The Road to Worship Part 2

John 4:1-26

It is worthwhile to a moment on John’s apparent fascination with .

Chapter 1 – He made a big deal about .

Chapter 2 – Changing water into

Chapter 3 – Talking to Nicodemus:

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” John 3:5

Chapter 4 – Woman at the

As Nicodemus did, the woman took the words of Jesus quite when she was meant to understand them .

To a Jew, living water was water.

To a Jew, running, living water from the stream was always .

The woman in effect is saying to Jesus, this is blasphemous talk – , , .

Have you ever considered how people turn us when we don’t their ?

Here is a truth of worship:

“There is a which only Jesus can satisfy.” As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, God. Psalms 42:1

“For My people have committed two evils: They have abandoned Me, The fountain of living waters, To carve out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That do not hold water.” Jeremiah 2:13

The woman “chose” to misunderstand Christ’s words by  taking them .

She wasn’t looking past , for the real in Jesus’ words.

Jesus was claiming He alone could human .

It might be a good time to rethink the parable of the .

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There are principles of connection God uses with us and desires for us to Him by using them as well.

• Don’t wait – out. (vs. 1-7)
• Get into their . (vs. 7-8)
• Learn to “REALLY” . (v. 9)
• Build . (vs. 10-15)
• Don’t – be willing to be . Allow God to , and for others to be .
• others where they . (vs. 17-18)
• Stay on . (vs. 20-24)
• Be and be . (vs. 25-26)