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Severe Ethnic Tension

Text: John 4:7-10

“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.”

John 4:7-10

SEVERE ETHNIC TENSION       

Racial tensions exist all over the world. No country has been spared. Even in the first century, there were severe ethnic tension between Israel and Samaria.

A WOMAN OF SAMARIA 

1. She had gone to a public well in a location called Sychar (John 4:5, 7).

2. It was about the sixth hour (noon) when she went to draw water (John 4:6).

IGNORING ETHNIC TENSION

1. Jesus was there at the well of Sychar when the Samaritan woman appeared.

2. Kindly, Jesus opened the conversation by asking the Samaritan woman for a drink of water (John 4:7). 

THE SURPRISE OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN

1. She was surprised that Jesus, being a Jew, would ask her for a drink of water (John 4:9).

2. It was well-known then, that “Jews have no dealings with Samaritans” (John 4:9c).

LIVING WATER

“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.’”

John 4:10

1. “If you knew the gift of God”

a. She did not know the gift of God.

i. This is the gift of becoming a child of God (John 1:12).

ii. This is the gift of eternal life.

b. Since she had no knowledge, she had not asked for the gift of eternal life.

2. “And who it is who says to you”

a. She did not know that Jesus was the beloved, only begotten Son of God.

b. She did not know that Jesus could be her Saviour.

c. She did not know Jesus was the Saviour of the world.

3. The request for living water

a.The Samaritan woman could have asked for the living water.

b. It was not restricted to the Jews alone.

c. Even a Samaritan woman could become a child of God.

The salvation God offers is open to anyone and everyone!

经文：约翰福音 4: 7-10

种族情绪紧张局势

种族不和的局势在全球各地都有。甚至在第一世纪，以色列与撒马利之间的种族关系也十分紧张。

撒马利亚的妇人《约翰福音 4: 7》

1. 她来到叙加这座城市一个公用的井《约翰福音 4: 5,7》

2. 她打水那时约有午正(中午)《约翰福音 4: 7》

不理会种族情绪紧张局势

1. 当撒马利亚的妇人出现时，耶稣就在叙加那口井

2. 耶稣和谐地开始与撒马利亚的妇人交谈，向她要点水喝《约翰4:7》

撒马利亚的妇人十分惊讶

1. 她很惊讶耶稣，一名犹太人，竟然会向她要水喝 《约翰4:9》

2. 当时，“犹太人与撒马利亚人没有来往”《约翰4:9c》

活水

耶稣回答她，说：“你若知道上帝的恩赐，和对你说给我水喝的是谁，你必早求他，他也必早给了你活水。”

1. 你若知道上帝的恩赐

a. 她不知道上帝的恩赐

i. 这是成为上帝儿女的恩赐《约翰 1: 12》

ii. 这是永生的恩赐

b. 既然她不知道, 她并没有要求永生的恩赐

2. 和对你说给我水喝的是谁

a. 她不知道耶稣是上帝所爱戴的独生子

b. 她并不知道耶稣能成为她的救主

c. 她并不知道耶稣是世界的救主

3. 要求活水

a. 撒马利亚的妇人也能够要求活水

b. 这不只是犹太人的专利

c. 撒马利亚的妇人也能成为上帝的儿女

上帝的救赎开放给任何人，所有人!