Facing the Truth

John 4:10-20

There are revelations in Christianity.

• The revelation of !
• The revelation of !

When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”  Mark 2:17 NLT

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Jesus this woman with a single sentence.

Notice: It was not ; everything Jesus said to this woman was .

“Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her. “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!”   John 4:16-18 NLT

She tried times to change the .

So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”   John 4:20 NLT

The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ.When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”  John 4:25

Jesus actually is looking into the of the woman and He also looks in .

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.   Hebrews 4:13 NLT

This truth is something we need to .

But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ.  Galatians 3:22 NLT

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.  Isaiah 53:6 NLT

 If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.  1 John 1:10 NLT

There are types of people!

1^st hedonist = (Romans 1:18-32 NLT)

This person acknowledges no other than those of their own making.

• They it up as they !
• They live for !
• This path is sinful because it away God.

2^nd person (Romans 2:1-16)

But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.  Matthew 5:48 NLT

3^rd person (Romans 2:17-29)

Remember: “God behind your .”

As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous— not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God.
All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.”  Romans 3:10-12 NLT

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.  Romans 3:23 NLT

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.  Romans 8:1 NLT

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He said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.”   John 4:16 NASB

Did you notice there are to this verse?