John 4 : 1 - 7

Text: “When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “will you give me a drink” (V.7)”
Ref. Gen. 24:17 (Rebekah), 1 Kings 17:10 {Elijah asking from widow of Zarephath}   
 
Introduction:
This is one of the most profound revelations of Jesus:  He is the Living Water, the water which men can drink and thereby never thirst again.
i. Jesus left Judea (v.1-9)
ii. Living Water is alive (v. 10)
iii. Living Water is from a Person much greater than a religious father (v.11-12).
iv. Living water is the only water that will quench thirst (v.13-14)

1. Jesus Had a Mission

Jesus left Judea. Note two Significant facts.
- Jesus left Judea out of necessity – for John’s sake
- Jesus was driven to go through Samaria for the sake of His mission. Samaria
needed the gospel as much as other areas.   
- Jesus left Judea to confront Samaria woman.  
- He sat on the wall of a well, for He was both tired and thirsty from His Journey.
- While sitting there, one of the events for which He had come into Samaria happened:
- He confronted a woman with the claims of the Messiah.
- She came to draw water, and He initiated a conversation by asking her for a drink of water.
- She was shocked, for the Jews did not associate with the Samaritans.
- She asked Jesus why He would ask her, a Samaritan for a drink. It was this question, This subject of water, that Jesus used…
* to discuss one of the greatest truths of spiritual life, that of living water.
* to present the claims of God upon a life.  

2. Jesus the Living Water

- When He spoke to the woman, Jesus meant much more than the living streams and
- Living water is “of God.” It is of Him who is living, always has and always will be living.  The water that God gives is the most alive water there is.  No other water, no matter how alive it may be considered, can compare with the living water that is of God.
For with you is fountain of life; in your light we see light. (Psa 36:9)
- Living water is “the gift of God”.  The word “gift” means it is freely given, is not earned and is not deserved.
- Living water is given by asking for it.  Note what Jesus said:  “If you knew… you would have asked.”  The woman had never received living water because she had never known about it and never asked for it.  It was now available simply by asking for it.
- Living Water is from a person (J.C) much greater than a religious father

3. Our Thirst today

Men know immediately how to quench their physical thirst, but their spiritual thirsts is a different matter.  Within their hearts men sense a thirst for …
• Purpose    
• Meaning        
• Significance  
• Satisfaction
• Fulfillment
• Something that is missing
• Something to fill the void, the emptiness, and the loneliness
• Deliverance from a sense of lostness
• Freedom from undue anxiety, stress, and pressure.

4. Some facts about the Living Water

a The living water comes from Christ.  He and He alone it its source.(John 7:37)
b The living water keeps a man from ever thirsting again.  His inner thirst is gone forever. It is quenched and fully satisfied. (Isaiah 58:11)
c The living water is “a spring of water” placed “in”  the man.  The well is not placed outside the man, not placed anywhere out in the world, not in his home, nor in his business. It is placed “in” him.(John 7:38-39)
d The living water springs up and continues to spring up and bubble, flowing on and on. It is ever in motion. (Isaiah 12:3)
e The living water springs up into eternal life.  It will never end. (Rev. 7:17; 22:17)

Conclusion:

Read Isaiah 55:2
Remember Jesus came to seek the lost
Be found of Him and be satisfied
Imagine the role of coke water in the face of a real thirst
Anything you think satisfies outside Jesus is fake.
Remember that both of them didn’t take any water.
Jesus was satisfied, He met and saved the woman.
The woman was satisfied, she met Jesus, and was saved and the became a Missionary.