“Thirsty? Come To The Well That Makes All Well With One’s Soul”

First streamed on 5.17.23. First posted on 5.27.23. Also see the previous John 4:1-26 sermon.

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What are you thirsting for?

So many are spiritually dehydrated, yet seek to be satisfied with worldly waters.

Will you drink the everlasting living water of Jesus?¹ Or will you stick to your manmade wells that won’t satisfy (cf. Jer 2:13)?

In John 3, Jesus speaks with a renowned religious rabbi – the Jewish, male Pharisee, Nicodemus.² In John 4, Jesus speaks with a Samaritan woman living in sin on the fringe of society.³

And they both need the living water of the Holy Spirit.

Dear friends, doesn’t matter who you are… doesn’t matter where you’re from… we all need Jesus and the living water of the Lord.

It’s not about a holy location, but about the holy hydration. It’s not about holy spaces (Jn 4:21); it’s about the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit of God transcends race and religious tradition, culture and class, gender and geography.⁴ All people, in unity⁵ can worship God in Spirit and in truth (Jn 4:23-24).

So let’s not be afraid to offer invite even the outcasts (cf. Jn 4:6, 9) to take a sip of the Savior⁶ — the Messiah (the Christ) (Jn 4:25-26). Taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the one that takes refuge in Him (Ps 34:8).

Jesus knows all our dirty laundry (Jn 4:16-18);

Jesus can wash all our dirty laundry.

But we have to admit that it’s dirty and come to Him for living water;

Come to the well that makes all well with one’s soul.

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