1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Let us pray. But whosoever drinketh of the water that 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: I shall give him shall never thirst. But the water 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: that I shall give him shall be in a well 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: of water springing up into eternal life. John four fourteen. Jesus, 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: I thank you that you continually show me the life 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: that I am supposed to live. I thank you that 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: as I read your word, you are continuously showing me 8 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: that you love all people, no matter where they came from, 9 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: what they look like, or what reputation they have. I 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: pray that you give me the same heart that is 11 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: inside of you. Use me as a vessel to deliver 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: the good news of a cool drink of water to 13 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: a dry and thirsty soul. I will not shy away 14 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: from an opportunity to introduce some one to your eternal 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: and perfect love. Bring me to the wells in life 16 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: so that I can be surrounded by your sons and 17 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: daughters who need your hope. Show me and I'll go 18 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 1: in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for praying with me today. 19 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: Continue listening for an incredible Bible story brought to you 20 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: by Bible in a year dot com. 21 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: The Woman at the Well. In our last story, we 22 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: witnessed the righteous anger of Jesus during the Passover. Corrupt 23 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: money changes and religious leaders were exploiting people's desire to worship. 24 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 2: Jesus would have no barriers between God and people, so 25 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: he fashioned a whip and drove them out. Now we 26 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: see Jesus speak to a woman with a checkered past. 27 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: She was shunned by her people, but accepted by Jesus. 28 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: Her conversation with him would change the course of her 29 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: entire life. Inspired by the Gospels, Hello. 30 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 3: This is pastor Jack Graham with another episode of the 31 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In our last episode, we 32 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 3: heard how Jesus cleared the Temple, an act of zeal 33 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 3: for God's house and a sign once again that he 34 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 3: is the Messiah. He is the Lord of the Temple. 35 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 3: Many did not understand him or accept him, and even 36 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 3: rejected him. The religious leaders began to feel the threat 37 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 3: that Jesus posed to their status quo religious system. We 38 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 3: also heard of one pharisee, a very religious man, a 39 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 3: very bright and noble man by the name of Nicodemus, 40 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 3: who wanted to know more about Jesus, and he sought 41 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 3: him out, and Jesus said, you must be born again. 42 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 3: Today we'll hear the story of a very different kind 43 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 3: of person, a person who was religious and thereby close 44 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 3: to God, but a woman who, though religious in some way, 45 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 3: was very far from God, a person who didn't seek 46 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 3: God out, but Jesus sought her out. She was in 47 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: many ways the polar opposite of Nicodemus, and yet as 48 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 3: Jesus spoke to her directly with love and compassion, her 49 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 3: entire life is changed and she experiences the new birth, 50 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 3: the forgiveness that is ours in Jesus Christ. So let's 51 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 3: listen now to this powerful story. 52 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: The sun was high above the skies of Samaria. Its 53 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 2: rays scorched the earth below, beating down restlessly. It was 54 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 2: around the valley of Samaria, where Jesus was traveling on 55 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 2: his way to Galilee. The Jews hated the Samaritans and 56 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: held deep prejudices against them. Usually, any Jewish traveler walked 57 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 2: around Samaria, not Jesus. He decided to travel through it. 58 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: The afternoon sun was merciless, and jesus disciples departed to 59 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: get food. Jesus walked towards a single well resting on 60 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: the bottom of a hill. A Samaritan woman was drawing 61 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 2: water there in the heat of day. It was a 62 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: peculiar sight, since most women gathered water for the day 63 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: early in the morning to escape the sun. Jesus sat 64 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 2: on a rock beside the well. The woman saw him there, 65 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: but paid no attention to him. Jesus looked up at 66 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 2: the sun, then back at the woman. You mind drawing 67 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,119 Speaker 2: me some water, Jesus asked. The woman looked up at him. 68 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: Her face was cold and impassive. Now why would a 69 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 2: Jew want a woman from Samaria to draw him water, 70 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 2: she said, as she lowered the bucket down into the well. 71 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 2: Jesus smiled, not allowing her harsh tone to bother him. 72 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 2: If you knew who was asking you for water, you 73 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 2: would ask me for living water, Jesus replied. The woman 74 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: looked Jesus up and down. You have nothing to draw 75 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 2: water with. Where would you get flowing and living water from. 76 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 2: Any Ways, this is a well. Jesus stood up and 77 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 2: walked closer to the well. He looked down into the 78 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 2: water below and said, whoever drinks this water will be 79 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 2: thirsty again. They will surely have to keep coming back. 80 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 2: But whoever drinks of the water I give will never 81 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: thirst again. The woman did her best to hide her shock. 82 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: She had been coming to the well for years and 83 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 2: hated every single trip. She was shunned by the other women, 84 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 2: so she had to draw in the middle of the 85 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 2: day when the sun was high and hot. I need 86 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: this living water, she said impatiently. I never want to 87 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 2: come back here again. Jesus paused for a moment. Very well, 88 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 2: go and call your husband, he said casually. The woman 89 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 2: looked away. I don't have a husband. She replied, Ah, yes, 90 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 2: Jesus said, you are right, you have no husband. Jesus 91 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 2: looked her in the eyes. You have had five husbands, 92 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: and the man you are living with now is not 93 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 2: your husband. The woman held back tears with a fake 94 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 2: smile as she tried to check the subject. Sir, I 95 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: perceive you are a prophet. You know this well is 96 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 2: sacred ground. Our forefathers worshiped here on the mountain, although 97 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: the Jews say that the temple is the place we 98 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 2: should worship now. The woman was speaking quickly. Her eyes 99 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 2: were watering. There was pain behind her religious small talk. 100 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 2: Jesus could feel her anguished heart. He had struck a 101 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 2: chord by mentioning her five divorces. He approached the other 102 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 2: side of the well and sat next to her. He 103 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: gave a reassuring smile and looked into the distance. Believe me, 104 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 2: the time is coming when people won't worship on a 105 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 2: mountain or in a temple. The true worshippers will worship 106 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: in spirit and in truth. The woman nodded, Yes, I 107 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: suppose they will. When the Messiah comes, he will tell 108 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 2: us how and where we should truly worship. Jesus nodded. 109 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 2: He smiled from cheek to cheek as he looked the 110 00:06:54,800 --> 00:07:00,039 Speaker 2: woman in the eye. Yes he will, I am he. 111 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 2: As Jesus was saying this, his disciples were returning with 112 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,559 Speaker 2: their lunch. They saw Jesus from a distance and judged 113 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 2: him for speaking to a Samaritan woman. Although none of 114 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 2: them said anything or asked why he was speaking to her, 115 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 2: they saw the woman leap up from where she was 116 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 2: sitting and run away back to the city. The woman 117 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: ran fast, and with great joy. She knocked on every 118 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 2: door in the city. Quick to the well. Come quick. 119 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 2: People poked their heads out of their doors and windows. 120 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 2: You must come see this man. He told me everything 121 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: about me. I think he may be the Christ. So 122 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 2: the Samaritans left their homes to come see Jesus. They 123 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: sat at his feet and listened to him teach for 124 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 2: two days. Many believed as they heard him speak. 125 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 3: We opened today's reading with Jesus traveling on a hot 126 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 3: and long road into a place most Jews avoided at 127 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 3: all costs. Samaria was despised by Jewish people. They viewed 128 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 3: the Samaritans as half breeds and impure. But Jesus did 129 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 3: not see these distinctions. These were people created in God's image, 130 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 3: people that God loved, people in need of redemption, like 131 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 3: every person on earth. And so rather than avoid or 132 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 3: walk around this city of Samaria, taking a longer road 133 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 3: to get away from the undesirables, Jesus went through Samaria. 134 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 3: Under the heat of the sun. He became thirsty, showing 135 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 3: his humanity. He was needing a drink of water. So 136 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 3: he went to a Samaritan well at midday, and there 137 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 3: was one woman there drawing water. She was clearly not 138 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 3: a part of the mainstream of society. She was there alone. 139 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 3: His very presence would have been surprising and unusual for 140 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 3: this woman. He was clearly a Jew, and he was 141 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 3: a man, and good Jewish men did not talk to 142 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 3: Samaritan women, certainly not publicly. But then notice what Jesus 143 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 3: did next. He asked her to draw water for him 144 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 3: to drink. Now, why would he ask her this, Well, 145 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: he's asking her to draw water so that he could 146 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 3: draw her out. She asked Jesus this question, wondering why 147 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 3: he would break so many unwritten rules. He could tell 148 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 3: that this woman had often been told and shown that 149 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 3: her place on the societal ladder was very low, but 150 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,719 Speaker 3: Jesus persevered in conversing with this woman. He was unfazed 151 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 3: by her distracting question and answered that if she knew 152 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 3: who he was, she would ask him for living water, 153 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 3: living water. Well, once again, she didn't understand. What did 154 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 3: he mean. He couldn't even draw physical water for himself. 155 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 3: He had no bucket or rope of any way to 156 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 3: get water from the wells. So what is this living water? 157 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 3: Jesus went on to explain that the water that she 158 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: would draw would quench physical thirst for just a while, 159 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 3: but that he would offer a living water that would 160 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 3: last forever, that would satisfy once and for all. What 161 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 3: is this water? Water that quenches thirst? 162 00:09:59,800 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: For he? 163 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 3: She needed that, she wanted that, She asked Jesus to 164 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 3: give her some, especially if it meant she never needed 165 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 3: to come alone to this well again. Jesus then told 166 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 3: her to call her husband, knowing full well there was 167 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 3: no husband. The Samaritan woman replied, with obvious shame in 168 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 3: her voice, that she had no husband. He then told 169 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 3: her he knew her heart and he knew her life, 170 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 3: that not only was she not married, but that she 171 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 3: had been married five times before and was now living 172 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 3: with a man that was not her husband. The goal 173 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 3: of Jesus was not to shame this woman. This is 174 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 3: not cruel, but this is convictional. He is bringing her 175 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 3: face to face with her sin and her need for 176 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 3: a savior. She needs to know that her life can 177 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 3: be changed, that what she's looking for in life is 178 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 3: not found in a man, or a relationship or anything 179 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 3: else that this world offers, but only the eternal living 180 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 3: word of God Jesus. She then called Jesus a prophet 181 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 3: and began a conversation about the differences between the Jews 182 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 3: and Samaritans believe in practices of worship. In one way, 183 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,319 Speaker 3: she's trying to throw Jesus off as he's zeroing in 184 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 3: on their great need for salvation. Jesus listened to her 185 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 3: and then spoke to her, saying there was a time 186 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 3: coming for true worship, and it wasn't about a place 187 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 3: people would worship God in spirit and in truth. His 188 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 3: words triggered a recognition in her mind. And in John 189 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 3: four twenty five and twenty six we read these words 190 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 3: from the woman who said to him, I know that 191 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 3: the Messiah is coming, he who is called the Christ. 192 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 3: When he comes, he will tell us all things. Jesus 193 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 3: said to her, I who speak to you, am he. 194 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 3: Now don't miss this. Jesus is clearly claiming to be 195 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 3: the Messiah, and he shares this truth with a woman, 196 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 3: a woman at the well, a sinner, shamed by her sin, 197 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 3: a Samaritan who was a cast off. And yet he 198 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 3: reveals himself and she believes. She responds in faith. And 199 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 3: not only that, but she ran back to the city 200 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 3: and told everyone in town who she had met. This 201 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 3: outcast woman led others to a saving faith. She said, 202 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,439 Speaker 3: come and meet a man that will change your life. 203 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 3: And once again we see how God extends his mercy 204 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 3: and grace to all who will come to him. We 205 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 3: need to spend our days like this woman, because we 206 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 3: have trusted in Christ, telling the world who Jesus is 207 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 3: the good news of his salvation. Thank you, Lord for 208 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 3: the wonderful story of Jesus. Thank you that you love 209 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 3: us in spite of our sins, that you went to 210 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 3: a cross and died and then rose again so that 211 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 3: we could be forgiven and drink of the living water forever. 212 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 3: End evor Amen. Thank you for listening to Today's Bible 213 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 3: in a year. 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