The Book of John: Come and See the Spirit of God

Sunday, John takes us into a conversation that Jesus had with a woman from Samaria. It begins as a simple conversation with Jesus asking her for water. Because he is crossing Jewish purification lines and long standing animosity between the Jews and Samaritans, the woman is quite surprised. Even more surprising, Jesus compares the water from the well with the living water he could provide to her. 

The water she drew came from a well that she attributes to Jacob who purchased the land from Shechem (Genesis 33:18-20). Jesus compares the water he can provide with the water Jacob provides his descendants. What Jacob provides needs to be drawn from daily, while the water Jesus provides is “living” because it is spiritual. Jesus is superior to Jacob!

Then the conversation turns to the proper location for worshiping God, and Jesus challenges both the Jews' and the Samaritans' concepts of God and the worship due his name. John the apostle continues to leverage these conversations to challenge his readers to come and see what Jesus knows about God and offers to those who believe in him. 

So join us Sunday as we consider this boundary crossing conversation that’s filled with hope in the grace of God.