The Church at Mesquite John 4.1-42. The Church at Mesquite Previous Considerations… If you are a Christian, Love has everything to do with it: You can.
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The Church at Mesquite
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
John 4.1-42
The Church at Mesquite
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Previous Considerations…
If you are a Christian, Love has everything to do with it:
You can love without being a Christian, but you can not be a Christian without loving.
Love is the foundation of everything we do.We serve GOD because we Love HIM.We serve our brethren because we Love them.We serve our fellowman because we Love
them.
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As we consider our individual Christianity and our congregation of Christians we do well to make sure that the effort we are giving in GOD’s name are sustained by Love.
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Love is:The foundation of every ministry we
promote.The idea behind every dollar that we
give.The spirit behind every song that we
sing.The power behind every prayer that we
pray.The essence of every meditation we
experience.The gift of every Scripture we
contemplate.
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Thus we have no choice but to conclude that as it relates to our Christianity:
LOVE HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Considerations regarding John’s theology:
How he viewed GOD How he viewed GOD’s relationship with
man How he viewed man’s necessary
response to GOD
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John 4.1-42
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Vs. 1-6
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Vs. 1-6
JESUS travels through Samaria
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Vs. 7-26
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Vs. 7-26
JESUS’ conversation with the Samaritan woman
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Vs. 9
The Jews did not deal with the Samaritans because there bloodline had been tainted by the Assyrians and were ceremonially unclean (note: Acts 10.28)
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Vs. 10-15
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Vs. 10-15
Living water…abundant live (cf. John 10.10)
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Vs. 16-18
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JESUS’ life changing call…
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Vs. 19-20
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Vs. 19-20
A point of contention between the Samaritans and the Jews…
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Vs. 19-20
A point of contention between the Samaritans and the Jews…(Mt. Gerizim versus Jerusalem)
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Vs. 21-24
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JESUS shares the “Living Water” with her…
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JESUS shares the “Living Water” with her…the knowledge that the time is coming in which “true worship” will not be in the right place but rather in the “right spirit!”
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Vs. 25-26
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The Samaritan woman affirms that she knows that a change is coming…
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Vs. 25-26
The Samaritan woman affirms that she knows that a change is coming…JESUS proclaims the change has come!
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Vs. 27
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The disciples marveled…
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The disciples marveled…Possibly because JESUS was talking to a
Samaritan
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Vs. 27
The disciples marveled…Possibly because JESUS was talking to a
Samaritan or because HE was talking to a woman.
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Vs. 28-30
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The impact that JESUS had on the woman
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JESUS’ meat…
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JESUS’ meat…HIS sustenance
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Vs. 39-42
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Vs. 39-42
The direct impact that JESUS had on the woman led to JESUS having a direct impact on other Samaritans.
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Considerations regarding John’s theology:
How he viewed GOD How he viewed GOD’s relationship with
man How he viewed man’s necessary
response to GOD
The Church at Mesquite
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Considerations regarding John’s theology:
How he viewed GOD?
GOD is Love, and in HIS Love HE seeks to save the lost (remember vs. 4 of the text: And HE must needs go through Samaria).
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Considerations regarding John’s theology:
How he viewed GOD’s relationship with man?
GOD is so concerned about saving humankind that HE is willing to go against what it culturally normal in order to save (remember these events happened in Samaria).
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Considerations regarding John’s theology:
How he viewed man’s necessary response to
GOD?
If GOD Loves us enough to go against what is accepted, then we should love in the same manner.
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Those that our culture refuse to Love:
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Those that our culture refuse to Love:
Alternative lifestyles
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Those that our culture refuse to Love:
Alternative lifestylesPreviously imprisoned
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Those that our culture refuse to Love:
Alternative lifestylesPreviously imprisonedSubstance abusers
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Those that our culture refuse to Love:
Alternative lifestylesPreviously imprisonedSubstance abusersWomen of the night
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Those that our culture refuse to Love:
Alternative lifestylesPreviously imprisonedSubstance abusersWomen of the nightUnemployed or underemployed
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Those that our culture refuse to Love:
Alternative lifestylesPreviously imprisonedSubstance abusersWomen of the nightUnemployed or underemployedUneducated or undereducated
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Those that our culture refuse to Love:
Alternative lifestylesPreviously imprisonedSubstance abusersWomen of the nightUnemployed or underemployedUneducated or undereducatedFailures
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The Fact of the Matter:
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The Fact of the Matter:
All of us have done something “alternative”
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
The Fact of the Matter:
All of us have done something “alternative”
All of us have been in prison…the mind
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
The Fact of the Matter:
All of us have done something “alternative”
All of us have been in prison…the mindAll of us have abused something…food
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The Fact of the Matter:
All of us have done something “alternative”
All of us have been in prison…the mindAll of us have abused something…foodAll of us have done something in the dark
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The Fact of the Matter:
All of us have done something “alternative”
All of us have been in prison…the mindAll of us have abused something…foodAll of us have done something in the darkNone of us were born successful
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
The Fact of the Matter:
All of us have done something “alternative”
All of us have been in prison…the mindAll of us have abused something…foodAll of us have done something in the darkNone of us were born successfulAll of us lack something educationally
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
The Fact of the Matter:
All of us have done something “alternative”All of us have been in prison…the mindAll of us have abused something…foodAll of us have done something in the darkNone of us were born successfulAll of us lack something educationallyAll of us fail at something
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Our necessary response to GOD’s Love:
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Our necessary response to GOD’s Love:
If we plan to be what GOD called us to be, and if we plan to Love like GOD Loves us, we do well to make plans to Love on the very people that “religious” folk turn away.
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Our necessary response to GOD’s Love:
When we begin to Love people in this manner it stands to reason that there response will often be similar to the response of this Samaritan woman…
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Our necessary response to GOD’s Love:
When we begin to Love people in this manner it stands to reason that there response will often be similar to the response of this Samaritan woman…HER LIFE WILL BE CHANGED FOREVER!
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Our necessary response to GOD’s Love:
Further, people who are impacted by the Love that we share will tell others about a group of people (Christians) who have chosen to Love them rather than judge them.
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Our necessary response to GOD’s Love:
When the church begins to do this, then we will be able to have the impact on society that JESUS called for us to have (cf. Matt 28.19-20).
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Our necessary response to GOD’s Love:
We are:
Kingdom BuildersDisciples of CHRISTChristiansBelieversPeople of “The Way”People of FaithLovers of men
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Our necessary response to GOD’s Love:
We are NOT:
Judges…
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