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John 4:1-30 (Part 2) · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 4.
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Reading this passage and getting into our study of it, allow me a few moments to recap, to either serve your memory or, if you were unable to be with us this past Sunday, to catch you up.
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Now, in rather unique form, I gave you two outlines last week.
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Normally how we tend to do this, but we're going to continue those two outlines into this week.
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The first of those was looking at the way that Jesus is presented in the text.
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He's presented in four ways.
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Firstly, as the living water, verses 4 through 15.
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Secondly, as the prophet, verses 16 through 19.
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Thirdly, and we'll pick up today, as savior of the world, verses 20 through 24.
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And fourthly, as the Messiah.
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Verses 25 through 30.
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Now, I said to you last week, this was the very evident outline for the text.
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You can kind of walk through it and see these declarations, whether Jesus is making them or the Samaritan woman is making them,
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of him as the living water, the prophet, the savior of the world, and the Messiah.
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But then we talked a bit about its literary structure.
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And I presented to you a second outline.
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Sort of a lens through which to view the rest of the text.
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Or perhaps you could just say the other outline being viewed through another.
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And it was as follows.
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Firstly, the greatness of our sin.
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And secondly, the surpassing greatness of Jesus' mercy.
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Now, we got there by talking a bit about chiastic structure.
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And I really hope that this isn't boring to you.
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It's such good, good stuff.
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It comes from the Greek letter chi, which was their X.
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And so you want to think about these texts that have this literary structure and it being able to be folded over on top of each other.
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So the thing that begins first and the thing that is last correspond to each other.
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And then the second thing and the second to last thing correspond to one another.
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We don't want to be looking for these structures where they do not exist.
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But they are found everywhere in Hebrew and Greek.
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literature, including in the Bible.
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The authors of the Bible seemed to think in this literary structure.
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It's not everywhere, but it is in a lot of places.
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Why?
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Because it's a very useful device for the memorization and transmission of thought.
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In an age that written word existed but was pretty rare.
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Where storying was a common thing.
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This is a mnemonic device that helped its original hearers to memorize it and therefore pass it along.
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Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, the literary structure where it meets in the middle.
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The central point of the text is being made.
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Or a significant turning point happens.
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Or a phrase that helps the reading of the rest of the passage is presented.
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It's used powerfully to communicate in this way.
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And so we should look for these when they exist.
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And we should take up that central bit of passage as a lens.
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Something to look through to help us interpret the rest of the passage.
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Now I'm going to leave off talking about chiastic structure after reminding you of the central point of the text that is before us.
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But settle your minds into this idea.
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Prepare yourselves to hear me use this word, chiastic or chiasm, quite a bit in our study of the book of John.
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Because not only are verses 4-30 chiastic, but they sit within chapters 2-4, which has a very clear chiastic structure.
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Our current total text corresponds with the story of Nicodemus.
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And you may see some of that as we work through it together.
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And the entirety of John's gospel is chiastic.
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I look forward to showing you that and showing you the central, the pivotal point in John's gospel.
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John means I will argue.
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For us to see the literary structure.
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Not just amuse at it.
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That's not the point.
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Not just to go, look at how amazing.
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And it is amazing.
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But to draw our attention as we ascertain the meaning of each passage.
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It's a literary structure helping us to arrive at the conclusions that he wants us to arrive at.
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The entirety of the book of John is aiming at helping us believe that Jesus is the Christ.
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That we might have eternal life by faith in him.
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And he's going to use this brilliant writing under the inspiration of the Spirit to this very end.
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So if you'll look with me just briefly.
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Let me bring you to the central point in our text today.
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If you first look at it, I'm going to walk us to that central point.
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Just with some examples.
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I skipped over a bunch of this last week for the sake of time.
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But look first at verse 15.
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And then also at verse 19.
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And notice a repeated phrase.
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So here's what I'm talking about as we're looking at things that correspond to one another.
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At the beginning of verse 15, you see the phrase.
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The woman said to him,
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Sir.
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And then she makes a request.
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Right?
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In the case of verse 15.
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Give me this water so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.
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She grossly misunderstands what Jesus is trying to teach her about himself.
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Him being the living water.
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She has no idea what he's talking about.
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He's talking about spiritual life and spiritual satisfaction.
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And she still thinks he's talking about physical water.
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Verse 19.
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The woman said to him,
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Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
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Our fathers worshipped on this mountain.
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But you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.
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And we'll talk about this in a moment.
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But again here, a huge misunderstanding about what worship is.
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So you see how they correspond.
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Then if you look at verse 16 and the last part of verse 17 and into 18.
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First in verse 16.
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Jesus changes the subject, it would seem.
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He departs from this living water teaching and he says,
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Go call your husband and come here.
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She answers.
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Verse 17.
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The beginning of verse 17.
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And his response, again here's the thing that corresponds.
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You are right in saying, I have no husband.
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Why?
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Why?
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Verse 18.
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For you have had five husbands.
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And the one you now have is not your husband.
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So five failed marriages.
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Now an adulterous marriage.
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To be, or excuse me, a living situation.
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To be sure.
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And so the central phrase is the woman saying,
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I have no husband.
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Her sinfulness exposed.
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He's been saying to her,
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You are dry.
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You're spiritually dry.
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And you have need of deep, spiritual, forever satisfaction.
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And I'm here to give it to you.
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And she entirely misses the point.
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And so what does Jesus do?
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He exposes her.
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And her spiritual need.
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I have no husband.
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Which is why we started that second outline.
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The greatness of our sin.
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We're looking at this woman, but we also want to see ourselves in this text.
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You may not have been married five times and have a live-in boyfriend.
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I don't think anybody in the room checks those particular boxes.
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But we also have great sin.
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And it's good for us to be laid bare that we might look for spiritual water.
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And so that we might understand what true worship really is.
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So see how we pick it up and we use it as a lens to help us see the rest of the text.
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So let me pray for us.
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And then I'll begin reading in verse one.
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Father, we are grateful for your word this morning.
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We're so very glad that you have spoken to people before us by it to us today.
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And that you will continue to build your church through your word by the power of your spirit.
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Help us, we pray, as we take it up this morning.
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To rightly understand it.
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We want to understand it.
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We want to know what you mean to communicate to us by it.
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We humbly recognize that it was written for your glory.
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Firstly, for your glory.
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That you might be known as a necessary consequence for our good.
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That we would know you by it.
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And we pray that you would help us to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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And to have affection for you, its author.
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We ask that you would help us to do this.
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In Christ's name.
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Amen.
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Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John.
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Although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples.
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He left Judea and departed again for Galilee.
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And he had to pass through Samaria.
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So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar.
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Near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
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Jacob's well was there.
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So Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well.
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It was about the sixth hour.
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A woman from Samaria came to draw water.
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Jesus said to her,
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Give me a drink.
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For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
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The Samaritan woman said to him,
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How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?
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For Jews had no dealings with Samaritans.
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You would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
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The woman said to him,
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Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep.
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Where do you get that living water?
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Are you greater than our father Jacob?
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He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.
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Jesus said to her,
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Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
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But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.
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The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
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The woman said to him,
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Sir, give me this water so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.
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Jesus said to her,
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Go, call your husband, and come here.
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The woman answered him,
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I have no husband.
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Jesus said to her,
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You are right in saying I have no husband,
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for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband.
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What you have said is true.
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The woman said to him,
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Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
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Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,
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but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.
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Jesus said to her,
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Woman, believe me,
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the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
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You worship what you do not know.
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We worship what we know,
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for salvation is from the Jews.
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But the hour is coming,
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and is now here,
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when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.
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For the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
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God is spirit,
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and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
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The woman said to him,
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I know that Messiah is coming,
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he who is called Christ.
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When he comes,
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he will tell us all things.
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Jesus said to her,
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I who speak to you,
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am he.
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Just then his disciples came back.
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They marveled that he was talking with a woman,
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but no one said,
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What do you seek?
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Or,
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why are you talking with her?
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So the woman left her water jar,
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and went away into town,
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and said to the people,
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Come see a man who told me all that I ever did.
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Can this be the Christ?
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They went out of the town,
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and were coming to him.
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So,
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again,
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where we left off last week,
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the Samaritan woman,
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astounded that Jesus has knowledge of her five failed marriages,
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and her current live-in boyfriend says,
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Sir,
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I perceive that you are a prophet.
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That's where we left off.
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But then she poses an implied question,
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maybe in the form of a statement.
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Perhaps it could have been punctuated with a question mark.
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I think that was kind of how I read it in verse 20.
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Our fathers worshiped on this mountain,
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but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.
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She knows that Jesus is someone of significance,
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someone worth listening to,
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someone worth asking an important question of.
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She has said,
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I perceive that you are a prophet.
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But then,
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once again,
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just like before,
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when we leave behind the conversation about living water,
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it seems like she just abandons what's going on altogether.
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Like,
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she thinks,
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if I do a little juke here,
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I might get around the conversation that we're having right now.
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I don't think that's what's going on.
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I think she's asking a question that's important on her mind,
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following the exposure of her sin.
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But note the nature of it.
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She's concerned with the physical location of worship.
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Worship.
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Geography is what matters to her in this moment.
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Having her sin exposed,
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having been laid bare,
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her attention turns toward worship.
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But as we'll see,
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it doesn't rightly turn toward worship.
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Where should I worship?
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Is the question that she asks.
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You're aware of my sins.
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I must make sacrifice.
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Where?
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Where do I go to make the sacrifice?
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I think that's the question that she's pressing at and putting before Jesus.
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Do I do it on Mount Gerizim?
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This is where the Samaritans,
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their fathers before,
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had worshiped.
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Or on Mount Moriah,
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Jerusalem,
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where the temple was built.
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Which place?
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Where do I go
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for the forgiveness of my sin?
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I think she's moving in the right direction
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in this moment.
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The greatness of our sin
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ought to press us in that way.
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Even if we don't get the question right,
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what do we do
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when we realize
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we have such
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great
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sin?
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When we have offended
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a holy God.
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All mankind has God's law
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written on their hearts
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and know
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that there is a creator.
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They can deny it all they want to,
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but down in the middle
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they know that there's a creator
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and that something must be done
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to reconcile them
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with a creator.
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All of the world's religions
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seek to do this,
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but fail.
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Islam,
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Judaism,
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Buddhism,
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Hinduism,
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like you go on and on
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and on.
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Concerned with
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the earning of salvation,
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the outward expression
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of worship,
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rather in the mosque
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or the synagogue
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or in the temple.
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people.
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But beloved,
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this is not far from us
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where we are,
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deep south,
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Bible belt
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kind of
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people.
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Because the very same thing
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happens in various
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forms of Christianity,
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even
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evangelical
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Christianity.
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Looking for
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the right
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set of things
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to do,
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the proper
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liturgies,
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the showing up
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and the checking
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of the boxes.
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True worship of God
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is not about
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geography.
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I'm not saying
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we ought not gather
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together as a local church.
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Don't hear me saying
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that at all.
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But if us
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or a synagogue
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or a temple
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or in a church building,
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we're sadly
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mistaken.
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we invite people here
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to repent of their sin
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and put their faith
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in Jesus Christ
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all the
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time.
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But you will never
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hear us give an
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altar call here.
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Or if we have a guest
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speaker and they do,
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that will be the last
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time that they do it.
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You know why?
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There is no altar
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in this building.
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You don't have to
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come here
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to receive
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God's
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grace
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for salvation.
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Should you come here?
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Yes, of course you should.
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You should come and meet
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with the church.
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But this is not
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somehow a set aside
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place
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for which that
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happens.
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Jesus Christ
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died
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once
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for all.
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The sacrifice
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has
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been
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made.
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Jesus
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is the one
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who mediates
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between you
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and God.
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Certainly
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not
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me.
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I am not
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worthy
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for such a
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task.
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So repent
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and believe.
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Turn from your
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sin.
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Turn to
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the surpassing
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greatness
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of Jesus'
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mercy.
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No matter how
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great our sin,
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Jesus'
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mercy
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is
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greater.
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It overcomes
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it
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by faith
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in Christ.
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Notice in the text,
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Jesus
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turns her
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attention.
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What a
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kindness to
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her.
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She seems
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to be not
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getting it
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again.
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Maybe a step
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in the right
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direction,
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but she still
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is missing
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the point.
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And yet he
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mercifully
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turns her
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attention away
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from the
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question of
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where
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geography
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to
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the questions
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of whom
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and how.
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Or who
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and how
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if you
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prefer.
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Somebody
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better
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in English
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than me,
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tell me
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later.
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I think
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whom.
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Whom
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and
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how.
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Notice what
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he says,
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verse 21.
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Jesus said to
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her,
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woman,
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believe me,
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the hour
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is coming.
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Something's
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passing,
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something else
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is coming,
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and he's
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going to say
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in a few
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verses,
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and is
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now,
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because the
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hour is
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coming,
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when neither
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on this
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mountain,
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nor in
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Jerusalem,
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not a question
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of geography,
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will you
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worship
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the Father?
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Now I think
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when we read
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verse 21,
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New Testament
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people,
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we see
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the Father
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at the end
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of verse 21,
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and we think
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very little
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of it.
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Now we
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certainly read
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the Bible
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on multiple
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levels.
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We read
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the Bible
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so often
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as those
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who have
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read the
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entirety
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of the
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Bible.
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We have
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the whole
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salvific
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narrative
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laid
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before us.
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We see
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God being
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used
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interchangeably
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with the
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Father
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all the
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time.
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But we
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need to
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also do
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the work
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to think
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about the
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original
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hearers,
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not only
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those who
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received it
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written,
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but also
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those who
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heard it
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in this
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moment,
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who was
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at this
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well,
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at this
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time,
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it was
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Jesus,
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and it
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was the
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Samaritan
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woman.
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So why
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did he
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say,
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Father,
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and not
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God?
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I think
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it's a bit
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curious that
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he chose
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to say,
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location's
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not the
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thing,
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right?
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That's
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passing
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away.
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You
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have to
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worship
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the
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Father.
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Father.
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I think
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a couple
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things are
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going on
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here.
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Firstly,
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she seems
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previously in
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our text
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to be
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concerned
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with the
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Father's
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tradition at
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play there.
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And Jesus,
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I think,
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is seeking
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to turn
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her attention
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away from
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the
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tradition of
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the Father.
23:13
She says
23:14
in verse
23:14
20,
23:15
our
23:15
fathers
23:16
worshipped
23:17
on this
23:17
mountain.
23:18
And prior
23:18
to that,
23:18
in verse
23:19
12,
23:19
are you
23:20
greater
23:20
than
23:21
our
23:21
father
23:22
Jacob?
23:23
I think
23:24
he's trying
23:24
to get
23:25
her head
23:25
and turn
23:26
it away
23:27
from
23:27
this
23:28
attention
23:29
to a
23:30
greater
23:30
attention
23:31
to
23:31
the
23:33
Father.
23:34
The
23:34
definitive
23:35
article is
23:35
there.
23:36
You
23:36
will
23:36
worship
23:37
the
23:37
Father.
23:41
Secondly,
23:42
calling
23:43
God
23:43
Father
23:44
assumes
23:45
that he
23:46
has
23:46
children.
23:48
I'm
23:48
a
23:48
father.
23:49
I
23:49
would
23:49
not
23:49
be
23:49
a
23:49
father
23:50
if
23:50
I
23:50
didn't
23:50
have
23:50
children.
23:53
And I
23:54
hope
23:54
that her
23:54
mind
23:55
started
23:55
to
23:55
swim
23:55
with
23:56
this
23:56
idea.
23:57
He's
23:57
talking
23:58
about
23:58
worship.
23:58
He
23:58
must
23:59
be
23:59
talking
23:59
about
23:59
God,
23:59
but
23:59
he's
24:00
called
24:00
him
24:00
father.
24:01
And if
24:01
he
24:01
called
24:01
him
24:01
father,
24:02
then he
24:02
must
24:03
have
24:03
children.
24:06
And the
24:06
question at
24:07
hand for
24:07
her should
24:08
be,
24:08
am I
24:09
a
24:09
child
24:10
of
24:10
God?
24:11
If
24:11
the
24:11
mountains
24:12
don't
24:12
matter
24:12
anymore,
24:14
then how
24:14
am I
24:14
to
24:15
worship
24:15
the
24:15
father?
24:16
Well,
24:16
I must
24:16
start
24:17
by being
24:18
a
24:19
child.
24:21
So again,
24:22
for us,
24:22
this may
24:22
be very
24:23
obvious,
24:23
but I
24:24
don't
24:24
know that
24:24
it would
24:24
have
24:24
been so
24:25
to
24:26
her.
24:28
Previously
24:28
in
24:28
John's
24:29
Gospel,
24:29
chapter
24:29
1,
24:30
beginning
24:30
in
24:30
verse
24:30
11,
24:31
says,
24:32
Jesus
24:32
came to
24:33
his
24:33
own,
24:33
and his
24:33
own
24:34
people
24:34
did
24:34
not
24:34
receive
24:35
him.
24:36
But
24:36
to
24:36
all
24:36
who
24:36
did
24:37
receive
24:37
him,
24:38
who
24:38
believed
24:38
in
24:39
his
24:39
name,
24:39
he
24:39
gave
24:39
the
24:40
right
24:40
to
24:40
become
24:41
children
24:42
of
24:43
God,
24:45
blood,
24:45
nor
24:45
of
24:45
the
24:46
will
24:46
of
24:46
the
24:46
flesh,
24:46
nor
24:47
of
24:47
the
24:47
will
24:47
of
24:47
man,
24:48
but
24:48
of
24:50
God.
24:54
Lastly,
24:54
I think
24:54
Jesus uses
24:55
this term
24:56
because,
24:57
again,
24:57
here we are,
24:58
we're reading
24:58
it on
24:58
two levels,
25:01
referring to
25:02
God as
25:02
the
25:02
father
25:03
assumes
25:05
the
25:06
son.
25:08
It
25:08
assumes
25:09
the
25:10
son,
25:10
right?
25:12
Previously,
25:12
that the
25:13
father has
25:13
children,
25:14
sons,
25:14
but it
25:16
assumes
25:17
the
25:17
son.
25:18
John
25:18
connects
25:18
the
25:19
father
25:19
and
25:19
the
25:19
son
25:20
over
25:20
and
25:20
over
25:21
and
25:21
over
25:22
again
25:22
in this
25:23
book.
25:23
So when
25:23
we see
25:24
the
25:24
father,
25:24
we
25:24
should
25:25
also
25:25
see
25:26
the
25:26
son.
25:27
She
25:27
has
25:28
him
25:28
standing
25:28
right
25:29
before
25:30
her.
25:32
John
25:32
chapter
25:32
three,
25:32
verse
25:33
thirty-five,
25:33
the
25:33
father
25:34
loves
25:34
the
25:34
son
25:35
and
25:35
has
25:35
given
25:35
all
25:35
things
25:36
into
25:36
his
25:36
hand.
25:37
John
25:38
chapter
25:38
five
25:38
and
25:38
verse
25:39
twenty,
25:40
for
25:40
the
25:40
father
25:40
loves
25:41
the
25:41
son
25:41
and
25:41
shows
25:42
him
25:44
works
25:44
in
25:44
these
25:45
will
25:45
he
25:45
show
25:45
him
25:45
so
25:45
that
25:46
you
25:46
may
25:46
marvel.
25:48
And
25:48
then
25:48
chapter
25:48
five
25:49
and
25:49
verse
25:49
twenty-six,
25:50
for
25:50
as
25:50
the
25:51
father
25:51
has
25:51
life
25:52
in
25:52
himself,
25:52
so
25:52
he
25:53
has
25:53
granted
25:53
the
25:53
son
25:54
also
25:54
to
25:54
have
25:55
life
25:55
in
25:56
himself.
25:58
So
25:58
again
25:58
and
25:58
again
25:58
and
25:58
again,
25:59
father,
25:59
son,
26:00
father,
26:00
son,
26:01
father,
26:02
son.
26:03
If
26:03
the
26:03
son
26:04
is
26:04
not
26:05
worshipped,
26:07
Then
26:08
the
26:08
father
26:09
is
26:09
not
26:10
worshipped.
26:12
This
26:13
truth
26:13
is so
26:14
readily
26:15
compromised
26:16
in our
26:17
pluralistic,
26:19
relativistic
26:20
day.
26:22
People
26:22
want to
26:23
abandon
26:24
the thing
26:25
that Jesus
26:25
said
26:26
of
26:26
himself.
26:27
John
26:28
14
26:28
and
26:28
verse
26:29
six,
26:30
I
26:30
am
26:31
the
26:32
way
26:32
and
26:33
the
26:34
truth.
26:35
Definitive
26:35
article
26:35
in the
26:36
original,
26:36
the
26:37
way
26:37
and
26:37
the
26:38
truth
26:39
and
26:40
the
26:40
life.
26:42
life.
26:43
No
26:43
one
26:44
comes
26:45
to
26:45
the
26:45
father
26:45
except
26:47
through
26:47
me.
26:48
We
26:48
cannot
26:49
rightly
26:50
worship
26:50
God
26:51
apart
26:52
from
26:54
the
26:55
son.
26:55
It's the
26:55
way we
26:56
gain
26:56
access
26:57
to
26:58
him.
26:59
Faith
26:59
in
27:00
Jesus,
27:00
person
27:01
and
27:01
work,
27:01
believing
27:02
who he
27:03
is and
27:04
all that
27:04
he's
27:05
accomplished
27:05
and
27:05
everything
27:06
that
27:07
he said.
27:08
we
27:09
must
27:10
have
27:11
Jesus
27:11
on
27:12
his
27:13
terms.
27:15
You
27:16
cannot
27:16
make
27:16
up a
27:17
Jesus
27:17
that
27:18
you
27:18
particularly
27:19
like.
27:21
Some
27:22
of you
27:22
may be
27:22
old
27:22
enough
27:23
to
27:23
remember
27:23
the
27:23
Jesus
27:24
is
27:24
my
27:24
homeboy
27:25
trend.
27:27
No,
27:28
he's
27:28
not.
27:31
We
27:31
must
27:32
have
27:32
Jesus
27:32
on
27:32
his
27:34
terms.
27:36
And
27:36
just a
27:37
few
27:37
short
27:37
chapters.
27:38
John
27:38
chapter
27:38
6
27:38
and
27:39
verse
27:39
60.
27:40
Jesus
27:41
is
27:41
talking
27:41
about
27:41
eating
27:41
his
27:42
flesh
27:42
and
27:42
drinking
27:42
his
27:43
blood.
27:44
And
27:44
there
27:44
we
27:44
see
27:44
many
27:45
of
27:45
his
27:45
disciples
27:45
when
27:46
they
27:46
heard
27:46
it
27:46
they
27:46
said
27:46
this
27:47
is
27:47
a
27:47
hard
27:48
saying
27:48
who
27:49
can
27:50
listen
27:50
to
27:50
it?
27:52
And
27:52
he
27:52
goes
27:52
on
27:52
to
27:52
say
27:53
some
27:53
things
27:53
that
27:53
we're
27:53
going
27:53
to
27:53
unpack
27:54
in
27:54
some
27:54
coming
27:55
months.
27:58
He
27:59
says
27:59
in
27:59
verse
27:59
66
28:00
after
28:01
this
28:01
John
28:02
records
28:02
many
28:03
of
28:03
his
28:03
disciples
28:04
turned
28:04
back
28:05
and
28:05
no
28:06
longer
28:06
walked
28:07
with
28:08
him.
28:09
Jesus
28:09
said
28:10
things
28:10
they
28:10
didn't
28:10
like
28:11
and
28:12
they
28:12
abandoned
28:13
Jesus
28:13
as a
28:14
result.
28:16
Beloved
28:16
in our
28:17
day
28:17
so
28:18
many
28:19
people
28:20
don't
28:21
like
28:21
something
28:21
Jesus
28:22
says
28:22
they
28:23
don't
28:23
abandon
28:23
him
28:23
altogether
28:24
but
28:25
they
28:25
make
28:26
him
28:26
they
28:26
shape
28:26
him
28:27
a
28:27
way
28:27
that
28:27
they
28:27
want
28:28
him
28:28
to
28:28
look
28:28
something
28:29
that
28:29
they're
28:29
more
28:30
comfortable
28:31
with.
28:32
You
28:34
cannot
28:34
rightly
28:36
worship
28:36
the
28:36
father
28:37
without
28:38
rightly
28:39
worshiping
28:39
the
28:40
son.
28:40
You
28:40
must
28:41
have
28:41
him
28:41
on
28:42
his
28:43
terms.
28:46
Jesus
28:47
goes
28:47
on
28:48
verse
28:48
22
28:49
bit
28:50
of a
28:50
perplexing
28:50
verse
28:51
you
28:51
worship
28:52
what
28:52
you
28:52
do
28:53
not
28:53
know
28:54
what
28:55
a
28:55
stark
28:56
statement
28:56
we
28:58
worship
28:59
what
28:59
we
28:59
know
28:59
for
29:00
salvation
29:01
is
29:01
from
29:02
the
29:03
Jews.
29:05
I
29:05
think
29:05
he's
29:06
saying
29:06
to
29:06
her
29:06
to
29:07
a
29:07
Samaritan
29:08
woman
29:08
you're
29:11
worshipping
29:11
wrongly
29:12
and therefore
29:12
you do
29:12
not know
29:13
who you
29:13
worship.
29:14
I think
29:14
it's
29:14
that
29:15
matter
29:15
of
29:15
fact
29:15
the
29:16
first
29:16
part
29:16
of
29:17
that
29:17
verse
29:17
you
29:18
worship
29:18
what
29:18
you
29:19
do
29:19
not
29:20
know.
29:23
But
29:23
what
29:24
could
29:24
be
29:24
meant
29:24
by
29:24
the
29:25
rest
29:25
of
29:25
verse
29:26
20
29:26
new?
29:27
He
29:28
turns
29:28
right
29:28
from
29:28
that
29:28
and
29:28
he
29:29
says
29:29
we
29:29
worship
29:30
what
29:30
we
29:30
know.
29:32
He's
29:32
talking
29:32
about
29:33
Israel.
29:34
He's
29:34
talking
29:34
about
29:34
Jewish
29:34
people
29:35
for
29:35
salvation.
29:37
Though
29:37
we
29:37
can't
29:38
understand
29:38
that
29:38
this
29:38
means
29:39
that
29:39
the
29:39
Jewish
29:40
people
29:40
will
29:40
save
29:40
the
29:41
Samaritan
29:41
people.
29:42
It
29:42
can't
29:42
be
29:42
what
29:42
it
29:43
means.
29:43
That's
29:43
not
29:43
what
29:43
he's
29:44
talking
29:44
about
29:44
at
29:44
all.
29:44
Or
29:44
any
29:45
other
29:45
peoples
29:45
for
29:45
that
29:45
matter.
29:46
They
29:46
themselves
29:46
are
29:47
going
29:47
to be
29:47
the
29:47
salvation
29:48
of
29:49
other
29:49
peoples.
29:50
But
29:52
does
29:52
it
29:52
mean
29:52
that
29:53
all
29:53
Jewish
29:53
people
29:54
were
29:54
saved
29:55
and
29:56
therefore
29:56
that
29:56
they
29:56
rightly
29:57
worshipped?
29:59
We can
30:00
also
30:00
answer
30:01
that
30:01
with
30:01
a
30:02
definitive
30:03
!
30:03
No!
30:03
If we
30:03
look at
30:04
John
30:04
chapter 8
30:05
and
30:05
verse
30:05
19,
30:07
this
30:08
is
30:09
a
30:09
questioning
30:10
of
30:11
the
30:11
Pharisees,
30:12
the
30:14
religious
30:14
of
30:14
the
30:15
day.
30:16
They
30:17
asked
30:17
him,
30:17
where
30:18
is
30:18
your
30:18
father?
30:18
And
30:18
Jesus
30:19
answered,
30:19
you
30:19
know
30:20
neither
30:20
me
30:21
nor
30:22
my
30:22
father.
30:22
If
30:23
you
30:23
knew
30:23
me,
30:24
you
30:24
would
30:24
know
30:24
my
30:25
father
30:25
also.
30:28
So
30:28
the
30:28
Pharisees,
30:29
the
30:29
religious
30:30
elite
30:30
of
30:31
the
30:31
day,
30:32
those
30:32
who
30:33
had
30:33
the
30:33
Old
30:34
Testament
30:34
scriptures
30:34
memorized,
30:36
if
30:36
anybody's
30:37
getting
30:37
it
30:37
right,
30:38
it
30:38
should
30:38
have
30:38
been
30:38
them.
30:39
And
30:39
Jesus
30:39
says,
30:40
you
30:40
don't
30:40
know
30:40
me
30:41
or
30:41
my
30:42
father.
30:45
Another
30:45
text,
30:47
John
30:47
5
30:47
in
30:50
verse 39
30:48
and 40,
30:50
makes
30:50
that point
30:51
further.
30:51
There he
30:52
says to
30:52
the
30:52
Pharisees,
30:53
you
30:53
search the
30:53
scriptures
30:54
because you
30:54
think that
30:55
in them
30:55
you have
30:56
eternal
30:57
life.
30:58
And
30:58
it
30:58
is
30:58
they
30:59
that
30:59
bear
30:59
witness
30:59
about
31:00
me.
31:01
Yet
31:02
you
31:02
refuse
31:02
to
31:03
come
31:03
to
31:03
me
31:03
that
31:04
you
31:04
may
31:04
have
31:05
life.
31:07
Search
31:07
the
31:07
scriptures
31:08
by all
31:08
means,
31:09
but
31:09
search
31:09
the
31:09
scriptures
31:09
to
31:10
arrive
31:11
at
31:12
the
31:12
son,
31:13
at
31:13
the
31:14
Christ.
31:15
Christ.
31:17
So it
31:17
can't
31:17
mean that
31:18
all
31:18
Jewish
31:18
people
31:18
were
31:18
saved
31:19
and
31:19
that
31:19
they
31:19
therefore
31:20
rightly
31:20
worshipped.
31:22
So what
31:22
does it
31:23
mean?
31:25
I think
31:25
it's
31:25
right to
31:26
think that
31:26
Jesus
31:27
means that
31:27
the
31:27
Jewish
31:28
people
31:28
had the
31:30
Pentateuch,
31:30
which is the
31:31
first five
31:31
books of
31:32
the Old
31:32
Testament,
31:33
and what
31:34
were called
31:34
the
31:35
writings,
31:35
the book
31:36
of history
31:37
and wisdom
31:37
and poetry,
31:38
and the
31:39
prophets.
31:40
They had
31:41
what we
31:41
call the
31:42
Old
31:43
Testament
31:43
in its
31:44
totality,
31:45
which all
31:46
points
31:47
to Jesus.
31:49
John 5,
31:50
verse 39,
31:51
they bear
31:52
witness about
31:53
me.
31:55
The
31:56
Samaritans
31:57
only used
31:59
the
32:00
Pentateuch.
32:01
It was
32:01
the only
32:01
five books
32:02
that they
32:02
studied.
32:05
So,
32:06
the Jews
32:07
had all
32:07
the prophecies,
32:08
right?
32:08
They had all
32:09
of the
32:09
foreshadowing,
32:09
all of the
32:10
knowledge,
32:11
all of
32:11
this
32:11
witness
32:12
of
32:13
the
32:14
Old
32:14
Testament.
32:16
And
32:16
additionally,
32:17
and I
32:17
think very
32:17
importantly,
32:18
Jesus was
32:19
the Christ.
32:19
He's from
32:20
the family
32:20
of David.
32:21
He was
32:22
the promised
32:22
Jewish
32:23
Messiah.
32:25
And I
32:25
think that's
32:25
what he
32:25
means there,
32:27
the last
32:27
part of
32:27
verse 22.
32:30
But the
32:31
point of it
32:31
is,
32:32
is that
32:32
her worship
32:34
was not
32:34
proper
32:35
worship.
32:38
Perhaps
32:38
aimed at
32:40
the right
32:40
God,
32:41
but he
32:41
says to
32:41
her,
32:42
you
32:42
don't
32:43
know
32:44
him.
32:47
And then
32:47
he begins
32:48
to be
32:49
instructive,
32:50
didactic,
32:51
but the
32:51
hour is
32:52
coming
32:52
and is
32:53
now
32:55
here.
32:57
When the
32:57
true
32:58
worshipers
32:58
worship
32:59
the
32:59
Father
32:59
in
33:00
spirit
33:01
and
33:01
truth,
33:02
for the
33:03
Father is
33:03
seeking
33:04
such
33:04
people
33:04
to
33:06
worship
33:06
him.
33:07
The
33:07
hour is
33:08
coming
33:08
and it
33:09
has
33:09
arrived.
33:10
he's
33:11
right here
33:12
before you.
33:14
Right?
33:15
The physical
33:15
temple will
33:16
be torn
33:16
down.
33:17
Jesus
33:17
will
33:17
raise
33:18
it
33:18
up
33:18
on
33:18
the
33:19
third
33:19
day.
33:19
The
33:20
spiritual
33:21
place
33:22
of
33:22
worship
33:23
will be
33:24
found
33:24
in
33:25
Christ.
33:26
True
33:27
worshipers
33:27
worship
33:29
the
33:29
Father
33:30
in
33:31
spirit
33:31
and
33:33
truth.
33:33
Now
33:35
when we
33:36
see this
33:36
phrase
33:38
in
33:38
spirit
33:39
and
33:39
truth
33:39
let's
33:40
break it
33:41
into the
33:41
two
33:41
constituent
33:42
parts
33:42
spirit
33:43
there's
33:43
no
33:44
definitive
33:44
article
33:44
in
33:45
Greek
33:46
so it's
33:47
correct
33:47
to say
33:48
in
33:48
spirit
33:49
not
33:50
in
33:50
the
33:51
spirit
33:52
however
33:54
he's
33:55
talking
33:55
about
33:55
spiritual
33:56
worship
33:56
but
33:58
do you
33:59
remember
33:59
what
33:59
Jesus
33:59
said
34:00
to
34:00
Nicodemus
34:00
in
34:01
chapter
34:01
three
34:02
we
34:03
studied
34:03
it
34:03
not
34:04
too
34:04
long
34:04
ago
34:05
and
34:05
it
34:05
corresponds
34:06
chiastically
34:08
I told you
34:09
I wasn't
34:09
going to
34:09
talk about
34:09
it
34:09
anymore
34:10
and
34:10
here
34:10
I am
34:10
talking
34:11
about
34:11
it
34:11
it
34:13
corresponds
34:13
there
34:13
but
34:14
what
34:14
did
34:14
say
34:14
in
34:14
chapter
34:14
three
34:15
in
34:15
verse
34:15
six
34:15
that
34:16
which
34:16
is
34:16
born
34:16
of
34:17
the
34:17
flesh
34:18
is
34:19
flesh
34:19
and
34:20
that
34:20
which
34:21
is
34:21
born
34:21
of
34:21
the
34:21
spirit
34:22
is
34:23
spirit
34:24
and
34:25
now
34:25
he's
34:26
saying
34:26
true
34:26
worshipers
34:27
worship
34:28
the
34:29
Father
34:29
in
34:29
spirit
34:30
and
34:30
truth
34:31
and
34:31
so
34:32
we
34:32
must
34:33
be
34:33
born
34:33
of
34:34
the
34:34
spirit
34:34
if
34:35
we're
34:35
to
34:35
worship
34:35
in
34:37
spirit
34:38
true
34:39
worshipers
34:40
will have
34:41
their spirits
34:42
quickened
34:43
by
34:43
the
34:44
spirit
34:45
they will be
34:46
regenerate
34:47
made alive
34:48
in
34:49
Christ
34:49
and then
34:50
offer
34:51
themselves
34:52
to God
34:53
in
34:54
worship
34:55
worship
34:56
now
34:56
you have
34:57
to
34:57
know
34:57
I
34:57
hope
34:57
you
34:58
know
34:58
that
34:59
what
34:59
Jesus
34:59
is
34:59
talking
35:00
about
35:00
here
35:00
is
35:01
is
35:01
not
35:02
music
35:03
that's
35:04
not
35:04
what
35:04
he's
35:04
talking
35:04
about
35:05
although
35:06
it
35:06
certainly
35:06
can
35:07
and I
35:07
would
35:07
argue
35:08
should
35:08
include
35:09
music
35:10
but what
35:11
he
35:11
is
35:11
talking
35:12
about
35:12
is
35:12
whole
35:14
self
35:14
Godward
35:16
oriented
35:16
living
35:18
does it
35:20
include
35:20
the
35:20
gathering
35:20
of
35:21
Christian
35:21
people
35:21
on a
35:22
Sunday
35:22
morning
35:22
of
35:23
course
35:23
it
35:23
does
35:24
we
35:24
often
35:24
call
35:25
this
35:25
corporate
35:26
worship
35:27
but it
35:28
also
35:28
includes
35:29
private
35:30
worship
35:30
not just
35:31
time set
35:32
aside
35:32
which are
35:33
important
35:33
but
35:34
everything
35:35
you do
35:35
in every
35:36
single
35:36
day
35:36
all of
35:37
your
35:37
spiritual
35:38
self
35:38
being
35:39
offered
35:39
to
35:40
God
35:40
in
35:41
worship
35:41
soul
35:43
satisfied
35:44
people
35:45
people
35:45
who have
35:46
the
35:46
living
35:46
water
35:47
soul
35:48
satisfied
35:49
people
35:49
spending
35:50
and being
35:51
spent
35:52
for the
35:53
glory
35:53
of
35:54
God
35:54
this
35:56
this
35:56
is
35:57
the
35:57
worship
35:57
that
35:59
we
35:59
are
35:59
called
35:59
to
36:00
now
36:01
a
36:01
related
36:02
side
36:02
note
36:03
and
36:03
and
36:03
briefly
36:04
our
36:06
congregation
36:06
from time
36:07
to time
36:07
and
36:07
recently
36:08
has been
36:09
criticized
36:10
for
36:11
neglecting
36:12
the
36:12
spirit
36:12
and I
36:14
will
36:14
tell you
36:14
that it
36:15
makes me
36:16
furious
36:17
when this
36:17
happens
36:18
I
36:19
think it's
36:19
a righteous
36:20
anger
36:20
the
36:22
reason
36:22
it
36:23
bothers
36:23
me
36:23
is
36:24
because
36:24
people
36:25
are
36:25
drawing
36:25
into
36:25
question
36:26
they're
36:27
litigating
36:27
the
36:28
posture
36:29
of
36:29
your
36:30
heart
36:31
when we
36:32
come
36:32
together
36:32
as a
36:33
church
36:33
recently
36:35
this
36:36
accusation
36:36
was made
36:37
and the
36:38
corresponding
36:39
question
36:40
afterwards
36:41
was
36:41
well what
36:42
would it
36:42
look like
36:42
to you
36:43
if we
36:43
weren't
36:44
neglecting
36:45
the
36:46
spirit
36:46
and the
36:46
response
36:47
was
36:47
more
36:48
hands
36:49
raised
36:50
trading
36:54
geography
36:55
for
36:56
posture
36:57
right
36:58
where does
36:59
true
36:59
worship
37:00
how is
37:00
true
37:00
worship
37:01
happened
37:01
with
37:01
hands
37:02
in the
37:02
air
37:02
or
37:02
hands
37:03
at
37:03
the
37:03
side
37:03
or
37:03
hands
37:04
in
37:04
the
37:04
pocket
37:04
right
37:05
as the
37:06
debate
37:06
at
37:07
hand
37:08
so
37:10
very
37:11
very
37:12
frustrating
37:13
the
37:15
Puritans
37:15
referred to
37:16
the
37:17
spirit
37:17
quite
37:18
regularly
37:18
as
37:19
the
37:20
shy
37:21
spirit
37:21
you
37:22
know
37:22
why
37:23
because
37:25
the
37:25
primary
37:25
job
37:25
of
37:25
the
37:26
spirit
37:26
of
37:26
christ
37:26
is
37:26
the
37:27
exaltation
37:28
of
37:28
jesus
37:28
christ
37:28
this
37:30
is
37:30
what
37:30
he
37:30
exists
37:31
for
37:32
and
37:33
we
37:34
refer
37:34
to
37:34
the
37:34
spirit
37:35
in
37:36
many
37:36
ways
37:37
to
37:38
this
37:38
end
37:38
not
37:39
by
37:39
any
37:40
design
37:40
but
37:41
two
37:42
thirds
37:42
of
37:42
the
37:42
songs
37:42
we
37:43
sang
37:43
so
37:43
far
37:43
this
37:43
morning
37:44
mention
37:44
the
37:44
spirit
37:45
directly
37:45
or
37:46
indirectly
37:46
in
37:47
them
37:47
Dan
37:49
Phillips
37:50
a
37:50
contemporary
37:50
pastor
37:51
once said
37:52
this
37:52
quote
37:53
show me
37:54
a person
37:54
obsessed
37:56
with the
37:56
holy
37:56
spirit
37:56
and his
37:57
gifts
37:57
real
37:58
or
37:58
imagined
37:58
and I
37:59
will show
37:59
you a
38:00
person
38:00
not
38:01
filled
38:01
with the
38:02
holy
38:02
spirit
38:03
end
38:04
quote
38:04
for a
38:05
moment
38:05
right
38:06
pentecostalism
38:11
grieves
38:13
me
38:13
because
38:14
at
38:15
very
38:16
least
38:16
it
38:17
divides
38:17
Christians
38:18
who have
38:19
been
38:19
baptized
38:20
and
38:20
have
38:20
some
38:21
and
38:21
whatever
38:21
you
38:21
think
38:21
of
38:22
the
38:22
gifts
38:22
I'm
38:22
not
38:22
being
38:22
critical
38:23
of
38:23
spiritual
38:24
gifts
38:24
it's
38:24
not
38:24
the
38:25
water
38:25
I'm
38:25
trying
38:25
to
38:25
wade
38:25
in
38:26
right
38:26
now
38:26
there
38:27
has
38:27
to
38:27
be
38:27
some
38:28
outward
38:28
expression
38:29
hands
38:31
raised
38:32
apparently
38:32
that you
38:34
have
38:34
the
38:34
spirit
38:35
or
38:35
that
38:35
you
38:35
love
38:37
the
38:37
spirit
38:37
or
38:37
that
38:37
you
38:38
want
38:38
to
38:38
magnify
38:39
the
38:39
spirit
38:40
whatever
38:40
it
38:40
may
38:41
be
38:41
at
38:42
best
38:43
it
38:43
divides
38:43
Christians
38:44
into
38:44
two
38:44
categories
38:44
at
38:46
worst
38:47
many
38:48
Pentecostals
38:49
will say
38:50
that if
38:50
you don't
38:50
have
38:50
these
38:51
expressive
38:51
outward
38:52
emotive
38:55
evidences
38:56
that you're
38:57
not
38:57
saved
38:58
at
38:59
all
38:59
again
39:01
back to
39:02
Dan
39:02
Phillips
39:02
quote
39:02
show me
39:03
a
39:03
person
39:03
obsessed
39:04
with
39:04
the
39:04
Holy
39:04
Spirit
39:04
and
39:04
his
39:04
gifts
39:05
real
39:05
or
39:05
imagined
39:05
and
39:06
I
39:06
will
39:06
show
39:06
you
39:06
a
39:06
person
39:06
not
39:07
filled
39:08
with
39:09
the
39:09
Holy
39:10
Spirit
39:10
he
39:11
goes
39:11
on
39:11
show
39:11
me
39:11
a
39:12
person
39:12
focused
39:12
on
39:13
the
39:13
person
39:13
and
39:14
work
39:14
of
39:14
Jesus
39:14
Christ
39:15
never
39:16
tiring
39:17
of
39:17
learning
39:17
about
39:18
him
39:18
thinking
39:18
about
39:19
him
39:19
boasting
39:19
of
39:20
him
39:20
speaking
39:21
about
39:22
and
39:22
for
39:22
and
39:23
to
39:23
him
39:23
thrilled
39:24
and
39:25
entranced
39:26
with
39:26
his
39:26
perfections
39:27
and
39:27
beauty
39:27
finding
39:28
ways
39:29
to
39:29
serve
39:29
and
39:30
exalt
39:30
him
39:30
tirelessly
39:31
exploring
39:32
ways
39:32
to
39:32
spend
39:33
and
39:33
be
39:33
spent
39:34
for
39:34
him
39:34
growing
39:35
in
39:35
character
39:36
to
39:36
be
39:36
more
39:37
and
39:37
more
39:37
like
39:38
him
39:38
and
39:38
I
39:39
will
39:39
show
39:39
you
39:39
a
39:39
person
39:40
who
39:40
is
39:40
filled
39:41
with
39:42
the
39:42
Holy
39:42
Spirit
39:42
end
39:43
quote
39:44
now
39:47
can
39:47
you
39:47
all
39:47
be
39:47
more
39:48
expressive
39:48
sometimes
39:48
sure
39:49
some
39:51
hands
39:51
in the
39:52
air
39:52
and
39:52
some
39:52
amens
39:53
from
39:53
time
39:53
to
39:53
time
39:53
would
39:54
be
39:54
okay
39:54
!
39:54
with
39:55
me
39:55
but
39:56
this
39:56
in
39:56
no
39:57
way
39:57
is
39:58
the
39:58
measure
39:58
of
39:58
how
39:59
holy
39:59
you
39:59
are
40:00
and
40:00
how
40:00
much
40:01
you
40:01
care
40:02
about
40:02
the
40:03
Spirit
40:03
and
40:04
the
40:04
life
40:04
of
40:04
the
40:04
church
40:04
I'd
40:06
suggest
40:07
to
40:07
you
40:07
that
40:08
you
40:08
not
40:09
let
40:09
anybody
40:09
professing
40:11
to be
40:12
a
40:12
Christ
40:12
follower
40:12
in
40:13
this
40:13
case
40:13
I
40:13
believe
40:13
so
40:14
get
40:15
away
40:15
with
40:15
these
40:15
kinds
40:16
of
40:17
accusations
40:17
we're
40:19
to
40:19
worship
40:20
in
40:22
spirit
40:23
whole
40:23
self
40:24
offering
40:25
ourselves
40:25
to
40:26
the
40:26
praise
40:27
of
40:28
Christ
40:29
and
40:31
we're
40:31
to
40:31
worship
40:32
in
40:32
truth
40:33
now
40:33
you
40:33
might
40:33
be
40:33
going
40:33
where
40:34
are
40:34
you
40:34
getting
40:34
all
40:35
of
40:35
this
40:35
from
40:35
well
40:36
I
40:36
think
40:36
it
40:36
follows
40:37
we're
40:38
to
40:38
worship
40:38
in
40:38
spirit
40:38
and
40:39
truth
40:40
you
40:40
remember
40:40
John
40:41
14
40:41
in
40:41
verse
40:42
6
40:43
what
40:43
did
40:43
Jesus
40:43
call
40:43
himself
40:44
there
40:44
the
40:45
truth
40:47
if
40:48
we're
40:48
to
40:48
rightly
40:49
worship
40:49
the
40:49
father
40:50
the
40:51
focus
40:52
of
40:52
our
40:53
worship
40:53
is
40:53
going
40:53
to
40:54
be
40:54
on
40:55
Christ
40:56
word
40:57
of
40:57
worship
40:57
in
40:57
spirit
40:57
and
40:58
truth
40:58
Jesus
40:58
calls
40:59
himself
40:59
the
41:00
truth
41:01
does
41:01
it
41:01
include
41:02
other
41:02
truth
41:03
of
41:03
course
41:03
it
41:03
includes
41:04
other
41:04
truth
41:05
everything
41:06
that the
41:07
scripture
41:07
teaches
41:08
us
41:08
of
41:08
course
41:09
it
41:09
includes
41:09
that
41:09
but
41:10
we
41:10
certainly
41:11
can't
41:12
dismiss
41:12
the
41:13
one
41:13
who
41:13
calls
41:14
himself
41:14
the
41:15
truth
41:16
we
41:17
have
41:18
to
41:18
go
41:18
to
41:19
the
41:20
father
41:20
through
41:20
the
41:21
son
41:21
and
41:21
we
41:21
have
41:21
to
41:22
do
41:22
it
41:22
on
41:22
his
41:22
terms
41:23
we
41:24
have
41:24
to
41:25
take
41:25
up
41:25
his
41:25
word
41:25
and
41:26
read
41:26
it
41:26
and
41:26
be
41:26
honest
41:27
with
41:27
it
41:27
and
41:27
wrestle
41:28
with
41:28
it
41:28
and
41:28
apply
41:29
it
41:29
in
41:29
our
41:29
lives
41:29
and
41:30
do
41:30
our
41:30
very
41:31
best
41:32
by
41:32
the
41:32
power
41:32
of
41:33
the
41:33
spirit
41:33
to
41:34
honor
41:34
him
41:35
in
41:35
everything
41:35
that
41:36
we
41:36
do
41:37
whether
41:37
corporately
41:38
or
41:38
privately
41:39
in
41:40
and
41:40
out
41:40
of
41:40
every
41:40
moment
41:41
of
41:41
every
41:42
day
41:43
true
41:46
worshipers
41:46
worship
41:47
in
41:48
spirit
41:48
and
41:50
truth
41:50
for
41:52
the
41:52
father
41:53
seeking
41:54
such
41:56
people
41:57
to
41:58
worship
41:58
him
41:59
not
42:01
just
42:02
an
42:03
ethnic
42:03
group
42:04
of
42:04
people
42:04
but
42:04
people
42:05
from
42:05
all
42:06
ethnos
42:07
not
42:09
just
42:09
men
42:09
but
42:09
also
42:10
women
42:10
here
42:11
at
42:11
the
42:11
Samaritan
42:12
well
42:13
not
42:14
just
42:14
people
42:15
who
42:15
have
42:15
it
42:15
all
42:15
together
42:16
don't
42:17
have
42:17
this
42:17
grand
42:18
exposure
42:19
five
42:20
husbands
42:20
and
42:20
now
42:21
a
42:21
live
42:21
in
42:21
boyfriend
42:21
the
42:22
whole
42:22
town
42:22
knew
42:23
what
42:23
was
42:23
going
42:23
on
42:23
with
42:24
her
42:24
people
42:25
all
42:26
dressed
42:26
up
42:26
on
42:26
the
42:27
outside
42:28
he's
42:32
seeking
42:32
people
42:33
to
42:34
worship
42:34
him
42:35
in
42:35
spirit
42:36
and
42:37
truth
42:38
which
42:38
is
42:38
the
42:39
third
42:39
point
42:39
of
42:41
our
42:41
first
42:41
outline
42:41
Jesus
42:43
savior
42:44
of
42:44
the
42:45
world
42:46
right
42:47
not
42:48
not
42:48
just
42:49
of
42:49
jewish
42:50
people
42:50
but
42:50
peoples
42:51
and
42:53
I
42:53
pulled
42:53
this
42:53
phrase
42:54
from
42:54
later
42:55
in
42:55
our
42:55
chapter
42:56
john
42:56
4
42:57
and
42:57
verse
42:57
42
42:58
she
43:00
goes
43:00
back
43:00
to
43:01
the
43:01
village
43:01
there's
43:02
a
43:02
there's
43:03
a
43:03
missionary
43:03
impulse
43:04
in
43:04
her
43:05
I
43:05
think
43:05
she's
43:05
moving
43:06
in
43:06
the
43:06
right
43:06
direction
43:06
she
43:07
goes
43:08
back
43:08
to
43:08
the
43:08
village
43:08
and
43:09
eventually
43:10
we
43:11
see
43:11
the
43:11
people
43:12
from
43:12
the
43:12
village
43:13
say
43:13
we
43:14
know
43:14
that
43:14
this
43:15
is
43:15
indeed
43:16
the
43:16
savior
43:17
of
43:18
the
43:18
world
43:19
many
43:20
Samaritan
43:21
people
43:21
came
43:22
to
43:22
faith
43:22
in
43:23
christ
43:23
god
43:27
is
43:27
spirit
43:28
and
43:28
those
43:28
who
43:28
worship
43:29
him
43:29
must
43:29
worship
43:30
in
43:30
spirit
43:31
and
43:33
truth
43:33
the
43:35
woman
43:35
responds
43:36
to
43:36
him
43:36
again
43:36
oh
43:37
she's
43:37
I
43:37
think
43:37
she's
43:38
there
43:38
back
43:39
Nicodemus
43:40
we
43:40
don't
43:40
really
43:40
know
43:40
what
43:41
happens
43:41
with
43:41
him
43:41
I
43:42
think
43:42
I
43:43
think
43:43
we
43:43
know
43:43
she's
43:44
moving
43:44
in
43:44
the
43:44
right
43:44
direction
43:45
here
43:46
I
43:47
know
43:48
that
43:48
messiah
43:49
is
43:49
coming
43:51
which
43:51
is
43:51
the
43:51
Hebrew
43:52
word
43:53
anointed
43:54
one
43:54
he
43:55
who
43:56
is
43:56
called
43:56
christ
43:57
which
43:58
is
43:58
the
43:58
greek
43:58
word
43:59
john
44:00
seems
44:00
to
44:00
keep
44:01
inserting
44:01
these
44:02
parentheticals
44:03
for us
44:03
to help
44:03
both
44:04
his
44:05
jewish
44:06
readers
44:06
and
44:06
his
44:06
gentile
44:07
readers
44:07
understand
44:08
what
44:09
he's
44:09
talking
44:10
about
44:10
I
44:10
know
44:11
that
44:11
messiah
44:12
is
44:12
coming
44:12
he
44:13
who
44:13
is
44:13
called
44:14
christ
44:15
when
44:16
he
44:16
comes
44:16
he
44:18
will
44:18
tell
44:19
us
44:19
all
44:20
things
44:20
I
44:22
think
44:22
this
44:22
woman
44:22
had
44:23
heard
44:23
something
44:23
of
44:24
the
44:24
jewish
44:24
messiah
44:25
from
44:25
the
44:26
jews
44:26
when
44:29
he
44:29
comes
44:29
he
44:29
will
44:30
tell
44:30
us
44:30
all
44:31
things
44:32
it's
44:32
a
44:32
beautiful
44:32
response
44:34
like
44:34
let
44:34
it
44:34
like
44:35
hit
44:35
and
44:36
settle
44:36
jesus
44:37
said
44:37
to
44:37
her
44:38
verse
44:38
26
44:39
i
44:39
who
44:40
speak
44:40
to
44:40
you
44:41
am
44:42
he
44:43
the
44:45
one
44:46
comes
44:47
to
44:47
redeem
44:47
his
44:47
people
44:48
to
44:48
reign
44:49
over
44:49
them
44:50
forever
44:51
to
44:51
make
44:51
his
44:52
footstool
44:52
an
44:52
enemy
44:53
his
44:54
enemy
44:55
a
44:55
footstool
44:55
excuse
44:56
me
44:56
jesus
44:57
the
44:59
messiah
45:00
and
45:03
his
45:03
disciples
45:03
come
45:03
back
45:04
and
45:04
they
45:04
marvel
45:05
we
45:05
talked
45:05
about
45:06
this
45:06
some
45:06
last
45:07
week
45:07
that
45:07
he
45:07
was
45:08
talking
45:08
to
45:08
a
45:08
woman
45:09
was
45:10
societally
45:11
out
45:11
of
45:12
norm
45:12
for
45:12
him
45:12
to
45:13
do
45:13
so
45:14
but
45:14
no
45:14
one
45:15
asked
45:15
why
45:15
no
45:16
one
45:16
sought
45:16
to
45:16
figure
45:17
out
45:17
why
45:17
he
45:18
was
45:18
doing
45:18
this
45:19
so
45:20
the
45:20
woman
45:20
leaves
45:21
her
45:21
water
45:21
jar
45:22
the
45:23
very
45:23
purpose
45:23
she
45:23
came
45:24
out
45:24
I
45:25
think
45:25
maybe
45:26
I'm
45:27
just
45:27
hoping
45:27
for
45:28
her
45:28
that
45:29
she's
45:29
now
45:29
understood
45:30
what
45:31
this
45:31
offer
45:32
of
45:32
living
45:33
water
45:34
means
45:34
they
45:35
don't
45:35
pick
45:35
the
45:36
conversation
45:36
back
45:36
up
45:37
we
45:37
never
45:37
loop
45:37
back
45:38
to
45:38
it
45:38
at
45:38
all
45:38
she
45:38
doesn't
45:39
go
45:39
by
45:39
the
45:39
way
45:39
the
45:39
whole
45:40
living
45:40
water
45:40
thing
45:40
maybe
45:40
I'm
45:41
starting
45:41
to
45:41
get
45:42
it
45:42
but
45:42
I
45:42
think
45:43
there's
45:43
a little
45:43
picture
45:43
of that
45:44
as she
45:44
leaves
45:45
the
45:45
water
45:45
jar
45:45
and
45:46
she's
45:46
driven
45:47
into
45:48
town
45:48
to say
45:49
to the
45:50
people
45:50
come see
45:51
a man
45:51
who told
45:51
me
45:51
all
45:52
can
45:53
this
45:53
be
45:53
the
45:54
Christ
45:56
and so
45:57
many
45:57
come out
45:58
of the
45:58
town
45:59
to
46:00
him
46:00
beloved
46:02
we have
46:02
a
46:03
beautiful
46:03
savior
46:05
a
46:05
merciful
46:06
savior
46:07
praise
46:08
god
46:08
because
46:09
we
46:09
needed
46:10
perhaps
46:11
need
46:12
saving
46:13
because
46:13
our
46:13
sin
46:14
is
46:14
great
46:15
Jesus
46:16
mercy
46:17
is
46:18
greater
46:18
let's
46:19
pray
46:19
together