MESSIAH: THE LIVING WATER (JOHN 4:1-15, NASB)

I want to remind you that the purpose of John is not set aside here, and the purpose of John is stated again in chapter 20, verse 31 of his gospel: “These things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you might have life in His name.” So while it is about the woman and her conversion, that is the secondary purpose of this section as we would know, being consistent with John’s mission. The primary purpose is to unveil Christ. The primary purpose is to declare Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. The primary purpose is to put Him on display. And in this account, His humanity is on display as He is weary and thirsty sitting by a well. That’s His humanity, and we’ll look a little bit more closely at that. But His deity is also on display because He meets a woman whom He has never met in His life and He knows her entire history. So we see His humanity and His weariness. We see His deity and His omniscience. It is then, more than it is anything else, a presentation of Christ. And what makes it unique is that up to now in the gospel of John, John the writer, John the apostle has presented Christ as the Son of God. John the Baptist has presented Christ as the Messiah. The disciples of Jesus have given testimony to the fact that He is the Messiah. So we have the witness of John the apostle. We have the witness of John the Baptist. We have the witness of the disciples. But this is the first time that the proclamation of the messiahship of Jesus comes from His own lips and that we find in verses 25 and 26 where the woman speaks of the Christ, the Messiah who will come, and Jesus said to her in verse 26, “I who speak to you am He.” This is riveting and profound account in a day in our Lord’s life. Please share to you family and friends. JESUS IS LORD…