Point number 1 in your notes this morning:
When Jesus brings people to Jesus He first addresses our sin
After Jesus explains to this woman that He offers living water, he starts to make inroads. He starts to show her the good news of the gospel message. And part of that message is the message of God‘s grace. But Jesus knows that there is no need for grace if we don’t recognize our own sin as sin.
Jesus brings this woman’s sin to the forefront of the conversation and he puts it all out in ...
Point number 1 in your notes this morning:
When Jesus brings people to Jesus He first addresses our sin
After Jesus explains to this woman that He offers living water, he starts to make inroads. He starts to show her the good news of the gospel message. And part of that message is the message of God‘s grace. But Jesus knows that there is no need for grace if we don’t recognize our own sin as sin.
Jesus brings this woman’s sin to the forefront of the conversation and he puts it all out in the open on the table so she can see it and He can see it.
When Jesus brings people to Jesus
Point number 2 in your notes this morning:
When Jesus brings others to Jesus, He addresses our worship.
Explanation:
There was a debate that was going on between the Samaritans and the Jews about where worship was supposed to take place. Being that these cultures were so deeply angered and mad at each other, the Samaritans had built a temple that they worshiped in. And so you have this argument between the Samaritans and the Jews and one says that you worship in Jerusalem, and the other in Samaria.
Jesus says there’s coming a time when you’re not going to worship in the Temple, but you’re going to worship God in spirit and in truth. There is, however, an assumptive point that Jesus is making to the woman that it is as you come to Jesus, YOU ARE GOING TO WORSHIP. That’s not a question.
It’s not a question of where we worship but it’s a question of who we worship.
3. When Jesus brings others to Jesus HE confirms that HE is Lord.
Jesus has no authority in our life if He is not the Messiah. He has no authority in our life if He is not Lord. But just as he did for the woman at the well if you’re coming to Jesus he WILL confirm without a doubt that He is God.
This woman at the well, even though she is coming from a different religious background, she knows there is a God. And she’s waiting for him to come. She might not know all the details and theological perspectives, she might not have all the Bible verses memorized, but she knows that when the Messiah comes he’s going to answer so many questions for us.
She was waiting with anticipation. She was ready for the Messiah.
I personally believe that every single soul is waiting to recognize its savior.
4. When Jesus brings others to Jesus, he helps them grow closer to Him, and further from this world.
Explanation:
The disciples would have had every right to ask Jesus why He was talking to a woman of the night in the middle of the day, alone. But they knew that Jesus works different from the way we would work. The realized that if Jesus is talking to a sinner, He is making himself known. When Jesus makes himself known, He is begging to grow a young follower into a mature follower. An that means that we are about to experience a life of change.
