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The Woman at the Well
Read this account of how during one of the journeys Jesus made, He stopped at a well;
So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was
there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw
water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria said to
Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus
answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He
would have given you living water." The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You
get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his
livestock?" Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." The
woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and
come here." The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, 'I have no husband,' for you have
had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly." The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to
worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the
Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when
the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who
worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He
comes, He will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He." John 4:5-26
When Jesus was speaking to the woman and asking for a drink, the woman did not understand what He was talking about when he compared the water in the well for bodily drinking compared to the 'water' He was offering which was the receiving of the Holy Spirit when one comes to faith in Jesus. The drinking Jesus is referring to is the taking in the word of God. This is baptizing by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus makes the comparison of drinking water and becoming physically thirsty again, because as all things for our lives, food, water, possessions, they are only a temporary satisfaction. Taking in the word of God (drinking the living water) is an eternally lasting gift of life.
And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in
Me shall never thirst. John 6:35
Read this account of how during one of the journeys Jesus made, He stopped at a well;
So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was
there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw
water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria said to
Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus
answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He
would have given you living water." The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You
get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his
livestock?" Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." The
woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and
come here." The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, 'I have no husband,' for you have
had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly." The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive
that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to
worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the
Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when
the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who
worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He
comes, He will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He." John 4:5-26
When Jesus was speaking to the woman and asking for a drink, the woman did not understand what He was talking about when he compared the water in the well for bodily drinking compared to the 'water' He was offering which was the receiving of the Holy Spirit when one comes to faith in Jesus. The drinking Jesus is referring to is the taking in the word of God. This is baptizing by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus makes the comparison of drinking water and becoming physically thirsty again, because as all things for our lives, food, water, possessions, they are only a temporary satisfaction. Taking in the word of God (drinking the living water) is an eternally lasting gift of life.
And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in
Me shall never thirst. John 6:35
