Living Water & Spiritual Food
July 31, 2016 Series: Behold the Lamb: The Gospel According to John
Scripture: John 4:1–42
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Some helpful background to this text:
--> Samaria and Samaritans
722 B.C. & 586 B.C.
--> Sychar & Jacob's Well
--> The 6th hour
--> Mountain worship (Jerusalem, Mount Moriah vs. Mount Gerazim)
I. The Living Water of the Savior (1-26)
A. The insightful critique by the Savior
1. Her spiritual need
2. Her spiritual condition (she needed a change of heart...16-18)
B. The increasing knowledge by the woman
1. How is it you speak to me, you are a Jew? (9)
2. Are you greater than our father Jacob? (12)
3. I perceive you are a prophet. (19; Luke 7)
4. I know the Messiah is coming - can this be the Christ? (25)
II. The Spiritual food of the Father (27-42)
A. The example of obedience (Jesus - Hebrews 10:7)
B. The exhortation to obedience (people are what we are to be about)
Next steps:
> Are you thirsty? - Drink deeply of the Living Water!
> Are you hungry? - Feast on obedience to the will of God and being involved spiritually in others lives!
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