Good choice of hand. Wonderful.
Go back to John 4 now. John chapter 4. This is a familiar story. This is my story. This is the story of many in
here. How that Christ was at a well
waiting for them to come. Scripture says they shall draw
water out of the wells of salvation. The wells. Christ is the water,
but where He is found is His church, His little oasis, His
little wells in the wilderness. This well, it says Jacob gave
it. Well, Isaac is the one that dug
it. Remember? He dug all those wells. Who's
Isaac? That's the son of promise. That's
a picture of Christ. And that church is a well that
he has dug and where he has found the water of life. Every verse is significant. Every word. Nothing is just for
information. I told you we read all of that
together because look at verses 1 through 3. And therefore the
Lord knew how the Pharisees heard that Jesus made and baptized
more of the disciples than John. Though He did not baptize. His disciples did. But it says
He did. But He didn't. His disciples
did. But no, He did. They're just instruments in His
hands, right? Anybody that's truly baptized,
He did it. And he left Judea and departed
again into Galilee. He left there. The Lord left
there because he left John there. John is not in prison yet. He
left John there. John is his preacher. He left
these people in good hands. Whose hands? John's hands? No. His hands. John is in his hands. John was sent by him. Just like
baptism. Do you understand what I'm getting
at? John was a man sent from God. How do you know? He preached Christ. He pointed
people to Christ. That was his only message, Christ.
And he said, my joy is fulfilled. Why? They quit following me and
followed Christ. That's why I'm here. That's how
you know. So he's met God's man and he
left there. He left the people with this
man. Aren't you glad that God still
has his men? I went and heard two men, two
men sent by God. I was so glad to just sit there.
If this place was not here, I think I'd move to one of those two
places or Spring Lake. There are some men sent by God.
They themselves are in God's hands. And God has given some
new birth, some life to some dead sinners who've confessed
Christ and believers' baptism. But who was it? Those men? No.
It's the Spirit of God, the Lord Himself. You see that? I've never really known why that
says that. Now I think I do. No rivalry
with our Lord and His disciples. They were laborers together.
All right, now verse 4 says he must needs go through Samaria.
He must. Why? Is that the shortest route? No. He must because he has a
predetermined meeting, a predestined meeting with someone. He's got
to go there. He must go there. There's a well
there that he put there, a place that he's going to go. where
he's going to sit on that whale, and he's going to wait. He's
waiting on someone. Not that he's hoping and wishing
that they'll come to him. He knows they're coming. Because
this person that's coming to meet him, that he's waiting on,
was given to him by the Father. This is the good shepherd. He
leaves the 99 to come into this world to save one lost sheep. He said, I must bring them. All that the Father gives, they
shall come to me. I must go find my lost sheep. And this is one of them. Could
have been a man. But it's a woman. And that's
fitting. Because we're all the bride of
Christ now. And if we're His, we're going to meet Him. And
the Lord, the Scripture says, waits to be gracious. He waits
for the time ordained by Him, predestined meeting, to come
and speak to a lost sinner. He must find it. He must. His
glory is at stake. His word is at stake. He must.
He must. Just as the Scripture says, He
must suffer. He must suffer. or they will. He must find them or they'll
stay lost. He must call them or they won't
call on Him. He must, He must, He must. He
must needs go to them for them to come to Him. Now this is the
Christ description. All the elect were given to Him.
Put where they are. They will come. They will hear
His voice. They will be convicted of sin,
righteousness, and judgment as it relates to Jesus Christ. They
will hear His voice. They will be convicted of their
sin like this woman. And they'll ask. They'll ask
for life. They'll find out who He is and
they'll ask and He'll give it. And they'll go away. They'll
drop everything and everyone and they'll never be the same. They must, they must. Now verse
5 and 6 says, He comes to the city of Samaria, which is called
Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his
son Joseph. Who gave this land to who? Who
gave this land? Who's this land belong to? Jacob.
Oh, come on now. The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof. The world and they that dwell therein. Everything
belongs to the Lord. The Lord gave this land to Jacob
who gave it to his son. Who gave it to the people of
God? All things are of God, the Lord. John just said it, man
can receive nothing except to be given. Jacob's well was there. This woman's going to be talking
about Jacob. This woman's going to be talking about the well.
This woman's going to be talking about where to worship. When
she leaves this place, she's going to be talking about who. Not a place, not a thing. She's
going to be talking about Him. That's how you know when you've
heard his voice. That's how you know when you
quit just being religious and you've heard his voice. Ephraim, Hosea, the whole story
is about an adulterous woman Ephraim represents. And in the
end, Ephraim said this, the very last verses, he said, what have
I to do anymore with idols? I've heard him. Okay, I'm having a good time
already. Jacob's well was there. This
well, Jacob, who's Jacob? Who's Jacob? Oh, God said, Jacob
have I loved. Old Gabe, young Gabe preached
on that. Jacob, Jacob have I loved. Who's Jacob? A cheat, a supplanter,
a man that didn't give God any thought, but God. God said, I've
loved Jacob. I've chosen Jacob. Jacob's running. The Lord's going after him. The
Lord finds him, wrestles him down to the ground. Well, didn't
Mac love this? Every sinner does. Every son
of Jacob does. Wrestled old Jacob down to the
ground, said, what's your name? Jacob. Not anymore. You're mine. Prince. King and the priest and the son
and the prince with me. You're mine from here on. You're
not your own. You're going to be bought with a price, Jacob.
I made a covenant concerning you. You're mine. Jacob's well wasn't the only
thing here. It wasn't Jacob. It was the Lord. Jacob's God is sitting on this
well. Jacob's Lord is sitting there.
The very one that wrestled him to the ground is sitting there
right now. Oh, the way he'll be sitting on this well this
morning. and draw someone to Himself. It says in verse 6, He was wearied
with His journey. Oh, my. How far had He come? How far
did the Lord come? All the way from heaven down
to this earth. Oh, how far He condescended. John just said that he cometh
from above. Why would he come down here?
Why would he go to this despicable place? Why would he go to save
this one Samaritan woman? Why? Because he's God. Didn't
you love that article in the Bulletin this morning? Why does
he have mercy? Because he's God. Why would he love anybody? Because
he's God. There's nobody lovable, but he loved because he's God. God. He was wearied with His journey. From glory to earth to the cross
and back to glory. It's the sixth hour. Everything
is significant. It was the sixth hour. About
the sixth hour. What about the sixth hour? That's
noon. That's high noon. That's where
the sun is shining in all its glory. This woman is in darkness. She's going to see the Son of
Righteousness. He's come with healing in His
wings. John, the light of the knowledge
of the glory of God is about to shine in her heart right now. Right now. Six hours. It says in parenthesis, His disciples
were going away into the city to buy meat. Why? He sent them away on purpose. Why? Because salvation is between
the Savior and the sinner in it. Salvation is between the
Lord, the Shepherd, and His lost sheep. And when you hear from the Lord,
you're going to hear from Him. It might be through an under-shepherd,
but it's going to be Him. He's going to get man out of
the way. Man's going to get out of the way. Man's glory, everything. The Lord Himself, He said, My
sheep are going to hear My voice. It says, The hour is coming and
now is when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and
live. This woman is dead and sick. She's going to hear the
voice of the Son of God and live. Oh, may He do this more to me. Parenthesis. They've gone away
to buy meat. He came to this well, this woman
came to get water. Oh, didn't he say, him, he said,
come, buy wine and milk without money, without price. Why do
you spend money for that which is not bread? The meat of God,
the water of God is sitting on the well. He said, my body is
meat indeed, drink indeed. In 1 Chronicles 16, David brought
back the ark of the Lord. He was so happy. He was dancing
before that ark, singing, dancing. The people, all Israel, God's
people, were so happy. That's the gospel. They were
so happy and all that. David's wife despised him. But anyway,
it says, after he came in and put the ark, it says, he dealt
to every man a loaf of bread, a good piece of flesh, and a
flagon of wine. These three things are one. Christ
is the bread of life. He said, my flesh is meat indeed,
and oh the wine of His blood. May He deal that to us this morning. Then cometh a woman. There cometh a woman of Samaria
to draw water. There cometh a woman to draw
water. Our Lord said, all that the Father
giveth me shall come to me. She came to this well. She came
to draw water. Oh my, she's being drawn. She didn't even get any water.
She never put her well down in that bucket. She dropped it.
She came to draw water. She ended up being drawn. Didn't
our Lord say that? No man cometh unto me except
the Father which hath sent me." Drawing. He's drawing her. Oh, my. Now, women drew water
in the early part of the day. This was noon. Women didn't come
to the well to get water for the day at noon. The day is over. Right? You come in the morning.
Cool of the day. Plus, you need the water to cook
with and to wash with. the rest of the day. You don't
come at noon. Well, why is she coming at noon,
at the hottest part of the day? Why? She didn't want to see anyone.
She's a notorious woman. She's known by everybody in town.
She's been married five times, and the man, she's living with
a fellow, and everybody knows her, and she's the talk of the
town. She's a sinner. Everybody knows her. She's a
shame. She doesn't want to see anybody.
She doesn't want to meet anybody. She doesn't want to run into
anybody. She didn't want to run into anybody. Oh, thank God,
she ran into somebody. She does meet somebody. She doesn't know him. She knows
her. She didn't want to see anybody. He came to see her. He came to
look on her. She didn't want to speak to anybody. All people come to church all
the time. and sit on the back row. They don't want to see anybody. And when they hear the Lord,
they'll come to the front row. They want to see Him. They want to
hear Him. Can't get closer than that. Now she said, now she's religious. Everybody is. Have you ever met
anybody who wasn't religious? Have a blessed day. You know
why they say that? They want you to know they're
religious. You sayeth the woman of Samaria unto him, how is it
that thou being a Jew, he looked like a Jew? He didn't look, these
pictures of this blue-eyed Caucasian, you know, leaning over a rock,
praying, that, it's not only an idol, it's not even a close
semblance to the Lord Jesus Christ the way he was. It's an idol. Anybody that has one of those
doesn't know Jesus Christ. You wouldn't put a picture of
your mother, of some, my mother's got gray hair, would I put just
anybody's picture up there and say that's my mother? Would you? No. There is no physical description
of Jesus Christ in this Bible. Why? There were no cameras back
then. That's on purpose. Because any
depiction of him, any description of him is an idol. He said, make
no images. Didn't he say that? Make no images.
Because men worship those things instead of the person. Like this
woman worshiped a place rather than a person. But he looked like a Jew. There
was no form. He had no form, no comeliness,
no beauty. You wouldn't have been drawn
to him. He was dark, curly. He did not have long hair. That's
not in the Bible. You know that? It's not in the
Bible. You say he was a, what's the word? The fellas are, anyway,
he didn't have long hair. Scripture says it's a shame for
a man to have long hair. Short, black hair, curly. He was black
because Solomon said so. Raven's head. Dark eyes, dark
skin, Jew. He didn't look any different
than any other Jew. She recognized this man's a Jew. She didn't see like the tabernacle
in the wilderness. She did not see who he really
was. Like the tabernacle was covered
with a badger's skin. It just looked like an ordinary
tent. Oh, God's going to have to bring you inside to show you
the glory of God. And our Lord is going to reveal
Himself to this woman. You're just a Jew. You're a Jew
and you ask a drink of me. See, this woman, she's an Armenian. She didn't know the Lord. She
didn't know God. She didn't know the Christ description. She said,
you asked me. He didn't ask her. He didn't
ask her. Did he? Read it with me. Verse
7. Give me to drink. Didn't he say that? Kings don't
ask servants anything. This is his well. This is his
wife. She doesn't know it. He's telling
her, give me. It's my well, my water. You give
it. You serve me. Give me to drink. This is the
Christ of Scripture. This is the Jesus Christ of Scripture.
He's not asking anybody for anything, for favor. He doesn't need a
favor. He doesn't need anything from us. He's going to show her,
I don't need anything you have. I have everything you need. Isn't
it? This is the Christ of Scripture.
This is the real Jesus Christ. If you've confessed, if you believe
anyone less than this, wrong Jesus. Wrong one. If you confessed in baptism this
other Jesus whom you let into your heart, you weren't baptized
by Jesus Christ. No, sir. And none of his true
servants would do such a thing. They wouldn't do it. I ask you,
why? Brother, was it David? Yeah, David Edmondson told this
story. He said, Brother Cody, a young
girl, A young girl came to him down in Mexico and said she wanted
to be baptized. She's very young. Wisely, Cody
was, you know, going to question and say, why? Why do you want
to be baptized? You need to know why. You need
to know why. You're taking the Lord's table.
You need to know why. And she said, because I believe
that Jesus Christ is God. And Brother David asked him,
what did you do? What did you do, Cody? I baptized
her. Salvation has come when you realize
Jesus, He's God. And you're in His hands. Everything
and everyone is in His hands. You're salvation, you're hope.
To say that He's God, that He's Lord, to say that He's the Son
of God, is to say it all, isn't it? He didn't ask her. He told her. She's confused. She said, you
have no dealings with us Samaritans. She was amazed that this Jew
would have dealings with Samaritans. Brother Kelly, a little while
later she's going to be amazed that the Son of God would come
down to this despicable place and come all this way to save
her. Thank God to high heaven that
He came sitting on a well to wait on me! Why would He do such a thing?
Because He's God, that's why. You have no... How can God have
dealings with sinners? Jesus Christ. And he said, don't you love these
words, verse 10, he said in there, if thou knewest the gift of God
and who it is that saith to thee, give me to drink, thou wouldest
have asked. No, I'm not asking you. I'm telling
you. If you know who it is, See, if you knew the gift of
God, see, the wages of sin is death, isn't it? We've all sinned,
come short of the glory of God. That's what we've earned. That's
what we all deserve. Somebody say it. Let God. The
gift of God is eternal life. What is the gift of God? It's
Him. It's Christ. The gift of His
righteousness. Here, I'm covering you, Adam.
Eve, I'm covering you. with the skin of another. Here,
Adam and Eve, I'm shedding this blood of another to pay for your
sin. And what are they doing? Nothing.
John, what are they doing? Looking. They're just looking.
Wondering. Beholding. Gospel. Their salvation. Covering of
their sin. Putting away their sin by the
sacrifice of another. If you knew, thou knewest the
gift of God, and who it is. It saith unto you, you would
ask. And that's why no preacher of God stands up and asks people
to do anything. No preacher of God sent by God
stands up and won't now want you to come forward. No, sir.
No preacher of God stands up and has an altar call. No, sir.
He preaches the altar. He preaches the one who must
draw. He preaches the one. All he does is say, Thus saith
the Lord. Look, behold, the Lamb of God. That's what John did. And what
happened? The Spirit of God moved. He brings them. On Pentecost,
they all heard Christ high and lifted up. Lord, everybody in
His hand whom they had crucified, every one of them. And Peter
didn't ask anybody to do anything. He said, now won't you accept
Him? Now won't you come forward? Now won't you let Him into your
heart? Make Him Lord of your life? No! He preached Him as
Lord. What happened? They asked. They
all asked. Men and brethren, what shall
we do? If thou knewest, you'd ask."
And he just did. He gave him living water. Living water. Well, the woman
said in verse 11, unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with.
See here, she's an ignorant, Arminian, lost, religious woman. Why are you asking me? You don't
have anything to draw with. Poor ignorant woman. Oh, she's going to find, she's
going to know, isn't she? Even if she's been known. She's
going to know that she's the one that doesn't have anything
to draw with. That she's the one that's unable. She says the well is deep. There's
nothing man's ever dug this deep. Nothing man's ever done this
deep. Shallow. Cisterns. Isn't it? Polluted water. No, there's nothing
deep about man. Nothing deep. Oh, but oh, the
depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable
are His judgment and His ways past finding out. Nothing to draw with. No, He
didn't bring a bucket. He didn't need a bucket. He didn't
come to get water. He came to give water. He didn't
come to draw water, he came to draw her. And she didn't know
it. She said, From whence hast thou
this living water? Art thou greater than our father
Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and
his children, and his cattle? Our Lord answered, verse 13,
said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again. Whosoever drinketh, is he greater?"
Oh my, she doesn't know how great this wine is. Brother David preached
on this, on Joseph. Brother David preached when Pharaoh
said, can we find such a wine as this? Is there a man who has
such wisdom? and such glory that can reveal
all dreams. And Joseph's standing there right
beside him. I believe the Lord saved that
Pharaoh. That Pharaoh. I believe the Lord saved him.
Like Nebuchadnezzar. See, that Pharaoh died when the
children of Israel, right before they were brought in bondage.
And that Pharaoh, he said, can we find such a one as this? Pointing to Joseph. Nope. There
he is. Not Joseph. You hear that? Can we find such a one? Are thou
greater than our Father? Greater. Oh, man. There's none greater. None greater. God hath given Him a name which
is above every name. I'll tell you how greater He
is. See, our God is greater than their God. This is what the Scripture
says. Our God is greater than their God. Their gods are idols.
They can't do anything. You carry them around. You have
to do it for Him. He does everything for us. You
have to accept Him. He accepts us. Our God. You have to let Him say, our
God doesn't let anybody. We can't let our God do anything.
He lets us. Our God. He's greater. His work is greater. He finished the work. That other
Jesus tried and failed. He put down a down payment. That
won't work. Our Lord paid it off. He's greater.
He's greater. He's higher. He's omnipotent. Omniscient. Omnipotent. He's
greater alright. He's the great one. And His salvation
is great. Who's it for? Great sinners.
Helpless sinners. Hopeless sinners. Like this one.
Lost sinners. Damn doomed and dying sinners.
There's no hope. No God without Christ in this
world. Say it again. But God. has come for her. I wish we'd filled that baptistery.
I'd like to get back in it this morning, right now. This is my God. He came to me. I didn't realize it. Like Jacob
said, God was in this place and I didn't know it. Whosoever drinketh of this water,
No matter what it is, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, jobs,
possessions, houses, lands, pleasure, lust, whatever it is, it won't
satisfy it. You've got to keep drinking it.
I just had a little of this water while ago. I just drank it. It's half full. I didn't say half empty. I'm still thirsty. I'm still
thirsty. A little while from now I won't
be thirsty. This water will not quench my thirst. You can't go
three days without water. I'm thirsty again. Thirsty again.
Our Lord said, verse 14, that whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give, he has to give it. First thing he has to
do is create a thirst. Oh, how blessed are they that
hunger and thirst. This woman's not thirsty yet. She keeps coming
back to the same well. Back to the same well. She keeps
going to the place where she's worshipped all her life with
her family, with her daddy, her grandfather. This is where we've
always worshipped. This is my daddy's church. This
is my mother's church. This is the gospel I believe.
It ain't no gospel in it. She's going to drop that water
pot. She's going to leave that well. She's hurt him. Oh, the water that I give, the
Lord said, whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give
him shall never thirst. The water that I shall give him
or her shall be in him a well of water springing up unto everlasting
life. The water that I give, who is
it? What is it? It's Him. It's Christ
in you, the hope of glory. Belief on the Son. Love for the
Son. Need for the Son. Hunger and
thirst for the Son. A desire to be with the Son.
To want to live with the Son. That you look to the Son. To
serve the... It's life. Christ is your life. There's
not a day that goes by that I don't want water. Do you? They say you need to drink 8
cups of water. I drink more than that. Not because
they tell me to. Not because man says you're supposed
to. I'm thirsty. The Christ in you. God have it. Wellspring of water, springing
up unto everlasting life. Well, the woman said unto him,
verse 15, Sir, give me this water that I thirst not, neither come
hither to draw. Give me this water. She still
doesn't know. The Lord said, they created an interest. When the Lord begins to work
on someone, He begins to create an interest. He begins to create
a need. And what He'll do is He'll show
that person, man, woman, young person, who He is and what they
are, a sinner. And He'll convince them of their
own sin. And show them their need of Christ. And show them the vanity of this
world and how everything and everyone in it just won't satisfy. and give them a need for the
water of life. And they begin to enjoy the Word
of God, enjoy the preaching of God, the preaching of the Word
of God, the preaching of Christ. Now, I hope the Lord... I believe maybe the Lord's doing
that, maybe, in one of our young people. I hope so. But He creates
a need, a desire to hear the Word of God. And then He's going to convict of
sin. See, salvation is from sin. And Christ came in this world
to save sinners. And this is when the Lord speaks
to someone. This is what the Lord shows someone,
that they're a sinner. Because that's why Christ came.
He didn't just come to make us, you know, happy and all of that,
but came to save from sin. This woman, our Lord said to
her, go call thy husband and come hither. The woman answered,
and I think she paused, I have no husband. The Lord said
unto her, thou hast well said, I have no husband. Thou hast
had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband.
You're living with someone. And sin, and it is sin, the Lord
forbids it. And that says thou truly, thou
hast no husband. She had no husband. He said that
truly. And she doesn't know it. Her husband has come. Her Hosea has come for her. Let me read to you. He said,
Hosea, God through Hosea said, she'll follow after her lovers. She'll go after her lovers that
she thinks have given her corn and wine. But he said, I gave
it to her. He said, I'm going to destroy
all this. I'm going to take it all away from her. He said, I'm
going to visit her. And I'm going to allure her.
I'm going to bring her into the wilderness. to the well in the
middle of the day, and I'm going to speak comfortably to her." And he said, I'll sow her unto
me. I'll have mercy upon her that hath not obtained mercy.
And so I bought her. And I said, you're going to abide
with me, not be for another. You're for me. Her husband has
come. or true husbands, in that thou
saidst truly. But now you have one. You don't
know me, but I know you, and I've come for you. Praise be the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Ah, you said that truly. How many times have some of us
been married? As we said before, all adultery.
But brethren, we're not our own. We're bought with a price. and
our maker is our husband." Thank God, he's come for us. She said, I perceive that thou
art a prophet. You seem to know things. Well,
she said, I've got a question for you. Our fathers worshipped
in this mountain, and she's trying to get off the subject of her
sin. She's not asking a good question at all, is she? What
about this place? What about this? What about that?
What about that? Wait a minute. What are you going to do about
your sin, your adultery? She's getting off the subject
here. People ask me all sorts of questions. Our Father said here, I'm a Methodist
and you're a Baptist. I'm Catholic. You say this place,
that place. He said, woman, look at verse
21. I love it. Woman, believe me. Salvation is not what you believe,
it's who. It's not what you know, it's who. It's not where, it's
who. It's not a place or a thing,
it's a person. And an hour cometh when ye shall
neither worship in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, worship
the Father." See, true worshipers, they worship God, they rejoice
in Christ Jesus, and they have no confidence in things or places. He said in verse 22, you worship
you know not what. Isn't that true of most people?
You know not what. So many looking for this, looking
for that. I hear it all the time. We're looking for a church. Looking
for a church. Looking for a church. Quit looking
for a church. Call on the name of the Lord.
Look for Him. Our Lord said, seeking Me, you'll find Me when
you search for Me with all your heart. Lord, I want to know You. And he said this, salvations
of the Jews. Do you know what that means?
Do you know what that means? All of God's people know that.
All Jews know what that means. He's not a Jew which is one outwardly,
but inwardly. All Jews know what this means. Jews, salvation of
the Jews. What's that? Sovereign election.
Number one. All the elect know who does the
electing. Sovereign electing, Jews. Jacob have I done? The God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Not Ishmael. He's not the God.
The Muslims don't know him. Ishmael. No, no, no, no. The
Hindus don't know him. They worship Krishna. The Buddhists
don't know him. They worship Buddha. No, no,
no, no, no, no. He's the God of Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob. He revealed himself to Abraham.
Isaac, the son of promise, Christ. Jacob's an old sinner, saved
by grace. Every one of God's people knows. The Jews had the
worship of God. He revealed to them. They didn't
find it out. He revealed to them. He came
to them. He said, you've got to have three
things to come to me. Three things to worship God. Every Jew knew
that. Outward Jews don't know that
now. They're not sacrificing lambs.
They quit. Why? Daniel said they would, and the
Lord put an end to it. But every Jew knew that you have
to have a tabernacle, you have to have a high priest, and you
have to have a sacrifice, a lamb, a burnt offering. Every Jew.
You don't come anywhere. You come to God's temple. Not
anybody can offer up the sacrifice. The high priest. And it's not
just anything. It's not flowers and vegetables.
It's blood. Every Jew knew this. Every Jew
still knows that. Every spiritual Jew still knows
that. Salvations of the Jew. We've got to have three things,
and these three are one. Jesus Christ. He's the place. He's our temple. He's the priest,
the high priest. There is no other. And He's the
blood. He's the burnt offering. And boy, when you meet the Christ,
when you hear the truth, when you hear His voice, you'll go
away knowing salvation is of the Jews. It's all in Christ. The hour
is coming, verse 23, now is when the true worshippers shall worship
the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeketh such to
worship Him. Will He find them? He sure will.
Where will He find them? Sitting on a whale, coming to
a whale. That's where you'll meet them. You'll hear from Christ. Well, the woman said then, I
know that Messiah's cometh, which is called Christ, the Holy One
of Israel. I've heard of Him. It's coming. When He comes, when He's come,
He will tell us all things. And Jesus saith unto her, this
man said unto her, I that speak unto thee, I am. I am. They said to our Lord one time,
they said, if thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. He didn't come
for them. He said it as plain as he could.
If you believe not that I am, you'll die on your sins. He said
it very plainly. They didn't hear him. They didn't
believe him. They didn't bow to him. They didn't ask. He didn't
give it. Why? He didn't come for them. But
he came for this woman. If you knew, you'd ask. She did. Give me. And now she doesn't
know him, but he tells her, who are you? I know you're a prophet,
but who are you really? I am that I am. I am your prophet. I am that prophet of whom Moses
spake. I am him of whom all the law
and the prophets speak of. I am your prophet. I am your
priest. I am your king. I am your sacrifice. I am your
temple. I am your Lord. I am your God.
Your wisdom, I am come. I am your wisdom, your righteousness,
your sanctification, your redemption, your redeemer, your covenant
head, I am your pitch, I am your atonement, I am your ark, I am
that serpent on a pole, I am that I am. Name something. I
am it and I am yours. I am come for you. What did she do? Look at verse
28. She dropped her water pot. She
forgot all about coming here for water. Oh my. She doesn't need a water
pot anymore. She went her way. The disciples,
isn't this sad? They marveled that he talked
with this woman. They forgot. They knew her too. Everybody
knew her. They marveled it. That's why he kept bringing them
down, bringing them down, bringing them down. He told them, except
you repent, you'll perish. I'm not come to call the righteous,
but sinners. And she dropped her water pot
and went her way into the city. And what'd she say from then
on? You know, if she was talking to her neighbors before, she'd
talk about the weather. If she, you know, went to her little
place of worship, she'd talk about whatever. programs and
entertainment and whatever. Who's she talking about now?
Come see a man. And I hope for those of you whom
the Lord has spoken to, if somebody asks you, why do you go there?
Where do you go? I go up here to a place on the
hill. Why? Why do you go there? I hope you'll say, because He makes
me look to the Lord Jesus Christ. But I've heard His voice there,
and I keep hearing His voice there. And it's like a well where
I draw water. That's Christ Himself. That's
why. Okay. Well, John, you come.