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GOSPEL OF JOHN Grace Bible Church,
Gillette, Wyoming Pastor Daryl Hilbert 7. Living
Water Discourse: Samaritan Woman (4:1–42) [06-(Jn 4:1-54) 12/16/2009] a) More
Discontent by the Pharisees (4:1-3) (1) The
Pharisees already knew that Jesus cleansed the Temple and were discontented
enough that Nicodemus was compelled to talk to Jesus under the cloak of night
(Jn 3:1-2).jn 4 1 (2) Now they were learning that Jesus was
making disciples (poie/i mathêtàs cp. Mt
28:19) and having them baptized.
Jesus’ following was increasing and the Pharisees were not pleased.
Therefore, Jesus knowing it was not His “hour” (Jn 7:6, 8, 30; 8:20; cf.
12:23; 13:1; 17:1), went to Galilee. b) Jesus’
Ministry in Samaria to Samaritan Woman (4:4-42) (1) The
Background of Samaritans (4-5) (a) In route
to Galilee, Jesus purposely went through Samaria. Because the Jews did not
associate with Samaritans, they often took a different route by way of Perea in order to arrive at Galilee (cf. Jn 4:9). The
Samaritans were Israelites who were left behind when the Northern Kingdom
fell in 722 B.C. The intermarried with the nations and synchronized their
religion. They even
began to worship on Mt. Gerizim in Samaria (Jn 4:20-22). As a
result, Israel rejected the Samaritans, their worship, and their help in the
rebuilding of the Temple (Ez 4:1ff) or its walls
(Ne 4:1-6). Even Jesus’ disciples were amazed that Jesus was speaking with a
Samaritan woman (Jn 4:27). (b) However, “it was necessary” (de/I, vs. ) for Jesus
to go through Samaria to do His Father’s will (i.e. speak with the Samaritan
women). He stopped at Sychar, where Jacob gave his
son Joseph the ground (Ge 48:21-22) as well as Jacob’s well. When Jesus asked
the Samaritan women for a drink, he broke with all prejudicial protocol and
she was shocked (Jn 4:9). (2) Living
Water (6-18) (a) Jesus’
humanness was revealed by the fact that He was weary and thirst. (b) However, Jesus answered and dispelled all
doubt that He was doing His Father’s will. He used physical water to
springboard the conversation to “living water,” an OT symbol for eternal and
spiritual life (Je 2:13; Is 12:3; Jn 4:14; 6:35; 7:37-39). (c) We see the elements of the Gospel in Jesus’
presentation (Jn 4:10). Saving faith consists of knowledge of the person and
work of Christ (“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you,
'Give Me a drink,'”) and the act of trust with the will (“you would have
asked Him”). The result would be eternal life (“and He would have given you
living water."). However, she still did not grasp Jesus’ spiritual
meaning (Jn 4:11-15). (d) Therefore, Jesus went directly to the
spiritual matters of the heart and said, “Go, call your husband and come
here.” (Jn 4:16). The women replied that she did not have a husband to which
John revealed Jesus’ omniscience and the power to know all men’s thoughts
(cp. Jn 2:24). Jesus told the women she had five husbands and was immorally
living with a man who was not her husband. (3) True
Worship (19-24) (a) While
recognizing that Jesus was a prophet, though not Messiah, either her guilt or
curiosity caused her to change the subject. She began to dialogue concerning
the place of worship (Jews – Jerusalem (2Ch 6:6), Samaritans - Mt Gerizim
(Pentateuch only – Dt 11:29-30). (b) Jesus answered that the place of worship
would not be as important (Jn 4:21-22) as the heart attitude of worship (Jn
4:23-24). Worshipers must be believers and have the “Spirit” so they can
worship from the heart. In order to worship God as He desires, believers must
worship from the “truth” which comes from the Word of God (Jn 17:17). (4) Public
Confession (25-30) (a) Though
she believed Jesus was a prophet, she apparently did not believe that He was
the Messiah (Heb.mashiach from mashach
– to smear, i.e. with oil, anoint cp. 1Sa 16:13, cp. Ps 2:2. It corresponds
to the Greek word Christos). (b) For the first time in John’s gospel, Jesus
explicitly claims to be the Messiah. (c) At Jesus’ public confession and because He
told her “all the things” that she had done, the Samaritan woman now believed
Him. She was so excited that she left the waterpot
and went into the city to tell everyone that she had found the Messiah.
Because of her testimony, the town came out to see Jesus. (5) Will of
God (31-38) (a) The
disciples wanted Jesus to eat, but He had told them that He had been eating
spiritual food. His “food,” that which gives sustenance and nourishment for
the soul, was doing the will of the Father (cp. Dt 8:3; Mt 4:4). The Father’s
will was for the Son of God to offer “living water” to all who believe in
Him. (b) Believers would do well to look at Jesus’
ministry ethic. Men are busy when the harvest is near and work needs to be
done. Jesus states that it is harvest time for souls to hear about salvation
in Christ and believers must be busy. (6) Harvest
of Souls (39-42) (a) Jesus
spoke of reaping spiritual rewards for sowing spiritual seeds. Jesus would
reap the harvest of Samaritan believers. (b) Many of them believed that Jesus was the
“Savior of the world,” not only from the woman’s testimony, but also because
the word of Christ. 8. Second
Sign: Healing of The Royal Official’s Son (4:43–54) a) Jesus
apparently stopped by Nazareth in Galilee, his hometown, but leaves because
of their unbelief (Mt 13:55-58). Therefore, he states that a prophet has no
honor in His own country. b) Coming to Cana, He was met by a royal
official (basilikos - belonging to the
king; an official or relative) whose son was at the point of death. He
implored Jesus that He would heal his son, but Jesus proclaimed that many
only wanted to be entertained by wonders and were not believers. But Jesus,
being moved with compassion, tells the official that his son was healed. The
royal official finds out that at the exact time Jesus said his “son lives”,
he was healed indeed. c) The apostle John wrote that Jesus was in
Cana, where His first sign was changing water into wine. Jesus was revealed
as the Master over all creation. Now John emphatically writes that Jesus is
performing His second sign and He is revealed as the Master over all
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