17:48,685 --> 00:17:51,765 when he wakes up in the morning in a stupor. 308 00:17:51,877 --> 00:17:53,769 And that's putting it nicely. 309 00:17:54,829 --> 00:17:59,269 The pleasure runs out for those when they run away from their 310 00:17:59,309 --> 00:18:02,751 family and go enter into a different relationship with some 311 00:18:02,775 --> 00:18:05,183 other person and wreck and ruin a home. 312 00:18:05,351 --> 00:18:10,019 There's no lasting pleasure there once that home has been ruined. 313 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,791 But the devil would say to you, well, enjoy this. 314 00:18:13,975 --> 00:18:15,979 Look how enticing it is. 315 00:18:17,319 --> 00:18:18,459 Enjoy it. 316 00:18:19,479 --> 00:18:21,259 And we fall for it. 317 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,419 We fall for it because we're flesh and blood. 318 00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:28,777 Her lifestyle represents religiosity, physical pleasure. 319 00:18:28,903 --> 00:18:33,649 Living for spiritual satisfaction will always leave you 320 00:18:34,109 --> 00:18:35,409 fulfilled, though. 321 00:18:35,709 --> 00:18:39,701 And here she's about to be filled like she had never been filled 322 00:18:39,765 --> 00:18:40,369 before. 323 00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:46,613 And so people, in a sense, are searching for purpose and for satisfaction. 324 00:18:46,741 --> 00:18:51,029 I cannot say accurately that people are searching for God, because 325 00:18:51,069 --> 00:18:53,589 I believe that God is the one who is chasing after us. 326 00:18:53,629 --> 00:18:57,773 And we see that all through his word chasing after us. 327 00:18:57,861 --> 00:19:00,925 Even in salvation, we see a God that even though we've rebelled 328 00:19:00,957 --> 00:19:01,789 against Him. 329 00:19:01,909 --> 00:19:05,709 He's looking for us and he's looking for that one sheep that has 330 00:19:05,749 --> 00:19:09,421 gone astray that is willing to admit their sin before a holy and 331 00:19:09,445 --> 00:19:10,609 a righteous God. 332 00:19:13,829 --> 00:19:17,741 But also, it's interesting to think that God here is searching 333 00:19:17,805 --> 00:19:21,649 for true worshipers and soul winners. 334 00:19:23,279 --> 00:19:28,711 And he turns this woman into just that, a true worshiper and a 335 00:19:28,735 --> 00:19:29,351 soul winner. 336 00:19:29,415 --> 00:19:33,463 We didn't get into the verses here about how she goes and tells 337 00:19:33,511 --> 00:19:36,631 many people about Christ and how when Jesus comes back, there 338 00:19:36,655 --> 00:19:39,111 were many that seemingly had heard about Him. 339 00:19:39,215 --> 00:19:43,511 I wonder why she had found something that was satisfying that 340 00:19:43,535 --> 00:19:46,859 she could not keep to herself, and it was Jesus. 341 00:19:47,369 --> 00:19:50,961 There are false worshipers and there are true worshipers. 342 00:19:51,025 --> 00:19:52,289 Look at verse 23 once again. 343 00:19:52,329 --> 00:19:57,265 But the hour cometh, and now is when the true worshipers shall 344 00:19:57,297 --> 00:20:00,577 worship the Father in spirit and in truth. 345 00:20:00,753 --> 00:20:04,945 For the Father seeketh such to worship Him. 346 00:20:05,097 --> 00:20:09,745 He's the one seeking, looking for someone that's willing to open 347 00:20:09,817 --> 00:20:14,649 their heart to him so that he can pour into them fountains of living 348 00:20:14,729 --> 00:20:15,349 water. 349 00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:21,625 And then he says to her, verse 24, God is a spirit, and they that 350 00:20:21,697 --> 00:20:26,269 worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 351 00:20:27,169 --> 00:20:30,441 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is 352 00:20:30,465 --> 00:20:31,429 called Christ. 353 00:20:31,889 --> 00:20:35,001 When he is come, he will tell us all things. 354 00:20:35,185 --> 00:20:37,913 Now it's interesting to stop here for just a moment and recognize 355 00:20:37,961 --> 00:20:43,151 a small or one likeness between the Samaritans and the, if 356 00:20:43,175 --> 00:20:46,175 you will, full blooded Jews. 357 00:20:46,367 --> 00:20:50,127 Each of them, all of them were looking for a savior. 358 00:20:50,303 --> 00:20:53,215 They were all looking for the Messiah. 359 00:20:53,247 --> 00:20:55,179 They were all looking for the Christ. 360 00:20:56,119 --> 00:20:59,903 Now they worshiped in different ways and it's interesting 361 00:20:59,951 --> 00:21:07,007 to note that neither party was worshiping in spirit and in truth. 362 00:21:07,183 --> 00:21:07,549 Worship. 363 00:21:07,579 --> 00:21:09,049 One was worshiping in truth. 364 00:21:09,129 --> 00:21:13,721 The Jews, they worshiped in Jerusalem and they had the law and 365 00:21:13,745 --> 00:21:16,953 they had the Torah, which many of the Samaritans would reject. 366 00:21:17,081 --> 00:21:17,801 But you know what? 367 00:21:17,825 --> 00:21:23,209 It's interesting to find that the Samaritans, they were able to 368 00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:23,929 worship too. 369 00:21:23,969 --> 00:21:29,257 And they did, but without some of the truth of God's word they were 370 00:21:29,313 --> 00:21:30,089 lacking. 371 00:21:30,249 --> 00:21:34,691 And so they made up for that in their spirit, if you will. 372 00:21:34,795 --> 00:21:40,947 And it's always dangerous when we worship God in truth with no spirit. 373 00:21:41,123 --> 00:21:46,275 Have you ever sang a song in church and then realized you finished 374 00:21:46,307 --> 00:21:48,719 that song and really don't even know what you sang about? 375 00:21:49,499 --> 00:21:50,947 That's a good example, right? 376 00:21:51,003 --> 00:21:55,331 Of when we worship him with our mouths, but our spirits are in 377 00:21:55,355 --> 00:21:56,319 another place. 378 00:21:56,939 --> 00:21:58,855 But how about the other end of it? 379 00:21:58,987 --> 00:22:02,911 Have you ever seen in places where there's really no Substance 380 00:22:02,975 --> 00:22:04,063 to the worship. 381 00:22:04,191 --> 00:22:08,179 And what I mean by substance is doctrine. 382 00:22:08,519 --> 00:22:12,703 Do we learn about God from the music that is being sung? 383 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:17,983 Do we learn some trait about him that is recorded and accurate 384 00:22:18,031 --> 00:22:19,139 to scripture? 385 00:22:19,479 --> 00:22:23,459 Or do we find ourselves questioning the holiness of God? 386 00:22:23,879 --> 00:22:24,325 You see? 387 00:22:24,367 --> 00:22:27,561 See, that would be a good example of worshiping him in spirit, 388 00:22:27,625 --> 00:22:31,049 possibly, but neglecting true doctrine. 389 00:22:31,209 --> 00:22:34,749 And so neither of these groups were worshiping in spirit and truth, 390 00:22:35,169 --> 00:22:36,585 and he recognizes that. 391 00:22:36,657 --> 00:22:42,361 And then she says in verse 26, Jesus saith unto her, I that speaketh 392 00:22:42,425 --> 00:22:45,109 unto thee am He. 393 00:22:45,649 --> 00:22:50,699 He reveals himself to a Samaritan woman as the Messiah, as 394 00:22:50,739 --> 00:22:51,639 the Christ. 395 00:22:52,499 --> 00:22:54,159 And she believes. 396 00:22:54,659 --> 00:22:58,359 And then she goes and she tells others about who she's found. 397 00:22:58,819 --> 00:23:02,091 I would say that there are false worshipers, there are true 398 00:23:02,155 --> 00:23:03,051 worshipers. 399 00:23:03,195 --> 00:23:08,059 But may God's people here at Heritage Baptist Church be people 400 00:23:08,099 --> 00:23:12,319 that worship him in spirit and in truth? 401 00:23:12,899 --> 00:23:19,145 I think there's a good balance in music that we sing to the Lord 402 00:23:19,177 --> 00:23:22,441 and play before him in this church, and that's a very good and 403 00:23:22,465 --> 00:23:23,749 a healthy thing. 404 00:23:24,129 --> 00:23:27,529 Sometimes some churches get to the point where they say, well, if 405 00:23:27,569 --> 00:23:30,521 it ain't in my hymnbook, well, then I ain't singing it. 406 00:23:30,705 --> 00:23:36,345 As if God stopped using people to write music, as if he fell asleep. 407 00:23:36,537 --> 00:23:40,669 And all the music writers could know nothing more about God. 408 00:23:41,739 --> 00:23:45,059 But then there are others that say, well, that stuff is just so 409 00:23:45,099 --> 00:23:47,651 old and boring, I don't want anything to do with it. 410 00:23:47,755 --> 00:23:54,083 And they neglect the rich, beautiful language and doctrinal 411 00:23:54,131 --> 00:23:57,731 emphasis that many of our traditional hymns have. 412 00:23:57,915 --> 00:24:02,691 There's a danger in either of these extremes, and I appreciate 413 00:24:02,755 --> 00:24:06,227 and love the fact that our pastor recognizes that there needs 414 00:24:06,283 --> 00:24:07,039 to be. 415 00:24:08,429 --> 00:24:11,125 There needs to be an understanding that God is still using 416 00:24:11,197 --> 00:24:13,125 people to write music, and very good music. 417 00:24:13,197 --> 00:24:16,645 In fact, we just heard a wonderful song by our teenagers, 418 00:24:16,677 --> 00:24:17,445 didn't we? 419 00:24:17,597 --> 00:24:21,077 I'm so glad that God put it on the heart of someone to write those 420 00:24:21,133 --> 00:24:21,845 words. 421 00:24:22,037 --> 00:24:24,469 How many times have you heard that song, maybe even in the car 422 00:24:24,509 --> 00:24:25,541 and sang along with it? 423 00:24:25,565 --> 00:24:28,901 If you're like me, that's where you really get at it. 424 00:24:29,085 --> 00:24:33,059 When I'm, like, alone, that's when I really sing a song. 425 00:24:33,229 --> 00:24:37,591 Now, I can't sing for nothing, but I know I really enjoy when no 426 00:24:37,615 --> 00:24:38,279 one else is around. 427 00:24:38,319 --> 00:24:41,735 And I can just sing songs like that and know that I'm worshiping 428 00:24:41,767 --> 00:24:42,743 before the Lord. 429 00:24:42,871 --> 00:24:46,439 And God hears that, and he accepts that praise and accepts that 430 00:24:46,479 --> 00:24:47,287 worship. 431 00:24:47,463 --> 00:24:49,379 And I believe that it's a good thing. 432 00:24:50,079 --> 00:24:53,019 True worshipers worship God in spirit and truth. 433 00:24:53,679 --> 00:24:57,591 False worshipers have nothing more than religious experience to 434 00:24:57,615 --> 00:24:58,365 draw from. 435 00:24:58,487 --> 00:25:02,321 And that, my friends, is a shallow, dissatisfying well to draw 436 00:25:02,385 --> 00:25:02,989 from. 437 00:25:03,609 --> 00:25:06,209 You know, it's interesting as you look at verse number 28 here, 438 00:25:06,249 --> 00:25:11,505 it says, then the woman then left her water pot and went her way 439 00:25:11,577 --> 00:25:16,641 into the city and saith to the men, come see a man. 440 00:25:16,745 --> 00:25:20,273 Which told me all things that ever I did. 441 00:25:20,441 --> 00:25:22,429 Is not this the Christ? 442 00:25:22,809 --> 00:25:25,129 Then they went out of the city and. 443 00:25:25,159 --> 00:25:27,573 And came unto him. 444 00:25:27,741 --> 00:25:31,541 She became a soul winner when she recognized who Jesus was and 445 00:25:31,565 --> 00:25:34,485 how satisfying he could be in her life. 446 00:25:34,637 --> 00:25:40,133 The natural response for her, and I would say the natural response 447 00:25:40,181 --> 00:25:44,709 for anyone that recognizes that Jesus is king and that there 448 00:25:44,749 --> 00:25:48,289 is water that is living that can be had by any person. 449 00:25:48,909 --> 00:25:51,689 The natural response is to go and tell someone else. 450 00:25:52,089 --> 00:25:55,569 It's not just the natural response, but it's actually the command 451 00:25:55,649 --> 00:25:58,753 from our Savior as well that we are to go and to teach and preach 452 00:25:58,801 --> 00:25:59,857 to all nations. 453 00:25:59,953 --> 00:26:02,689 And we have to give the gospel to every person. 454 00:26:02,809 --> 00:26:06,469 Every person needs a preacher to every creature. 455 00:26:07,929 --> 00:26:12,897 And so God can use you to spread his gospel, reach your network 456 00:26:12,953 --> 00:26:13,473 of people. 457 00:26:13,561 --> 00:26:15,569 Well, what was her network of people? 458 00:26:15,689 --> 00:26:17,629 Unfortunately, it was a lot of different men. 459 00:26:18,769 --> 00:26:22,521 And that's exactly where she goes to tell people about Jesus Christ. 460 00:26:22,705 --> 00:26:24,569 And yet it works. 461 00:26:24,729 --> 00:26:26,793 She went within her realm of influence. 462 00:26:26,841 --> 00:26:29,977 The people that she knew when she told them of Jesus, and their 463 00:26:30,033 --> 00:26:32,389 lives were changed as she brought them to Christ. 464 00:26:32,769 --> 00:26:35,189 Now, who do you know that I don't know? 465 00:26:35,889 --> 00:26:38,629 Who do I know that you don't know? 466 00:26:39,409 --> 00:26:42,089 Every person God gives influence to. 467 00:26:42,209 --> 00:26:43,817 Some greater influence than others. 468 00:26:43,873 --> 00:26:48,559 Yes, but everyone has a level of influence that God would have 469 00:26:48,599 --> 00:26:54,079 you use to tell someone, that person, those people about him, so 470 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:58,979 they too can be satisfied and not just living in survival mode. 471 00:26:59,799 --> 00:27:05,695 Tell your story of God's glory in the next few verses. 472 00:27:05,727 --> 00:27:06,959 You'll see that that takes place. 473 00:27:06,999 --> 00:27:08,559 And she goes and she tells many. 474 00:27:08,599 --> 00:27:13,055 And many Samaritans believe the Bible says in verse 39. 475 00:27:13,127 --> 00:27:17,679 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him. 476 00:27:17,799 --> 00:27:22,959 For the saying of the woman which testified, he told me all that 477 00:27:22,999 --> 00:27:24,139 ever I did. 478 00:27:24,839 --> 00:27:27,599 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him 479 00:27:27,639 --> 00:27:29,119 that he would tarry with them. 480 00:27:29,159 --> 00:27:31,659 And he abode there two days. 481 00:27:32,199 --> 00:27:35,487 And many more believed because of his own word. 482 00:27:35,663 --> 00:27:37,233 How interesting is that? 483 00:27:37,391 --> 00:27:41,021 That Jesus uses this Samaritan woman that is a known sinner in her 484 00:27:41,045 --> 00:27:41,609 area. 485 00:27:41,909 --> 00:27:46,929 And her testimony was so strong, her life change was so obvious 486 00:27:47,909 --> 00:27:52,249 that everyone around her said, I'm thirsty too. 487 00:27:53,349 --> 00:27:55,129 I could take a drink right now. 488 00:27:55,429 --> 00:27:58,445 I could really go for something that satisfies for longer 489 00:27:58,477 --> 00:28:00,877 than just a day, longer than just a week. 490 00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:03,057 I'm tired of the rat race. 491 00:28:03,213 --> 00:28:05,001 I'm tired of the latter. 492 00:28:05,145 --> 00:28:06,269 I'm tired. 493 00:28:07,089 --> 00:28:08,393 And they went to Him. 494 00:28:08,481 --> 00:28:12,057 And the Bible says, and many more believed because of his word. 495 00:28:12,233 --> 00:28:15,641 And so what do we do once we've found the water? 496 00:28:15,825 --> 00:28:17,509 We share it with others. 497 00:28:18,369 --> 00:28:20,389 And then we let God do the rest. 498 00:28:20,769 --> 00:28:21,513 Right? 499 00:28:21,681 --> 00:28:22,857 We let God do the rest. 500 00:28:22,913 --> 00:28:24,389 The results are up to him. 501 00:28:24,689 --> 00:28:27,481 The Bible says again, many more believed because of his own 502 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:32,369 word and said unto the woman, now we believe not because of thy 503 00:28:32,449 --> 00:28:38,193 saying, for we have heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed 504 00:28:38,241 --> 00:28:41,949 the Christ, the Savior of the world. 505 00:28:42,809 --> 00:28:48,769 What an amazing testimony of an unlikely person doing something 506 00:28:48,809 --> 00:28:56,029 for the Lord that changed the lives of many. 507 00:28:57,049 --> 00:28:58,593 How can God use us? 508 00:28:58,681 --> 00:29:00,145 How could God use you? 509 00:29:00,297 --> 00:29:02,321 Well, I guess I'd first ask you this. 510 00:29:02,505 --> 00:29:04,229 Are you thirsty tonight? 511 00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:06,949 Have you met Jesus? 512 00:29:08,249 --> 00:29:14,309 Are you relying on someone else's word that you are a believer 513 00:29:15,369 --> 00:29:17,109 or are you a believer? 514 00:29:17,929 --> 00:29:21,835 Are you relying upon your attendance to this place or you're 515 00:29:21,867 --> 00:29:25,899 getting wet over here in this place or your service in this place 516 00:29:25,939 --> 00:29:29,439 or this place or this place or anywhere else in our church ministries? 517 00:29:30,099 --> 00:29:35,099 Or are you resting in the fact that you've dived into the well of 518 00:29:35,139 --> 00:29:40,491 living water and you've drank of the satisfying soul water that 519 00:29:40,515 --> 00:29:41,515 is Jesus Christ? 520 00:29:41,587 --> 00:29:46,639 And you can say, I've drank from that well and I'm satisfied. 521 00:29:47,389 --> 00:29:49,689 Jesus will always satisfy. 522 00:29:51,229 --> 00:29:52,769 I hope that you know him. 523 00:29:53,069 --> 00:29:57,413 If you do know him, be like the woman. 524 00:29:57,581 --> 00:29:58,849 Go tell someone. 525 00:29:59,149 --> 00:30:02,885 Remember when you first got saved and you just had to go tell 526 00:30:02,957 --> 00:30:05,269 more people and you had to go tell more and more and more people 527 00:30:05,309 --> 00:30:10,021 and there was an excitement about the thing and then after time 528 00:30:10,125 --> 00:30:17,799 you maybe it becomes a little bit more perfunctory or duty filled 529 00:30:18,139 --> 00:30:25,235 and then that sense of duty overrides the sense of genuine excitement 530 00:30:25,427 --> 00:30:29,039 to see someone else drink of that water. 531 00:30:29,899 --> 00:30:36,835 It'd be good for us if we were to spend some time in prayer and 532 00:30:36,907 --> 00:30:41,609 ask the Lord to bring us back to that place so that we can become 533 00:30:42,469 --> 00:30:46,589 excited about those things once again so that many more will 534 00:30:46,629 --> 00:30:46,709 believe.