 I Want to show you something pretty cool about Jesus something he said something he did why he did and said what he said it did And how it relates to you you all recall the story about the woman at the well in John For this marriage woman. Let's pull that up. Let's look at it. I want to see if you can see something that is I think it's pretty interesting In John 4 if we just start in verse 4 he says that and he had to pass through Samaria now before we go any further Why he said he had to pass through Samaria? We really don't know because Jews typically went around Samaria They didn't go through because of their their dislike Jews didn't like Samaritan's and Samaritan's didn't like Jews matter of fact Jews really didn't like anybody but typically Jews would go around but Jesus Leaving Jerusalem wants to go. He's it seems as though he has an intent on going through Samaria And I think that's probably the case because of what he Intends to say and to whom he intends to say it to let's go back to it And so he says so he came to a town of Samaria called Sikhardt near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph Jacob's well was there so Jesus where it as he was from his journey was sitting down Beside the well it was about the sixth hour so Jesus is tired And I think strategically he goes to this place where Jacob's well is understand Samaritans are Relatives of their cousins of Jews keep that in mind though And since a woman from Samaria came to draw water Jesus said to her give me a drink for his disciples had gone Away into the city to buy food the Samarian woman said to him How is it that you a Jew asked for a drink from me a woman of Samaria? So not only you're asking a woman, but you're asking a Samarian when we don't have any deals with you Which is what she says she says for Jews or in parentheses for Jews have no dealings with Samaritans Jesus answered her if you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you Give me a drink you would have asked him and he would have given you living water Well, what is he speaking of he's speaking of not just water He's not speaking of physical water, but this spiritual water often times you see the Bible kind of Makes water and the spirit synonymous and in this case the same the Holy Spirit is what he's speaking of it So he says if you had known who you're speaking to you would ask him to give you living water So in other words Jesus is letting her know If you knew I was you'd asked me and it's he's asking the question making the statement So I'm not going to deny you even though we have this relationship your people and Jews That's not the way I'm gonna look at you We should tell you something about how he looks at us as well. We'll get to that in a second though Let's continue the woman said verse 11, sir You have nothing to draw water with and the well is deep. Where do you get this living water? So obviously she's intrigued are you greater than our father? Jacob he gave us the whale and drank from it himself and Did his as did his sons and his lifestyle Jesus said to her everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again The water that I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life The woman said to him give me this water so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water It's almost as though she's kind of getting it But she's really not getting it and so now Jesus wants to kind of touch her He wants to enlighten her he wants her to know who he's dealing with and how does he do that? He deals with her past though. She doesn't know he's dealing with her past initially, but she'll know real soon Look what he says Jesus said to her go call your husband and come here the woman answered him I have no husband Jesus said to her you are right in saying I have no husband for for you To have five husbands and the one you now have is not your husband What you have said is true So let's so what we'll do is we'll look at what he says and Notice how it seems like he repeated what she says But actually Jesus did not Go back to it. He says go call your husband. She says the woman says I have no husband now I want to stop for a second. I want you to look over to the right where she says I have no husband look at the order in Greek how she says so she says Echo Andra what that means that Luke is not or no, I don't Echo as I have so not I have Andra a husband. So not I have a husband Jesus said to her now the English says you are right in saying I have no husband Which is how it's spoken of in English But notice something that Jesus did say he did not use the same terminology when Jesus speaks remember She said who echo Andra Jesus says Andra who echo Why is it changed and this is what the English doesn't bear out? Why is it changed because Jesus gives emphasis and she catches on as Jesus gives emphasis to the word husband Andra who echo now in Greek word order doesn't really matter in many cases But you can use word order to add emphasis. We see that in John 1 when The word Phaeus is shifted to the front to give emphasis of what the word is Same thing here. Andra is shifted to the front Andra who echo a husband not I have you said well when you said a husband now She didn't say it that way though, but she catches on what Jesus is saying Yeah, you don't have a husband a matter of fact a husband And so he starts bowling down her lane and then he opens it up even more He says for you have had five husbands and the one now that you have is not your husband What you have said is true. It was funny as he said what you have said is true Which is really not what what he said She tries to hide In what she's saying, but he gets that and then what is her response? She says sir I perceive that you are a prophet. So her eyes are beginning to open She's beginning to see something about him and he says She says our fathers worship on this mountain But you say that in Jerusalem meaning that you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship Jesus said her woman believe me the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor is Jerusalem Will you worship a father you worship? You people you all you worship what you do not know we worship what we know for salvation is from the Jews Then now and his point is that it's coming from This Jewish lineage and look what he says he says but the hour is coming and is now here When the true worshippers will worship the father in spirit and truth and the father For the father is seeking such people to worship him Now Drop down the skip verse 24 even though it's important but go 25 the woman said to him I know that Messiah is coming He who is called Christ when he comes he will tell us all things Jesus said her I look what Jesus says He says I who speak to you and he But he didn't just say it that way So she's getting ready to get an extra dose of something special and extra dose of really a revelation By none other than Jesus He says I who speak and he and he doesn't say In a generic sense in just a basic sense. I'm that person. No what he does says I am high who speak to you ego and me holl alone soy, which is I'm I am I am is the one who speak I'm he How do we know that that is more than just yeah, I'm that guy No, because look at how she responds She runs and says that she's found a man that's told me all about him Could this be the one and so why is this important? How does this relate to us? How does this help us? How does this kind of Show us something about how he treats us how he looks at us. Well, Jesus is going not around Samaria but through Samaria because John 4 says that I need to go or it seems indicate And the king James version kind of makes it I think a little bit clearer as well I need to go through Samaria There's a need to go through Samaria. Well, why what we're going to find out because we need to go deal with these samaritans because I have a desire to bring them in as well Even though as Jesus said salvation is from the Jews and so what who does he mean? He meets not just any old samaritan. He doesn't meet the the uh the high class Samaritan he didn't meet some some Some dignitary Samaritan clan. He doesn't meet some some famous person who's Samaria. No, just some old woman who's Trying to get by she's had five different husbands And now this last one the some some guy some guys sitting on the couch not married to whoever this guy is She's with him and she's I don't even want to marry. We're not even married. Whatever It's almost as though that she is tired. Which is why she says can you please give me this water? So I don't have to come here to this well anymore Maybe my lot in life isn't what it should be or what I would like it to be So could you at least give me some relief there and he indicates her past Meaning God even knows our past and what is he still willing to do? Still willing to interact with us and to even indicate Who he actually is as indicate as as interacting with us not just any old person But the I am is interacting which is why he said when he said I'm the I am That's why he used that phrase this ego in me and her eyes just lit up She understood and she went back and what did she do? Overcome with joy and excitement. She tells other people And we know that Jesus had a desire for the Samaritan because in acts one What does he tell his apostles when you receive the Holy Spirit? You'll be my witnesses where Jerusalem and Judea that makes this but then he says Samaria to the Samaritans and so he's always had this plan even when Peter and and John wanted to rain down fire because they didn't Samaritans didn't receive the gospel She said no you have no idea what you guys are talking about There is a desire for God even to deal with the people who are the outcasts of the world The social outcasts people who have had tattered and and tainted and bad past People that others might look down upon Jesus doesn't and so Jesus makes his statement to her I understand what your past is matter of fact. He emphasizes your past But what of it so what and so she becomes someone who because of him Brings other people what do they say? We not because of her story Now her calling us to you But because we've seen and heard you with our own eyes and ears and so forth Then now we believe and so the good news from this is that not only is God just dealing with The people that are that have a good past the people that are doing okay The people that soon have everything right good credit good job good household so forth No, he is also intentionally like he said I need to go to samaria I need to go to your backyard. I need to go to your house and deal with you You who are struggling you who are hurt you are down you who are depressed You have all these different things that seem to be coming against you Jesus says I need to in a sense. I need to come to people just like you Tell me that isn't not just good news, but really awesome news. Amen