Woman At The Well
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John 4.4-15
John 4
4. Now he had to go through Samaria.
5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son
Joseph.
6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about
the sixth hour.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?"
8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Sa-maritan woman. How can you ask
me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would
have asked him and he would have given you living water."
11 "Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this
living water?
12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also
his sons and his flocks and herds?"
13 Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. In-deed, the water I give him will become in
him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming
here to draw water."
1. Jacob’s Well
2. Thirsty – We catch a glimpse here of his humanity. He be-came one of us. So much so that he
understood our human weakness and human need. He knew what it was like to hun-ger and thirst.
That is how he could say, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.”
Heb 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympa-thise with our weaknesses, but we
have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. (NIV)
3. Give me a drink – Isn’t it interesting that the Lord of the uni-verse would be standing here asking
for a drink of water. With the word of His mouth He created the universe, and here he is asking for
water. What could God possibly need from us?
He is thirsty for our sincere worship.
Joh 4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true wor-shippers will worship the Father in
spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. (NIV)
Joh 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth."
The one thing God really desires from us is worship.
His invitation is repeated throughout scripture:
“Adam, where are you?”
“Ask of me…”
“Come to me…” Matt.
“ I sought for a man…” Jer.
“Who will go…” Is.
“Draw nigh unto me…”
“IF my people…” 1 Chr
Psalms
4. Prejudice
Jesus stepped across the borders of hatred and prejudice. He showed that the love of God has no
boundaries. He showed us that the cultural, political and religious differences are not important. What
matters is that we have a relationship with God, through Christ, and that that relationship brings us to-
gether.
5. Living water
Living water represents the life that flows from God. It is spiritual life which is much deeper than the
shallow existence we are too often satisfied with.
6. Never thirst
Jesus said that if we will drink of this living water – this spiri-tual life – our deepest needs will be
satisfied. I again refer to His previous words, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they shall be filled.”
You will never be filled (satisfied) with the things of this world, because the things of this world cannot
satisfy. We were made for higher things.
7. Give me this water – Jesus asked her for water, but in the end, she asked him for water. Our job
is to make people thirsty for God. When we show people, by the quality of our lives, what God has to
offer, they will desire those things themselves. Our job is to live for God in front of others. God will do
the rest.
John 4
4. Now he had to go through Samaria.
5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son
Joseph.
6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about
the sixth hour.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?"
8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Sa-maritan woman. How can you ask
me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would
have asked him and he would have given you living water."
11 "Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this
living water?
12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also
his sons and his flocks and herds?"
13 Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. In-deed, the water I give him will become in
him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming
here to draw water."
1. Jacob’s Well
2. Thirsty – We catch a glimpse here of his humanity. He be-came one of us. So much so that he
understood our human weakness and human need. He knew what it was like to hun-ger and thirst.
That is how he could say, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.”
Heb 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympa-thise with our weaknesses, but we
have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. (NIV)
3. Give me a drink – Isn’t it interesting that the Lord of the uni-verse would be standing here asking
for a drink of water. With the word of His mouth He created the universe, and here he is asking for
water. What could God possibly need from us?
He is thirsty for our sincere worship.
Joh 4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true wor-shippers will worship the Father in
spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. (NIV)
Joh 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth."
The one thing God really desires from us is worship.
His invitation is repeated throughout scripture:
“Adam, where are you?”
“Ask of me…”
“Come to me…” Matt.
“ I sought for a man…” Jer.
“Who will go…” Is.
“Draw nigh unto me…”
“IF my people…” 1 Chr
Psalms
4. Prejudice
Jesus stepped across the borders of hatred and prejudice. He showed that the love of God has no
boundaries. He showed us that the cultural, political and religious differences are not important. What
matters is that we have a relationship with God, through Christ, and that that relationship brings us to-
gether.
5. Living water
Living water represents the life that flows from God. It is spiritual life which is much deeper than the
shallow existence we are too often satisfied with.
6. Never thirst
Jesus said that if we will drink of this living water – this spiri-tual life – our deepest needs will be
satisfied. I again refer to His previous words, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they shall be filled.”
You will never be filled (satisfied) with the things of this world, because the things of this world cannot
satisfy. We were made for higher things.
7. Give me this water – Jesus asked her for water, but in the end, she asked him for water. Our job
is to make people thirsty for God. When we show people, by the quality of our lives, what God has to
offer, they will desire those things themselves. Our job is to live for God in front of others. God will do
the rest.