John 4 – Part 3 – Living Water

John 4 – Part 3

Gospels Series – Message no:34

Samaritan Woman – Living water

 

John 4:1-10  When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,  2  (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)  3  He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.  4  And he must needs go through Samaria.  5  Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.  6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.  7  There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.  8  (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)  9  Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.  10  Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.11  Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?  13  Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:  14  But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.  15  The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

Jeremiah 2:12-13  Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the LORD,  13  for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD, “I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jeremiah 2:5-6 What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless? They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of desert and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?.

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Ezekiel 5:5  “Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

Ezekiel 38:12  to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth.

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Ezekiel 47:1-23  After this, he brought me back to the doorway to the Temple. To my amazement, there was water flowing out toward the east from beneath the threshold of the Temple. (The Temple faced eastward.) The water flowed down from beneath the right side of the Temple, that is, from the south-facing side where the altar was located.  2  Then he brought me out through the north gateway and around to the one outside that faces toward the east. To my amazement, water was trickling out from that part of the south side, too!  3  As the man went out toward the east, he carried a measuring line in his hand. He measured out 1,500 feet as he led me through water that was ankle-deep.  4  Then he measured out another 1,500 feet, where he led me through water that was knee-deep. And then he measured out another 1,500 feet, where the water was waist-deep.  5  When he had measured out another 1,500 feet, the water had become deep enough that I wasn't able to ford it. Instead, I would have had to swim through it.  6  Then, as he was bringing me back along the river bank, he asked me, "Son of Man, did you see all of this?"

7  As we were coming back, I was amazed to see that there were many, many trees lining both banks of the river.  8  He told me, "This river flows toward the eastern territories all the way down into the Arabah, and from there its water flows toward the Dead Sea, where the sea water turns fresh.

From Dead Sea to Living Sea

This was the lowest body of water on earth

For thousands of years, water flowing from the watershed of Mount Hermon, through the Sea of Galilee, and down the Jordan River valley between modern Jordan and Israel, entered the sea where it died. There is nowhere else for gravity to take the water from this low place; the surface and shore are 1,412 feet (430 meters) below sea level. Its water can only escape by evaporation, leaving behind whatever minerals it carried along. Toxic concentrations of salts sting tender skin. To drink of it would cause illness or even death.

The Dead Sea has its uses. Chemicals such as potash and bromine are harvested. Sufferers of skin disorders bathe in the water to aid healing. Tourists come in their thousands to see it and experience the strange sensation of floating on its waters.

Still, it is dead

Yet it is the Dead Sea. Fish cannot live in it; there are no aquatic plants. It cannot be used for irrigation. It cannot serve the life-giving function of water.

12  Lining each side of the river banks, all sorts of species of fruit trees will be growing. Their leaves will never wither and their fruit will never fail. They will bear fruit every month, because the water that nourishes them will be flowing from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves will contain substances that promote healing."  13  This is what the Lord GOD says: "This is to be the territorial border by which you apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph double-portioned.  14  Apportion it for their inheritances, distributing everything equally as if you were distributing things to your own brother, which is how I promised to give it to your ancestors. This way, the land will fall to you as an inheritance.  15  "This is to be the border for the land: on the north side, from the Mediterranean Sea by the Hethlon Road to the entrance of Zedad,  16  Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which lies between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), and Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.  17  The border will proceed from the Mediterranean Sea to Hazer-enan (a border of Damascus), and on the north facing north will be the border of Hamath. This will be the north side.  18  "The eastern extremity will proceed from between Hauran and Damascus, then between Gilead, and then through the land of Israel—the Jordan River. You are to measure from the northern border to the Dead Sea. This will be the eastern perimeter.  19  "You will determine the southern extremity running from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then from there proceeding to the Wadi, and then to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern perimeter.  20  "The western perimeter will be the Mediterranean Sea, from the southernmost border to a location opposite the entrance to Hamath. This will be the western perimeter.  21  "You are to apportion this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel,  22  dividing it by lottery among yourselves and among the foreigners who live among you and bear children among you. You are to treat them like native-born Israelis. Among you they, too, are to be allotted an inheritance with the tribes of Israel.  23  Furthermore, you are to provide the foreigner's inheritance there in the tribe within which he remains," declares the Lord GOD.

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We should all look forward to “that day”

Zechariah 14:1-11  Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.  2  For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.  3  Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Jesus Returns to Jerusalem

 4  And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave [split] in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.  5  And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

6  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:  7  But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

8  And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them to the Dead Sea in the east and half to the Mediterranean Sea in the west: in summer and in winter shall it be.

9  And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

10  All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

11  And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Joel 3:18  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Psalms 46:4-5  There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.  5  God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.

Revelation 22:1-5  And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.  2  In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.  3  And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:  4  And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.  5  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Colossians 3:2-4 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.