Gems
from the Gospels
John 4
John
4 – Jesus
left Judea headed back Galilee and needed to go through Samaria on God’s
business—there was a longer route that most Jews took. But Jesus had a divine
appointment with a certain woman who was drawing water at noon in the town of
Sychar. She was probably avoiding a gaggle of gossips by going at the worst
time of day. Jesus asked her for a drink but told her if she knew who he was,
she would ask Him for living water. She scoffed, “You don’t even have a bucket
to draw the water!” Jesus told her she would never thirst again, and she wanted
that kind of water. When He told her to go get her husband, she answered
truthfully that she did not have one. Jesus commended her honesty and told her
she had five husbands in the past and was living with a man who was not her
husband. When she tried to sidetrack Him with a question about where to
worship, He explained that true worship is not a place but requires true
spiritual involvement rather than mere acts and routines. She expressed belief
that the Messiah would make everything clear. Jesus said, “I, the person you
are speaking to, am He.” This was a clear claim to deity, equality with God. As
the disciples returned from food shopping, the woman left her water jug and ran
into town saying, “Come meet a man who told me everything I ever did.” Jesus
told his disciples, “My food is to do what God wants.” Many people from the
town trusted Jesus because of the woman’s testimony and asked Him to stay with
them. After two days, they proclaimed, “We know this man is the Savior of the
world.” Jesus offered the woman and the
townspeople A DRINK OF LIVING WATER.
When He got back to Cana in Galilee, an officer in the royal service asked
Jesus to heal his son who was near death. When the man arrived home, he found
his son had been healed at the exact time Jesus had spoken the words. He and
his household trusted. Jesus GAVE A
DRINK when He healed the man’s son. GIVE
A DRINK of living water to those in your path.
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