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The Living Water
John 4:1-26
I.                     Intro
a.        Just yesterday I read a news article about Linda Damm
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Her body found in the trunk of her car in her garage after one month of being stabbed to death by her 15 yr old daughter and 17 year old live in boyfriend
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They spent hundreds of dollars from her mother’s debit card on “teenage stuff”
2.       They several times to get rid of the body
a.        Dumping it in a landfill but their tire got stuck in the mud
b.
They tried to bury her in a nearby cemetery, but fearful that the grave was too shallow
c.
The body was notified by a an anonymous caller of its location in her own garage
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Family members testified that Linda Damm, a struggling alcoholic who recently lost her job was also losing control of her daughter
1.       Neighbors said that they could hear numerous arguments, yelling matches and physical violence displayed from both the mother and daughter
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Wow-
1.
We could have many different responses to a story like that one
a.
You could be amazed that such people live in the world
b.
You could be grateful that you have the family and life you do
c.
Some of you may think apathetically, this is just the course of sin in this world
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your means of self defense form the depressing news we hear each and everyday
d.
Some of you may say this is just inevitable, the rapture and Armegeddon is right around the corner
e.
Some of you may feel great sympathy, they are lost, she is so young, lives lost unnecessarily
*/b.
/**/Question to you is, is it really necessary to hear of graphic stories like this to remind us that our world is lost?
/**/That the world needs Jesus Christ?
Does it take graphic tales to remind the church of its ultimate mission?/*
c.
Or does it only take a mere glance into the eyes of your neighbor, your landlord, your boss, your students, your friends to know if nothing is done, nothing is said, they are destined for hell
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I want so much for our church to move beyond the initial self serving religious order where God serves as some fort of Ulitarian genie, He exists to make our lives easier, safer, simplier, more convenient, more comfortable
Reading the Passage
Opening Prayer
·         As we look at the outset of Jesus’ earthly ministry, we now come to a very familiar story, his encounter with the Samaritan Woman
o    The Apostle John pens this gospel with one theme, the *deity of Christ*, that Jesus is God
o    Before we witnessed his coronation to launch His ministry
o    Last week, we witnessed His display of divine power to authenticate His deity
o    But today, we witness His proclamation of deity
§  It is seen in four scenes- *circumstance, contact, conviction and the Christ*
 
II.
The Circumstances, vv.
1-6
a.
The Pharisees
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This is the first mention of Pharisees in our study, it is important that we know who they are- they will be mentioned in greater portions in the future studies
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Their background
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They are of three religious sects, groups that rose out of the inter-testamental period
a.        Along with the *Sadducees*, of the aristocracy of Israel who ran the temple the priestly order
b.       *Essenes*- mysterious group that became like hermits
2.       They were the most pious of all religious groups
a.        Their name probably means, “separatists”
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They desired to build a fence around the Torah
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An elaborate system of oral traditions and legislations that should rule and given every Jew according to the God’s commandments
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Because of their piety- rose a system of legalism
1.       Any legalistic system
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Which is self centered, rather than God centered
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It easily translates into an *external,* religious order
2.       Everything was based upon what you saw, the number of times you prayed, the means of your cleansing,  the quality of your sacrifice
 
*/                                                            iv.
/*Any time you are in a position of authority, */you may feel threaten/*
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As Jesus’ ministry was gaining momentum
a.
They felt threaten
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The message of Jesus, Kingdom of God is at hand
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Repentance from one’s sins
1.       Salvation in their eyes came from keeping the Law- not repentance from it
b.
When you are driven by an legalistic, external system, you can rarely see one’s faults
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That is why they criticized Jesus for sitting with tax collectors and ministering to the sick and fellowshipping with prostitutes
§  Movie Borat, Sasha Baren Cohen was trying to reveal the obvious hypocrisy in America
Christians were a major target, scene when he is learning table ediquette
He invites a prostitute to dinner 
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It wasn’t the time to publically confront the Pharisees
1.       On His return to Galilee, He had to go through Samaria
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The Samaritans
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To understand the nature of Christ’s ministry here, one must understand the geo-political condition between the Jews and the Samarians
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It dates all the way back to the exile of the Jews from Israel by the *Assyrians *some 700 yrs prior
2.       The Assyrians did not take all the Jews, but left the poorer Jewish population behind
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They in turn chose to intermarry with the occupying Assyrians
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