Jesus Ties Worship & Salvation
Into One Amazing Package
6. In John 4: A believer is someone who drinks Christ as the water of life, and finds Him the spring that never runs dry; and begins a life of worshipping Christ as our only hope.
A BELIEVER DRINKS CHRIST’S WATER OF LIFE. John 4:10 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.”
A BELIEVER HAS A SUPERNATURAL SOURCE OF LIVING WATER JOHN 4:14 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.”
DRINKERS ARE WORSHIPERS. John 4:23 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. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
A BELIEVER IS CONVINCED CHRIST IS THEIR ONLY HOPE. John 4:39, 41-42 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” 41 And many more believed because of His own word. 42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
Lessons on Worship &
Worshippers From John 4
Jesus first detaches worship from a specific location, atmosphere, or physical setting. The location of worship is no longer the main concern, He told the woman. The issue is not where you worship, but rather whom you worship and how you worship. God is an immortal, invisible, and omnipresent spirit. He cannot be seen or touched, and He cannot be represented by an idol or any kind of likeness.
Jesus also reminds us of His favorite designation for God. God as Father was Jesus’ favorite title for the Lord God Almighty. The gospels record about seventy times when Jesus spoke to God, and every time He called Him Father, except when He was on the cross, bearing the judgment for man’s sin. Then He said, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46).
Finally, Jesus explains that the way to worship is two-fold. Spirit-prompted, or energized, worship was the first prerequisite. Truth as the basis, the substance, and the content of worship was the second.
Blended together, the structure, content, and form of worship, was flowing from the Spirit of God, and based upon the Word of God. Worship was to be gauged, tested, and measured by the Spirit indwelt worship that flows from God’s Word.
So, when the woman at the well was seeking for the proper method of worship, she was missing the third dimension. She only was aware of two options—the Samaritan method and the Jewish method. These two methods can be contrasted with what the Scriptures would call: true, spiritual worship here n John 4.
Contrasts Christ Brings out to the
Bad Samaritan (The Woman at the Well)