5 so he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from his journey, sat down at the well. It was about noon.7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water.“Give me a drink,” Jesus said to her, 8 because his disciples had gone into town to buy food.9 “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman? ” she asked him. For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.10 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would give you living water.”11 “Sir,” said the woman, “you don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this ‘living water’? 12 You aren’t greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.”

John 4:5-11

Living Water?

We continue our look at "The Samaritan Woman" in John 4:5-11, where we see that Jesus has stopped at a well, worn out from His journey. A quick aside, did you catch that? Jesus was worn out from his Journey. This could be a whole sermon series, but aren't you grateful that Jesus, fully God and fully man, also experienced the feeling of being worn out? I know we're towards the end of May, and this is when people get worn down. Be encouraged today that Jesus Christ experienced fatigue, exhaustion, and pain as you do. He gets us!As Jesus sits at the well, he meets a Samaritan Woman who is there to draw water. It is important to note that John includes the time when she is there drawing water, NOON. This would be the height of the day's heat with the sun directly overhead. This is an odd time to be getting water, as is evidenced as she is the only Samaritan who is getting water. There is much debate as to why the woman is here at this time, which we will cover in the next few days, but regardless she has intentionally isolated herself from others. She is hiding. Jesus asks her for water, which is met with an immediate rebuke by the woman. Jesus interacting with her goes against the social norms of the day as a public conversation between a man and a woman, between Jews and Samaritans, and especially between strangers, was taboo. A typical religious man would rather go thirsty than violate these social norms. Jesus is not the typical religious man, rather, he is the savior of the World who crossed the chasm between heaven and earth to come to rescue His people.Jesus answer in verse 10, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would give you living water.” This strange response would cause the woman to consider these three questions:

1. Who is He?
2. What is the Gift of God?
3. What is living water?

I think it would be helpful to answer these questions explicitly:

1. Who is He? He is God. (Jesus Christ is the god-man, the second person of the Trinity, the Savior of the World who has come to Samaria to give the gift of God.)
2. What is the Gift of God? Salvation.(The gift of God is forgiveness of sins. The reality is that Christ dies for sinners like you, like me, like the samaritan woman.)
3. What is living water? The Holy Spirit. (Jeremiah 2:13; Zechariah 14:8; John 7:38-39 speak to the one who believes in Christ and receives salvation will have streams of living water flow from them)

So today, whatever would cause you to hide from Jesus, hide from the Church, hide from your community, hear the words and heart of Jesus, who offers you Himself, eternal life, and the Holy Spirit.