February 22, 2026 - The Woman at the Well (John 4:1-42 - John Shearhart)

Jesus stood up at one of the feasts, and he said, if anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. In verse 38, whoever believes in me, as scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. Now this he said about, who? The spirit. This he said about the spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the spirit had not yet been given. But now, we're past that time. The holy spirit is alive. The holy spirit is in us. [00:35:01] (34 seconds)  #HolySpiritWithin

We have a God who loves us so much that he gave us his only begotten son, that if we believe in him, that we can have everlasting life. Our spirits can be fully satisfied. And then, we can go into a time where we worship him. And it's not worship according to the old way of going through the tabernacle, and you gotta wash your hands at the right place, and you gotta go in, and you gotta burn the incense, and you gotta eat the bread, and you gotta go it's none of that. It's in spirit. It's not about which mountaintop. It's not about which church. It's not about what translation you use. It's not about the worship style. It's not about whether you're standing or seated. [00:45:47] (40 seconds)  #WorshipInSpirit

It's not about hymns or contemporary. None of that is what God considers worship. Those are ways that we worship, but worship itself, the Greek word means to adore. I adore you, and I adore you in spirit, not from the outside looking in where I've got this tabernacle and you're so inaccessible to me, but I have gone in behind the curtain into the most holy place, into the very presence of God. The presence that got Nadab and Abihu killed because they were too sinful to stand in front of them, but Jesus says, I am the way, I am the truth, and I am the life. You can come to the father through me, but only through me. [00:46:28] (46 seconds)  #JesusOnlyWayTruthLife

Verse 21, Jesus said to her, woman, believe me. And that's a that's a it's an endearing term. It's not it's not like it sounds in English. Woman, believe me. The hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the father. Woah. Wait. What did he just say? Can you imagine if the disciples had heard that part? Wait a minute. It's not Jerusalem anymore? It's not Mount Zion? You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers will worship the father in spirit and truth, for the father is seeking such people to worship him. [00:39:02] (43 seconds)  #TrueWorshippersInSpiritAndTruth

There is a way that God wants to communicate with you. And God doesn't just speak to us directly from the clouds, but instead, God speaks to us through his son, through his son who is alive inside of us. But how did that happen? How do you get that? That is what the whole Old Testament was about. Salvation is from the Jews. Everything in the Old Testament is pointing forward to the the Christ. It starts in Genesis where Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, and sin came into the world, and death through sin, and from that, all of creation starts to fall apart. And God comes and he makes a promise, and he says, there's gonna be a way back. [00:42:57] (39 seconds)  #ChristFulfillmentOfOT

Here here this next steps. Here's what I want you to do. Number one, if you are someone who has not yet believed in him, I want you to just ask for the gift. He said, if you knew who was talking to you, you would have asked him for this gift of God, and he would have given it to you. That promise stands for you right now today. You might think, well, you know, I'm pretty far from God. Look how far this woman was. She had no idea. She cut out all the books that were promising the Messiah, the future Messiah. Mean, some of them are the best books she'd come out. Wasn't living by them. [00:53:35] (34 seconds)  #ReceiveGodsGift

The woman said to him so let's just back up a second. Jesus said in verse 16, go call your husband. Jesus said, well, I don't have one. He says, that's right. You don't. You have five, and the one you now have is not your husband, and what you have said is true. And the woman says to him, sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. You know some things that maybe you shouldn't have known, and I'm a little bit weirded out by this. So she kinda changes the topic. She says, our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship. [00:37:24] (36 seconds)  #WomanCallsHimProphet

The woman said to him so let's just back up a second. Jesus said in verse 16, go call your husband. Jesus said, well, I don't have one. He says, that's right. You don't. You have five, and the one you now have is not your husband, and what you have said is true. And the woman says to him, sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. You know some things that maybe you shouldn't have known, and I'm a little bit weirded out by this. So she kinda changes the topic. She says, our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship. [00:37:24] (36 seconds)  #WorshipMountOrJerusalem