“ Jesus asked her, "Would you please give me a drink of water?" "You are a Jew," she replied, "and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink of water when Jews and Samaritans won't have anything to do with each other?" Jesus answered, "You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life. ” [John 4:8-10]
"WHOEVER DRINKS THE WATER I GIVE THEM WILL NEVER THIRST"
The woman recognized Jesus as a Jew and was amazed that He would speak to her, a Samaritan. The Jews had a deep dislike for the Samaritans. They considered them half-breeds. That is why this woman said to the Lord Jesus, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” Little did she realize that she was speaking with her own Creator, and that His love rose above all the petty distinctions of men.
Jesus was first of all the gift of God—the One God gave to be the Savior of the world, His only begotten Son. But He was also a Man—the One who, wearied with His journey, asked her for a drink. In other words, if she had realized that the One to whom she was talking was God manifest in the flesh, she would have asked Him for a blessing, and He would have given her living water. The woman could only think of literal water and of the impossibility of His getting it without the necessary equipment. She completely failed to recognize the Lord, or to understand His words.
So the Lord began to explain the difference between the literal water of Jacob’s well and the water which He would give. Whoever drank of this water would thirst again. Men seek their pleasure and satisfaction in earthly things, but these things are not able to quench the thirst of the heart of man.
The contrast is very vivid. All the earth can provide is not sufficient to fill the human heart. But the blessings which Christ provides not only fill the heart, but they are too great for any heart to contain. The pleasures of this world are for a few short years, but the pleasures which Christ provides go on into everlasting life.
Only those who know themselves to be lost can be saved. All men are lost, but not all willing to admit it. Jesus will save them if they repent of their sin and trust in Him.
Dear friend, are you willing to acknowledge that you are lost and need a Savior Jesus Christ, who died for our sins on the cross. If there was any other way to save mankind, Jesus would have not died on the cruel cross.
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Jesus was first of all the gift of God—the One God gave to be the Savior of the world, His only begotten Son. But He was also a Man—the One who, wearied with His journey, asked her for a drink. In other words, if she had realized that the One to whom she was talking was God manifest in the flesh, she would have asked Him for a blessing, and He would have given her living water. The woman could only think of literal water and of the impossibility of His getting it without the necessary equipment. She completely failed to recognize the Lord, or to understand His words.
So the Lord began to explain the difference between the literal water of Jacob’s well and the water which He would give. Whoever drank of this water would thirst again. Men seek their pleasure and satisfaction in earthly things, but these things are not able to quench the thirst of the heart of man.
The contrast is very vivid. All the earth can provide is not sufficient to fill the human heart. But the blessings which Christ provides not only fill the heart, but they are too great for any heart to contain. The pleasures of this world are for a few short years, but the pleasures which Christ provides go on into everlasting life.
Only those who know themselves to be lost can be saved. All men are lost, but not all willing to admit it. Jesus will save them if they repent of their sin and trust in Him.
Dear friend, are you willing to acknowledge that you are lost and need a Savior Jesus Christ, who died for our sins on the cross. If there was any other way to save mankind, Jesus would have not died on the cruel cross.
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Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman
"...whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst"
“Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” [John 4: 13-14]
