From the campus
of Andrews University
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this is New Perceptions
with Dr. Dwight K. Nelson.
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Everyone needs compassion
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A Love that's never failing
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Let mercy fall on me
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Everyone needs forgiveness
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The kindness of a Savior
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The hope of nations
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Savior, He can
move the mountains
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My God is mighty to save
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He is mighty to save
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Forever, Author of Salvation
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He rose and conquered the grave
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Jesus conquered the grave
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So, take me as you find me
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All my fears and failures
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Fill my life again
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I give my life to follow
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Everything I believe in,
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Now I surrender
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I surrender
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Savior, He can
move the mountains
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My God is mighty to save
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He is mighty to save
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Forever, Author of Salvation
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He rose and conquered the grave
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Jesus conquered the grave
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Shine your light and
let the whole world see
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We're singing for the
glory of the risen King Jesus
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Shine your light and
let the whole world see
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We're singing for the
glory of the risen King
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Savior, He can
move the mountains
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My God is mighty to save
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He is mighty to save
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Forever, Author of Salvation
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He rose and conquered the grave
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Jesus conquered the grave
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Life is fragile.
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Every movement shall
not be taken for granted.
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Who you are and who
you choose to be in,
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who you choose to follow
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is crucial to your salvation.
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Well, today be the day
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when you choose to follow God.
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When you choose
so put Him first,
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wherever He leads,
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whenever He calls
what ever the task.
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Sing with me.
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Where You go, I'll go
Where You stay, I'll stay
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When You move, I'll move
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I will follow You
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I will follow You
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All your ways are good
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All your ways are sure
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I will trust in You alone
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Higher than my
sight High above my life
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I will trust in You alone
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In You alone
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Where You go, I'll go
Where You stay, I'll stay
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When You move, I'll move
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I will follow You
Whom You love, I'll love
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How You serve, I'll serve
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If this life I lose,
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I will follow You
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I will follow You
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Light into the world
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Light into my life
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I will live for You alone
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You're the One I
seek Knowing I will find
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All I need in You alone
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In You alone
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Where You go, I'll go
Where You stay, I'll stay
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When You move, I'll move
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I will follow You
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Whom You love, I'll love
How You serve, I'll serve
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If this life I lose,
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I will follow You
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I will follow You
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In You there's life everlasting
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In You there's
freedom for my soul
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In You there's joy unending, joy
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And I will follow You
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Where You go, I'll go
Where You stay, I'll stay
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When You move, I'll move
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I will follow You
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Whom You love, I'll love
How You serve, I'll serve
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If this life I
lose, I will follow You
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Where You go, I'll go
Where You stay, I'll stay
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When You move, I'll move
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I will follow you
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Whom You love, I'll love
How You serve, I'll serve
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If this life I lose,
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I will follow You
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I will follow You
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There's a land
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That is fairer than day
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And by faith
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We can see it afar
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For the Father
waits over the way
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To prepare us
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A dwelling place there
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In the sweet
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By and by
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We shall meet
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On that beautiful shore
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In the sweet
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By and by
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We shall meet
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On that beautiful shore
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We shall sing
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On that beautiful shore
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The melodious
songs of the blessed
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And our spirits
Shall sorrow no more
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Not a sigh for the blessing
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Not a sigh for the blessing
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Not a sigh for
the blessing of rest
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To our bountiful Father above
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We will offer
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Our tribute of praise
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For the
glorious gift of His love
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And the blessings
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That hallow our days
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We shall sing
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We shall sing
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On that beautiful shore
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We shall sing
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We shall sing
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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On that beautiful shore
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In the sweet by and by,
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we shall, that' His promise,
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we shall meet on
that beautiful shore.
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You will meet Dean Esperanza.
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It just occurred to
me a few moments ago,
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her name means hope.
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She died with that hope
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we must live with
it as her legacy to us
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and we will meet
on that beautiful,
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beautiful shore
with Christ Jesus.
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How can I know that I will
be on that beautiful shore?
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Listen carefully to
this mornings teaching
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it has the how
too embedded in it.
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Let us pray.
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Oh, God, our hearts for
reasons tender and painful,
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are pinned on
that beautiful shore
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now more than
ever before in Christ.
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How can we be assured
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that voyage one day
to that beautiful shore,
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teach us as it would
occur and happen today,
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through the life of a woman?
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Teach as we pray.
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In Jesus name, amen.
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Her life was a soap opera.
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She lived and moved with
a young and the restless.
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She was both young and restless.
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You know, the type
fidgety, pretty face woman
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who can't bite her
shiny manicured nails,
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so she taps well healed
high healed toe nervously.
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And how you woman
stand on those heals
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that high is
absolutely beyond me.
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Unbelievable, but
you do it, you go girl.
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So she stands there
tapping her toe nervously,
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she is scanning
the makeup counter
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not that she
really needs any more
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that pricey make up magic
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but there are
always those driven soles
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who keep trying to
make a good thing better
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until they
finally make it worse.
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But as you stare into
those haunted dark eyes
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and hers you could swear
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that you have seen her face
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before picture-perfect,
pretty oval face.
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Isn't that the face
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that waltzes across another one
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of Hollywood's
chick-flicks sets?
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You have seen her face
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only this woman
can't make believe
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that her life is
make-believe any longer.
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I'm sure she's
got a cover girl face
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but she has a covered up life
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and all the neon
eyeliner in the world
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will not be able to hide it.
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Truth is this woman
with the pretty face
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has a burning heart burned
out into a smoldering heap
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of ashes from a sooty
string of failed romances.
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It doesn't take a psychologist
too quickly figure out
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that what you see here is
the lifecycle up the young
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and the restless
turned on then burned out,
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used up then tossed out,
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hollowed out until
there's nothing left
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by that accept that
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wispy trail of ash.
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Cover girl face,
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with the covered up life
young restless and hopeless.
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But today, life that is about
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to become uncovered
for ever and ever, amen.
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Though she's not praying
yet at all unless perhaps
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she prays one prayer
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and that's a prayer for a friend
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because if you noticed
the prettier--the prettier
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your face the
fewer your friends.
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How does it work that way,
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unless you want to
call a friend the man
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she is living with now,
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the last word we come
again to it the fourth gospel.
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Today's teaching
putting on the screen for you
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"Just Another Pretty Face?"
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There is a study guide
today nothing to fill in.
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Hang on to that study guide
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every quotation
you will hear here.
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Little series of
teaching points all there
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so those are you
watching on television
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we're delighted to
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this is part seven
"Just Another Pretty Face?"
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Click on there you
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it's a keeper for you as well.
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Let's go we got to go, the
gospel of John Chapter four,
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the fourth gospel
the fourth chapter today.
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John Chapter 4, I'm in
the New King James Version
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whatever translation you have
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I'm just glad you
have a translation.
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Didn't bring a
translation pull the one
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in front of you
its in the pew rack,
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it's the New King James as well.
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Well, pickup the story you
not a stranger to the story,
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so let's pick it up in verse 5.
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John 4:5 "So He" Jesus
"came to a city of Samaria
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which is called
Sychar, near the plot of ground
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that Jacob gave
to his son Joseph.
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Now Jacob's well was there.
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Jesus therefore, being wearied
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from His journey,
sat thus by the well.
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It was about the sixth hour."
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John's method of keeping time
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probably this
means this is noon.
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Isn't that amazing?
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The creator of the universe
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incarnated into our human flesh
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sits on the massy
lip of an ancient well
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and there is no way
Hosea he can get down 100 feet
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for just one sip
of quenching water.
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So bound up with us he is.
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Verse 7, "A woman of
Samaria came to draw water."
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Hit the pause
button right there.
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What do you think
she is coming at noon
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because there will be
nobody here to ignore her.
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There will be
nobody here to shame her.
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There will be
nobody here at all.
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The blazing noonday
Sun that's why she comes,
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she may be the envy of
every women in the village
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and the desire
for every man in town
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but she's also the but
up every gossip as well.
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So there's a
method to her madness
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coming to the well in
the blaze in the noon times,
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tights she risks
meeting nobody which is why
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she catches her breath
as she around the corner
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and there's a man sitting
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on the edge that
well, a stranger.
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And the man is a Jew, double
trouble for a Samaritan woman.
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Jesus never says a
word he just watches her
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smiling eyes perhaps
gracious eyes I'm sure.
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He watches the
now nervous cover girl
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whose eyes-- whose
eyes refuse to meet His.
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Quietly she lowers
her empty jar on the end
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of the goat hair rope
down one hundred feet,
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the well still
exist, down one hundred feet
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she lowers her jar
until both the stranger
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and she here a distance splash
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indicating the
jars found its mark.
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When the line is touched
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and the jar is
full hand over hand
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without a single
word she draws that jar.
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Now it's rim glistening in
the glory of the noonday Sun.
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She draws it to the surface
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unlatch is a
row picks up the jar
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and is about to
quietly walk away
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when the strangers speaks.
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Could I have a
drink of water please?
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And with that favor
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there is birthed
a brand new story
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for the young and the restles
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and not so young
and restless today.
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Verse 7, "A woman of
Samaria came to draw water.
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Jesus said to
her, 'Give Me a drink.'
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For His disciples had gone
away into the city to buy food."
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Then verse 9 "The
woman of Samaria said to Him,
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'How is it that
You, being a Jew,
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ask a drink from
me, a Samaritan woman?'
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For Jews have no
dealings with Samaritans."
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You are asking me for a drink?
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The woman knows that
in the mind of this Jew
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there are already
two strikes against her,
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three really but fortunately
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the stranger doesn't
know the third strike.
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Strike number
one, she's a woman.
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Have not the rabbis
intoned and I quote.
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"One should not talk
with a woman on the street
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nor even with his own wife
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and certainly not
what someone else's wife
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because of the gossip of a man."
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And it was
written somewhere else
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"It is forbidden to
give a woman a greeting."
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Strike one, she's a woman.
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Strike two, she's a Samaritan
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the animosity between
the Jews and the Samaritans
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was notoriously deep rooted
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festering back to the origins
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of when this Samaritans
were a half cast breed rejected
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during the days of
the Assyrian Empire.
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The Jews had a proverb
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"The only good
Samaritan is a dead one."
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Strike three, fortunately
the stranger doesn't know.
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But she is a woman with
a string of failed romances
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and the one she shacks up
with now is not her husband.
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What if He had
known strike three
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He never would-- excuse me,
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He never would have
broached the conversation.
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I can't believe
you're even talking to me.
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We're reading Jesus answer.
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Verse 10, "Jesus
answered and said to her,
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'If you knew the gift of God'"
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last Sabbath we were in John 3
with proud Pharisees Nicodemus.
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Remember John 3:16,
"For God so loved the world,
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish"
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if you knew the gift of
God, He is speaking of himself.
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"Jesus answered
and said to her,"
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verse 10, "If you
knew the gift of God,
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and who it is who says
to you, 'Give Me a drink,'
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you would have asked Him,
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and He would have
given you living water.
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The woman said to Him,
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'Sir, You have nothing to
draw with, and the well is deep.
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Where then do You
get that living water?'"
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Verse 12 "'Are You
greater than our father Jacob,
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who gave us the well,
and drank from it himself,
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as well as his
sons and his livestock?'
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Jesus answered and said to her,
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'Whoever drinks'"
and He points down
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the shadowed neck
of that ancient well.
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"'Whoever drinks of
this water will thirst again,
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but whoever drinks of the water
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that I shall give
her will never thirst.
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But the water that I shall
give her will become in her
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a fountain of water springing
up into everlasting life.'"
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There's no mistaking Him now.
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It may sound it
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when He first started talking
about this water metaphor
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that he was
referring to flowing water
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but now in this
rapid fire sequence
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Jesus pointed
spirit symbols compounding,
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unmistakably on that
lintel over our heart
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do you understand
what I'm offering you
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and she gets the
faint over overtures
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of something she is
desperately thirsty for.
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But right now her sexuality,
her sociality, her spirituality
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are so twisted
and tangled together
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there's no way
she's going to get
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when He wishes to offer,
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I mean socially please
you have water that would--
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that would
preclude my ever having
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to return to this place
and the neighborhood bides
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with their gossip
give me that water,
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oh and sexually I can't
find a man who will keep me.
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You have something that
will go forever and ever
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give me that water
00:24:44.47\00:24:45.60
and spiritually oh, God
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I am thirsty,
give me that water.
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And so the cover girl
face exclaims to Jesus
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verse 15 "The woman said to Him,
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'Sir, give me this water,
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that I may not thirst,
nor come here to draw.'"
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Jesus stairs
into that pretty face
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and He knows that behind a
masked pain there is a woman
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who will never grasp
the offer of eternal life
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until she
desperately confronts her name.
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And need so He hold her gaze,
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pretty eyes, He holds them.
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He says, I want to
give you that water.
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I want you to go
home and get your husband.
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Bring him back with you
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I will give the both of
you the water I've promised.
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And in that split second
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like she's done a
thousand times before
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those massacred eyes
drop instantly to the ground.
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She collects
herself, she's quick witted
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and she shouts it back.
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You had a luck, I
don't have a husband.
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But as she
raises her eyes back now
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Jesus holds the gaze
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and raising His
voice to the volume of one
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who would be a profit
00:26:08.13\00:26:09.80
He looks into
those eyes and He says,
00:26:09.83\00:26:12.75
you are absolutely right.
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You don't have a
husband you had five husbands
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and the man you sleeping
with now is not your husband.
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You have said correctly.
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And in that instant, the sudden
scarlet blush turned ashen.
00:26:26.30\00:26:32.13
Now, I tell you what
00:26:32.16\00:26:33.26
you can say this to
the credit of that woman
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no denial, no him on or around.
00:26:35.65\00:26:38.67
No, no way you got me
mixed up with somebody else.
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Do you know what she says?
00:26:40.93\00:26:41.99
She says you're absolutely right
00:26:42.02\00:26:43.68
and she does it by saying to Him
00:26:43.71\00:26:46.30
I perceive your
profit You just nailed me.
00:26:46.33\00:26:52.83
But she will not linger
for a split second longer,
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she can help it so she pivots
on that high heeled footers
00:26:55.97\00:27:02.36
and dives into a
distal theological debate
00:27:02.39\00:27:07.12
that is as old as the heals
00:27:07.15\00:27:08.82
and the one who has been
00:27:08.85\00:27:10.28
chasing her all her
life gently tracks her now.
00:27:10.31\00:27:15.92
Read it verse 19,
"The woman said to Him,
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'Sir, I perceive
that you are a prophet.'"
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Well, since you have always want
to meet a man with the cloth,
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verse 20, "Our fathers
worshiped on this mountain"
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she point right mountain Gerizim
the holy mountain for Samaria.
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"Our fathers
worshiped on this mountain
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and you Jews say
that in Jerusalem
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is the place where
one ought to worship."
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So what you say?
00:27:36.39\00:27:37.90
Jesus follows
the trail verse 21,
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"He says to her,
'Woman, believe Me'"
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and by the way the Greek--
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the two words in the
Greek are only used here
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in the entire New Testament
in an emphatic position.
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Believe me, I mean it says,
00:27:48.88\00:27:50.89
believe me, "Woman believe Me,
00:27:50.92\00:27:54.73
the hour is coming when you
will neither on this mountain,
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nor in Jerusalem,
worship the Father."
00:27:56.95\00:27:58.21
Verse 22, "You
worship what you do not know,
00:27:58.24\00:28:00.74
we know what we worship,
for salvation is of the Jews."
00:28:00.77\00:28:03.69
You know what-- that begging
00:28:03.72\00:28:05.91
for a whole sermon on its own,
00:28:05.94\00:28:07.15
we can't-- we can
chase down that path
00:28:07.18\00:28:09.55
but I want to remind
you that there are times
00:28:09.58\00:28:11.84
when you can look
into somebody's face
00:28:11.87\00:28:13.38
in you can say to
him, I have the truth.
00:28:13.41\00:28:17.24
That's exactly
what Jesus is saying.
00:28:17.27\00:28:19.21
You don't have it you Samaritans
00:28:19.24\00:28:21.84
we have it,
Salvation is from us.
00:28:21.87\00:28:24.04
I have the truth.
00:28:24.07\00:28:25.12
You don't have to
be hardy about it,
00:28:25.15\00:28:26.84
you don't have to
be snotty about it.
00:28:26.87\00:28:28.50
You just say,
you hold your ground,
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you hold your ground.
00:28:29.96\00:28:30.99
No, I'm not I'm not changing.
00:28:31.02\00:28:32.71
I know the true, I
have a true its right here.
00:28:32.74\00:28:40.07
So, He says to her,
00:28:40.10\00:28:41.33
"We know what we worship,
for salvation is of the Jews."
00:28:41.36\00:28:44.42
Verse 23, "But the
hour is coming, and now is,
00:28:44.45\00:28:46.68
when the true worshipers
00:28:46.71\00:28:47.81
will worship the
Father in spirit and truth,
00:28:47.84\00:28:49.97
for the Father is
seeking such to worship Him."
00:28:50.00\00:28:52.62
I tell you I love that,
00:28:52.65\00:28:53.98
I never saw that
before this last week
00:28:54.01\00:28:55.87
in brooding over the story.
00:28:55.90\00:28:57.14
The Father is seeking.
00:28:57.17\00:28:58.44
Don't you love that picture God?
00:28:58.47\00:29:00.02
He's looking for people.
00:29:00.05\00:29:01.73
The Father is out seeking
for men, women and children.
00:29:01.76\00:29:05.10
He's working hoping to find
00:29:05.13\00:29:07.55
another to draw into
His kingdom of worship.
00:29:07.58\00:29:10.43
The Father is
seeking and seeking--
00:29:10.46\00:29:13.09
He have been looking for,
He is been looking for me.
00:29:13.12\00:29:15.55
Have you said yes to the Father?
00:29:15.58\00:29:17.15
Has He found you yet?
00:29:17.18\00:29:19.23
The Father is
seeking such to worship Him.
00:29:19.26\00:29:22.06
Verse 24, you
see, "God is Spirit,
00:29:22.09\00:29:25.13
and those who worship Him
00:29:25.16\00:29:26.75
must worship in
spirit and truth."
00:29:26.78\00:29:29.75
And I tell you what
something is happening now
00:29:29.78\00:29:32.06
and in that cover
girl covered up wife,
00:29:32.09\00:29:36.77
that's never happened before.
00:29:36.80\00:29:38.32
Something is awakening deep
00:29:38.35\00:29:40.35
in the heart of
the Samaritan woman,
00:29:40.38\00:29:41.92
something deep is
stirring inside over
00:29:41.95\00:29:45.24
a longing, a thirsting,
a hungering, a hoping,
00:29:45.27\00:29:48.32
daring to hope and it bursts out
00:29:48.35\00:29:53.40
when she responds.
00:29:53.43\00:29:54.92
Verse 25 and "The
woman said to Him,"
00:29:54.95\00:29:57.33
Look "'I know, I know
that Messiah is coming'
00:29:57.36\00:30:01.96
who is called Christ.'"
00:30:01.99\00:30:03.12
John inserts that.
00:30:03.15\00:30:04.48
And "'When He
comes'" the woman goes on
00:30:04.51\00:30:06.65
"'He will tell us all things.'"
00:30:06.68\00:30:08.11
We are waiting for the Messiah.
00:30:08.14\00:30:09.68
I believe He is coming,
00:30:09.71\00:30:11.00
I know that when He comes
00:30:11.03\00:30:12.64
my life answers have been found,
00:30:12.67\00:30:15.71
we hope in Jesus.
00:30:15.74\00:30:21.41
Amazing, amazing.
00:30:21.44\00:30:23.10
This is the
clearest statement anywhere
00:30:23.13\00:30:25.16
in all gospels of His admission
00:30:25.19\00:30:29.69
that He is the Messiah.
00:30:29.72\00:30:32.26
Never again will
He be this explicit.
00:30:32.29\00:30:35.15
And by the way get
this He does it to a woman
00:30:35.18\00:30:38.46
who has three
strikes against her.
00:30:38.49\00:30:41.87
He saves it for her
and He looks into her face,
00:30:41.90\00:30:46.46
you're looking for
the Messiah are you?
00:30:46.49\00:30:48.13
Watch this, verse
25, "I who speak to you,
00:30:48.16\00:30:50.98
and then there are
two words in the Greek.
00:30:51.01\00:30:52.52
That translated to
two words in the English.
00:30:52.55\00:30:54.63
"I who speak to you I am"
00:30:54.66\00:30:58.79
that's the word
it is in the Greek
00:30:58.82\00:31:00.05
and that's what
it is in English.
00:31:00.08\00:31:01.73
"I am" you want
everlasting life,
00:31:01.76\00:31:04.48
I am, you want water
that will never run dry,
00:31:04.51\00:31:07.66
I am, you are looking for
the Messiah, I am He, I am.
00:31:07.69\00:31:13.22
Nine times in the gospel
of John radical fourth gospel
00:31:13.25\00:31:16.79
comes this
unpredicted claim I am.
00:31:16.82\00:31:21.06
I am the wine, I
am the good shepherd,
00:31:21.09\00:31:23.37
I am the way in the truth,
00:31:23.40\00:31:24.96
I am the
resurrection in the life,
00:31:24.99\00:31:26.91
I am the water
of life, I am girl,
00:31:26.94\00:31:30.46
I am what you are
looking for, I am.
00:31:30.49\00:31:35.99
Wow.
00:31:36.02\00:31:41.42
If only the
young and the restless
00:31:41.45\00:31:42.95
at the third
millennium and the not so young
00:31:42.98\00:31:46.20
and restless at
the same millennium
00:31:46.23\00:31:47.79
if only we knew the healing
truth of Jesus quite offer
00:31:47.82\00:31:54.18
I am the water of
life come to Me and drink.
00:31:54.21\00:32:01.09
And we shall meet on that
beautiful, beautiful shore.
00:32:01.12\00:32:07.25
I am the
Almighty, I am, the I am.
00:32:07.28\00:32:15.25
Isn't it something by
the way ladies and gentlemen,
00:32:15.28\00:32:18.66
no lecture to the women
00:32:18.69\00:32:21.12
about her
previous five husbands,
00:32:21.15\00:32:23.78
not a word to her about the man
00:32:23.81\00:32:26.30
you're shacking up
with now not a single word.
00:32:26.33\00:32:29.91
Jesus just says,
hey come, come on,
00:32:29.94\00:32:33.22
I am what you're thirsty for,
00:32:33.25\00:32:36.82
come to me and
drink in My water I am.
00:32:36.85\00:32:41.07
So-- so the
woman bless her heart
00:32:41.10\00:32:43.60
she is so flustered
down and she is so excited
00:32:43.63\00:32:48.12
that she forgets that
this whole conversation began
00:32:48.15\00:32:50.63
because a thirsty man is
longing for a drink of water
00:32:50.66\00:32:53.64
and she just
turned tail and runs
00:32:53.67\00:32:55.66
and fortunately she
leaves the jar there.
00:32:55.69\00:33:00.09
She races back into town
and the record is very clear
00:33:00.12\00:33:03.78
she goes to the men of the city
00:33:03.81\00:33:06.49
and she says to the man
00:33:06.52\00:33:08.28
come and meet a man
who was told me everything
00:33:08.31\00:33:10.63
I've ever done and the
record and the man followed her
00:33:10.66\00:33:14.07
because they're not
sure what she told him
00:33:14.10\00:33:15.86
and they're not
sure what he knows.
00:33:15.89\00:33:19.86
That's exactly
right John purposely said
00:33:19.89\00:33:22.51
she went to the
man and they came.
00:33:22.54\00:33:25.95
We got to check this out,
00:33:25.98\00:33:28.70
what's heard on the
street isn't that amazing.
00:33:28.73\00:33:33.10
Philip Yancey in his latest book
00:33:33.13\00:33:35.40
"What Good Is God?
00:33:35.43\00:33:36.46
In Search of a
Faith That Matters"
00:33:36.49\00:33:38.55
describes a sex workers
conference in Green Lake,
00:33:38.58\00:33:42.16
Wisconsin that he
was invited to address.
00:33:42.19\00:33:44.85
They are all Christian workers
00:33:44.88\00:33:46.26
who have dedicated their lives
00:33:46.29\00:33:48.36
to bringing healing
to women and children,
00:33:48.39\00:33:50.87
as you well know are
so into the sex traffic
00:33:50.90\00:33:54.12
and the sex
trade of this planet.
00:33:54.15\00:33:55.79
It's a tragic chapter
that we all choose to ignore.
00:33:55.82\00:34:00.01
But there are men
and woman Christians
00:34:00.04\00:34:01.60
who say we will
minister to those
00:34:01.63\00:34:04.52
wretched human
beings by the way,
00:34:04.55\00:34:06.21
who yet long for
cleansing and freedom.
00:34:06.24\00:34:08.42
So, Yancey before he addresses
00:34:08.45\00:34:10.25
the entire
conference has some time
00:34:10.28\00:34:12.60
alone with just the women.
00:34:12.63\00:34:14.56
I'm gonna to
read what he writes.
00:34:14.59\00:34:16.19
"I shifted
uncomfortably in my seat.
00:34:16.22\00:34:18.18
The only man in
a roomful of women,
00:34:18.21\00:34:20.98
I was hearing horrifying stories
00:34:21.01\00:34:22.46
of male cruelty
and exploitation.
00:34:22.49\00:34:24.96
Before today I had
never met a prostitute
00:34:24.99\00:34:27.03
and now dozens surrounded
me some were gorgeous,
00:34:27.06\00:34:30.18
the kind you see glamorized
00:34:30.21\00:34:31.38
on television
shows set in Las Vegas,
00:34:31.41\00:34:33.72
some were plain-looking,
00:34:33.75\00:34:35.10
and some shown signs of a
rough life on the streets,
00:34:35.13\00:34:37.78
missing teeth,
scars, bad complexion.
00:34:37.81\00:34:40.21
They talked about sex
acts matter-of-factly,
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.65
as a car salesman might
talk about tires or sunroofs.
00:34:42.68\00:34:45.94
What had I got myself into?"
00:34:45.97\00:34:49.50
Later that
evening, in his address
00:34:49.53\00:34:51.39
to an auditorium of prostitutes
00:34:51.42\00:34:52.93
and Christian workers
Yancey makes a single point
00:34:52.96\00:34:56.28
and I want you
to get this point.
00:34:56.31\00:34:57.61
It's just-- may it stay
with you and me forever.
00:34:57.64\00:35:02.32
He opens his address by telling
00:35:02.35\00:35:03.57
about a friend
of his name George.
00:35:03.60\00:35:07.17
The man lives in Chicago.
00:35:07.20\00:35:09.22
George was reared a Mennonite.
00:35:09.25\00:35:10.79
We have Mennonite
community not far from us
00:35:10.82\00:35:14.15
who also by the way
suffered a tragic death
00:35:14.18\00:35:17.44
just this week with
their biology professor.
00:35:17.47\00:35:22.91
So if he tells about this,
00:35:26.32\00:35:27.65
this-- this
friend of his name George
00:35:27.68\00:35:29.49
living in Chicago was
reared Mennonite and a pacifist
00:35:29.52\00:35:32.37
but who in is
rebellious to his child
00:35:32.40\00:35:33.86
and his parents
enlisted in the army
00:35:33.89\00:35:36.14
and fought in the Vietnam War.
00:35:36.17\00:35:38.08
Then after the war he
settled in the Windy City.
00:35:38.11\00:35:40.32
He ran a rather
small book store,
00:35:40.35\00:35:42.30
he chain smoked,
00:35:42.33\00:35:43.50
became an
alcoholic was a bisexual,
00:35:43.53\00:35:45.49
who liaisons on
both males and females.
00:35:45.52\00:35:48.21
One night, George is
channel surfing on television
00:35:48.24\00:35:52.81
when he comes
across a choir singing
00:35:52.84\00:35:55.42
"Just as I Am, Without One Plea"
00:35:55.45\00:36:00.90
and something about
that moment draws Georgian
00:36:00.93\00:36:05.48
and he stays glued to this
00:36:05.51\00:36:07.36
to the television
screen staring as--
00:36:07.39\00:36:09.56
as men and women
are coming forward
00:36:09.59\00:36:12.36
until film of tears
soon covers his eyes.
00:36:12.39\00:36:15.80
George tells, Yancey the story,
00:36:15.83\00:36:18.25
and I'm gonna put George's
words on the screen now,
00:36:18.28\00:36:20.36
because I need you to
catch this watch this.
00:36:20.39\00:36:23.08
Philip Yancey writing,
"George said, to Yancey,
00:36:23.11\00:36:25.97
'That night I fathomed
for the first time the truth
00:36:26.00\00:36:30.27
that God loves me just as I am.
00:36:30.30\00:36:34.38
Everybody else loves
me with strings attached.
00:36:34.41\00:36:36.76
I disappoint my family
00:36:36.79\00:36:38.18
because I have never realized
00:36:38.21\00:36:39.47
my potential in
school, in career, whatever.
00:36:39.50\00:36:42.36
I disappoint my
church in my decision
00:36:42.39\00:36:44.16
to fight in a war and
in my personal behavior.
00:36:44.19\00:36:46.53
I disappoint my
friends and doctors in the way
00:36:46.56\00:36:48.75
I treat my
health, with cigarettes
00:36:48.78\00:36:50.53
and drinking and poor diet.
00:36:50.56\00:36:52.14
I'm poor, fat,
ugly, and soon old.
00:36:52.17\00:36:55.48
Only God loves me just as I am."
00:36:55.51\00:37:01.08
Isn't that something,
only God loves me just as I'm
00:37:01.11\00:37:05.35
and then Yancey makes
the point that I hope Dwight,
00:37:05.38\00:37:08.12
don't you ever forget
this as long as you live.
00:37:08.15\00:37:12.35
From my friend George,
00:37:12.38\00:37:14.15
I learned that grace
like water flows downward.
00:37:14.18\00:37:21.52
That line is so significant
00:37:21.55\00:37:22.58
I want to lock in front
of your eyes for a moment.
00:37:22.61\00:37:24.13
We put it on the screen please.
00:37:24.16\00:37:25.77
"Grace like
water flows downward."
00:37:25.80\00:37:32.92
The father down you are
the father down grace goes.
00:37:32.95\00:37:38.53
Until a woman with
three strikes her gender,
00:37:38.56\00:37:42.12
her race, her
fellness stands before Jesus
00:37:42.15\00:37:47.83
and He offers her the water
of life that lasts forever.
00:37:47.86\00:37:50.72
How did George put
it I'm poor, fat, ugly
00:37:50.75\00:37:53.47
and soon old only God
loves me just as I am.
00:37:53.50\00:37:58.43
Even so Jesus loved that
Samaritan woman just as she was.
00:38:01.73\00:38:08.37
Grace like water flows downward.
00:38:08.40\00:38:13.35
Now, look guys, look, look
00:38:13.38\00:38:14.92
I understand Jesus
loved her just as she was
00:38:14.95\00:38:18.46
He didn't leave
her just as she was.
00:38:18.49\00:38:22.88
Pick up the ending
to the story verse 39
00:38:22.91\00:38:24.75
"And many of the Samaritans
of that city believed in Him
00:38:24.78\00:38:27.69
because of the word of
the woman who testified,
00:38:27.72\00:38:30.17
'He told me all
that I ever did.'"
00:38:30.20\00:38:31.66
So, verse 40
00:38:31.69\00:38:32.91
"When the
Samaritans had come to Jesus,
00:38:32.94\00:38:34.33
they urged Him to stay with them
00:38:34.36\00:38:35.84
and He stayed
there for two days."
00:38:35.87\00:38:38.08
He slept under their
roofs, He ate at their tables
00:38:38.11\00:38:41.42
there is a whole another sermon
there that we will bypass.
00:38:41.45\00:38:44.96
With the hated
Samaritans He was one with them.
00:38:44.99\00:38:51.03
He stayed there
for two days, verse 41
00:38:51.06\00:38:52.83
"And many more believed
because of His own word.
00:38:52.86\00:38:56.05
Then they said to the woman,
00:38:56.08\00:38:57.56
'Now we believe, not
because of what you said,
00:38:57.59\00:39:00.60
for we ourselves have heard Him
00:39:00.63\00:39:02.10
and we know that
this is indeed the Christ,
00:39:02.13\00:39:05.21
the Savior of the world.'"
00:39:05.24\00:39:07.50
The end.
00:39:07.53\00:39:09.31
Isn't that amazing?
00:39:09.34\00:39:11.55
From them the confession
00:39:11.58\00:39:14.82
He is you are the
Savior of the world.
00:39:14.85\00:39:21.24
Now, look right here,
right here the road forks.
00:39:21.27\00:39:24.79
I debated about doing one fork
00:39:24.82\00:39:26.26
and one service and one fork
00:39:26.29\00:39:28.19
one side of the fork
in the other service,
00:39:28.22\00:39:29.72
but you know what I'm gonna--
00:39:29.75\00:39:30.93
I decided to do them both.
00:39:30.96\00:39:32.83
The road forks right here,
00:39:32.86\00:39:34.61
because if you look at
Jesus there's a compelling--
00:39:34.64\00:39:37.25
there's a compelling
truth we must not miss.
00:39:37.28\00:39:40.10
Let's just look at
Jesus for a moment.
00:39:40.13\00:39:41.85
When you look at Jesus did
you catch that a moment ago
00:39:41.88\00:39:44.91
that when He is
alone with that woman
00:39:44.94\00:39:48.13
He says not a single word
about her five failed marriages?
00:39:48.16\00:39:53.97
Not a single word
about her sleeping
00:39:54.00\00:39:57.03
with a man who
doesn't even belonged to her.
00:39:57.06\00:39:58.81
Not a single word.
00:39:58.84\00:40:02.72
Isn't that amazing about Jesus?
00:40:02.75\00:40:05.59
When He has time alone with you
00:40:05.62\00:40:08.11
He doesn't bring up your past.
00:40:08.14\00:40:11.09
He doesn't rub it in your face.
00:40:11.12\00:40:13.53
He doesn't even bring it up.
00:40:13.56\00:40:17.06
Instead He says,
00:40:17.09\00:40:19.15
I know you're
thirsty I can tell.
00:40:19.18\00:40:22.17
Come to Me, I'll
slake that thirst
00:40:22.20\00:40:25.93
and I'll fill you
what you are long for.
00:40:25.96\00:40:28.95
Isn't that
beautiful about Jesus?
00:40:28.98\00:40:30.19
I mean, do you
find that beautiful?
00:40:30.22\00:40:32.36
Let me get an, amen
if you find it beautiful.
00:40:32.39\00:40:34.19
I mean, come on guys,
there it is not a word.
00:40:34.22\00:40:36.69
Can you find a word? Not a word.
00:40:36.72\00:40:40.17
I want those of you that
feel that when you meet a sinner
00:40:40.20\00:40:43.54
it is a part of
your Holy Spirit duty
00:40:43.57\00:40:45.71
to remind that sinner
where the sinner is fallen.
00:40:45.74\00:40:49.13
I want you to notice
the example of Jesus please,
00:40:49.16\00:40:52.76
because sometimes we think
00:40:52.79\00:40:53.82
that we're doing
God a great service
00:40:53.85\00:40:55.86
when we say okay, now
00:40:55.89\00:40:57.66
I don't know if
he know this is wrong
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.53
so I'm gonna say it
in just the right way,
00:40:59.56\00:41:01.80
so that before
this visit is over
00:41:01.83\00:41:03.49
and he gets off
the plane he knows
00:41:03.52\00:41:05.28
that's not the way to live.
00:41:05.31\00:41:07.56
And we think that we become
ambassadors to the Holy Spirit
00:41:07.59\00:41:11.36
and we do the
convicting ourselves.
00:41:11.39\00:41:14.11
When the God of the
universe is along, the woman
00:41:14.14\00:41:16.34
who has five reasons plus one
00:41:16.37\00:41:18.39
to spend some time
talking about her past
00:41:18.42\00:41:21.32
not a single wisp, not a word.
00:41:21.35\00:41:26.08
My friend, listen,
when you meet a sinner
00:41:26.11\00:41:30.23
don't focus on the sins
point the sinner to the Savior.
00:41:30.26\00:41:37.60
That's the point.
It's not rocket science.
00:41:37.63\00:41:40.91
That's what you
do. Jesus did it.
00:41:40.94\00:41:42.95
He could have gone
the other way says, no.
00:41:42.98\00:41:44.98
You say,
Dwight, I can't do that.
00:41:45.01\00:41:46.33
I can't offer anybody water
and they will not thirsty again.
00:41:46.36\00:41:48.57
Oh, yes you can.
00:41:48.60\00:41:49.68
It's not you anyway it's
never been about you and me.
00:41:49.71\00:41:52.27
What you say
is, hey listen girl,
00:41:52.30\00:41:53.99
hey listen boy, I
have that same struggle,
00:41:54.02\00:41:57.75
I have that same thirst.
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.31
And one day I met Jesus
00:42:00.34\00:42:02.24
and I'm telling you
the gospel truth He has--
00:42:02.27\00:42:05.67
He has quenched my
thirst again and again.
00:42:05.70\00:42:10.47
You're not calling
people to believe in you,
00:42:10.50\00:42:12.41
you're simply
pointing them to the one
00:42:12.44\00:42:13.87
who is I am the water of life.
00:42:13.90\00:42:16.64
Point them to Jesus.
00:42:16.67\00:42:18.47
Point them to the Savior,
don't point them to their sins
00:42:18.50\00:42:20.58
point them to their Savior.
00:42:20.61\00:42:22.74
Be just like Jesus.
00:42:22.77\00:42:24.65
And you get it right,
00:42:24.68\00:42:26.28
by the way you say what
can I show anything? Sure.
00:42:26.31\00:42:29.87
What's your model is a life
00:42:29.90\00:42:31.58
that's slakes
its thirst in Christ.
00:42:31.61\00:42:34.08
You just model a life
that drinks in Jesus every day.
00:42:34.11\00:42:36.89
When you model that
people get it just like,
00:42:36.92\00:42:40.30
ah, that's a way I want to live.
00:42:40.33\00:42:42.53
And you have to be
preaching about it.
00:42:42.56\00:42:43.78
Just say hey, here's
what I go to Jesus every day.
00:42:43.81\00:42:48.60
So that for fork one, if we--
00:42:48.63\00:42:49.88
if we focus on
Jesus that's fork one,
00:42:49.91\00:42:52.47
but if we focus on the
woman here's the other fork.
00:42:52.50\00:42:58.88
Whenever we talk
about our sexuality
00:42:58.91\00:43:02.33
isn't this true feelings
of guilt are prone to arise
00:43:02.36\00:43:07.33
whether we're single or married,
00:43:07.36\00:43:09.42
whether we are young or old,
00:43:09.45\00:43:11.28
whether we're
religious or secular,
00:43:11.31\00:43:13.23
the moment somebody starts
00:43:13.26\00:43:14.72
talking about sexual purity
boom, there it comes again.
00:43:14.75\00:43:21.29
I got a letter from a student
00:43:21.32\00:43:22.35
in this university
an anonymous letter.
00:43:22.38\00:43:25.47
Let me read a few lines to you.
00:43:25.50\00:43:29.93
Dear Pastor, I wish
I could shout it out
00:43:29.96\00:43:34.26
so many the fellow
students on campus could hear.
00:43:34.29\00:43:38.19
Please, stay away from sex
00:43:38.22\00:43:41.08
until you are
within the protective
00:43:41.11\00:43:42.90
loving boundaries of marriage.
00:43:42.93\00:43:45.27
It hurts so much to realize
00:43:45.30\00:43:47.08
that everything you
could experience with your wife
00:43:47.11\00:43:50.13
I would add or
husband in every God inspired
00:43:50.16\00:43:53.78
imaginable way you have
already done with someone else
00:43:53.81\00:43:57.35
or a variety of
people for that matter.
00:43:57.38\00:43:59.86
Well we watch on the
screen for example teaches us
00:43:59.89\00:44:02.58
that sex is fun and
promiscuity is acceptable
00:44:02.61\00:44:05.51
and can be a
happy occasion, wrong.
00:44:05.54\00:44:08.44
All caps by the way
in his letter, wrong.
00:44:08.47\00:44:12.63
I found and firmly believe
00:44:12.66\00:44:14.84
that God implanted a
law in every human heart
00:44:14.87\00:44:17.34
that we violate
every time we enter
00:44:17.37\00:44:19.20
from the gates
of life prematurely.
00:44:19.23\00:44:20.82
I have yet to meet the person
00:44:20.85\00:44:22.31
who can tell me that
having had sex with a person
00:44:22.34\00:44:24.63
he or she is not wedded to
was an enriching experience.
00:44:24.66\00:44:28.19
Wow, and where
this anonymous letter
00:44:31.94\00:44:38.77
to end right here
00:44:38.80\00:44:40.60
it would remain a
bleak commentary on all
00:44:40.63\00:44:43.70
the all too familiar
life for this planet.
00:44:43.73\00:44:46.61
Who here is a
stranger to such shone hopes
00:44:46.64\00:44:50.83
and broken dreams.
00:44:50.86\00:44:54.62
But the unknown
student ends his letter
00:44:54.65\00:44:56.50
with the blush of new
hope and I want to read this.
00:44:56.53\00:44:59.10
"God forgives" he goes on,
00:44:59.13\00:45:01.57
"And I can now forgive myself
00:45:01.60\00:45:05.29
however the
scars are still there
00:45:05.32\00:45:07.28
and it will take time to heal.
00:45:07.31\00:45:09.19
The scar stay and a barren empty
well of God given sensuality,
00:45:09.22\00:45:14.73
don't you love that metaphor
00:45:14.76\00:45:16.22
he didn't know but
it fits perfectly hear
00:45:16.25\00:45:18.26
the barren empty well
of God given sensuality
00:45:18.29\00:45:22.92
takes time to fill back up.
00:45:22.95\00:45:25.70
I would urge all to thank and go
00:45:25.73\00:45:28.08
for the
unparalleled long-term reward
00:45:28.11\00:45:30.64
that is awaiting them."
00:45:30.67\00:45:35.13
An anonymous letter
about our anonymous struggle
00:45:35.16\00:45:43.03
with the thrust
embedded in our sexuality.
00:45:43.06\00:45:49.96
Where do we turn to
get that thirst quenched?
00:45:49.99\00:45:53.94
Where shall we
turn? Scholars tell us,
00:45:53.97\00:45:58.02
that embedded in this
narrative is a story of Calvary.
00:45:58.05\00:46:01.15
Let me prove it to you,
00:46:01.18\00:46:02.21
let me just run
this by real quick.
00:46:02.24\00:46:03.71
Clue number, Calvary is here,
00:46:03.74\00:46:05.80
clue number one, notice
verse 6, look at verse 6.
00:46:05.83\00:46:08.32
It says, "It was the sixth hour"
00:46:08.35\00:46:10.18
do you know that
the only other place
00:46:10.21\00:46:11.42
in the gospel of
John where those words
00:46:11.45\00:46:13.01
the sixth hour are recorded
00:46:13.04\00:46:15.34
is the time of
Christ's crucifixion.
00:46:15.37\00:46:17.20
That's clue number one.
00:46:17.23\00:46:18.26
Clue number two, notice verse 7.
00:46:18.29\00:46:19.81
What does Jesus
say to the woman,
00:46:19.84\00:46:21.28
give Me a drink?
00:46:21.31\00:46:22.34
The only other
time in this gospel
00:46:22.37\00:46:24.08
Jesus will speak
those words from the cross
00:46:24.11\00:46:26.08
when He says I thirst.
00:46:26.11\00:46:29.14
Clue number
three, notice verse 21,
00:46:29.17\00:46:31.48
Jesus uses the
strange vocative woman.
00:46:31.51\00:46:37.05
Why would He say, woman.
00:46:37.08\00:46:39.39
He speaks that word from Calvary
00:46:39.42\00:46:43.20
when He addresses His mother.
00:46:43.23\00:46:44.43
And finally clue
number four, notice verse 14.
00:46:44.46\00:46:48.18
Jesus speaks about
a fountain of water
00:46:48.21\00:46:50.06
springing up
into everlasting life.
00:46:50.09\00:46:52.03
This is the same
Jesus who from his side
00:46:52.06\00:46:54.74
their flowed a
fountain of water and blood
00:46:54.77\00:46:59.54
for the Salvation
of the human race.
00:46:59.57\00:47:02.66
Embedded in this
story the woman of Samaria
00:47:02.69\00:47:05.91
is the narrative
of Calgary itself.
00:47:05.94\00:47:09.64
How do I get my thirst slaked?
00:47:09.67\00:47:11.74
You go there.
00:47:11.77\00:47:13.03
You go there
fountain to cleanse our souls
00:47:13.06\00:47:20.51
and water to quench our thirst.
00:47:20.54\00:47:24.75
It's all wrapped up in
the Savior of the world
00:47:24.78\00:47:28.14
whose grace like
water always flows downward
00:47:28.17\00:47:32.91
to where you and I are waiting.
00:47:32.94\00:47:37.20
How do I accept His
offer and drink deeply?
00:47:37.23\00:47:38.77
Let me end with this quotation
I put it on the screen for you.
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You have it in your study guide,
keep your study guide today.
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Jesus did not--
00:47:43.05\00:47:44.08
this is Desire of
Ages a classic on His life.
00:47:44.11\00:47:46.02
"Jesus did not convey the idea,
00:47:46.05\00:47:48.13
that merely one
draft of the water of life
00:47:48.16\00:47:50.44
would suffice" would be
sufficient for the receiver.
00:47:50.47\00:47:52.72
No, no, no, he who
tasted the love Christ
00:47:52.75\00:47:55.77
will continually long for more
but he seeks for nothing else
00:47:55.80\00:48:00.04
the riches, the honors,
the pleasures of the world
00:48:00.07\00:48:02.94
do not attract Him now.
00:48:02.97\00:48:04.33
"The constant cry of
His heart is, more of you"
00:48:04.36\00:48:06.94
please more of you.
00:48:06.97\00:48:08.75
"And He who reveals to the
soul its necessity is waiting
00:48:08.78\00:48:12.43
to satisfy its
hunger and thirst.
00:48:12.46\00:48:14.54
Every human resource,"
trust me girl, trust me boy
00:48:14.57\00:48:18.07
"every human resource
and dependence will fail.
00:48:18.10\00:48:21.63
The cisterns" or
wells "will be emptied,
00:48:21.66\00:48:24.27
the pools will become dry,
00:48:24.30\00:48:26.06
but our Redeemer is an
inexhaustible fountain."
00:48:26.09\00:48:30.52
Hallelujah.
00:48:30.55\00:48:32.49
Our redeemer is an
inexhaustible fountain.
00:48:32.52\00:48:35.65
"We may drink, and drink again,
00:48:35.68\00:48:37.76
and ever find a fresh supply.
00:48:37.79\00:48:40.45
He in whom Christ
dwells has within himself
00:48:40.48\00:48:42.87
the fountain of blessing
00:48:42.90\00:48:44.14
'a well of water springing
up into everlasting life.'
00:48:44.17\00:48:47.16
And from this
source we may draw strength
00:48:47.19\00:48:50.34
and grace
sufficient for all our needs.
00:48:50.37\00:48:54.94
Amen.
00:48:54.97\00:48:56.32
Isn't that great promise?
00:48:56.35\00:48:57.69
That's your
promise. That's my promise.
00:48:57.72\00:48:59.53
All we need to do now is conduct
a prayer with the promise
00:48:59.56\00:49:02.12
and here is the prayer.
00:49:02.15\00:49:03.18
Pray it every day for the--
00:49:03.21\00:49:04.27
for the rest of
your journey this year.
00:49:04.30\00:49:06.11
Pray it every day.
00:49:06.14\00:49:07.17
These are the words
of Richard Blanchard.
00:49:07.20\00:49:10.28
Here is your prayer I
mean, it's on your study guide.
00:49:10.31\00:49:12.16
You can put it
where you worship,
00:49:12.19\00:49:13.41
every day you may pray
this prayer let me read--
00:49:13.44\00:49:16.41
the prayer
begins with these words.
00:49:16.44\00:49:18.48
Maybe you heard
these words before.
00:49:18.51\00:49:20.45
Like the woman at the well,
00:49:20.48\00:49:24.44
I was seeking, for
things that could not satisfy
00:49:24.47\00:49:27.95
And then I heard
my Savior speaking
00:49:27.98\00:49:30.87
Draw from My well
that never shall run dry
00:49:30.90\00:49:34.17
Come on say the
words out loud to me,
00:49:34.20\00:49:35.73
if you know that chorus.
00:49:35.76\00:49:38.05
Fill my cup Lord,
I lift it up, Lord
00:49:38.08\00:49:42.43
Come and quench
this thirsting of my soul
00:49:42.46\00:49:46.35
Bread of heaven, feed
me till I want no more
00:49:46.38\00:49:51.48
Fill my cup, fill
it up and make me whole
00:49:51.51\00:49:56.17
Isn't that a beautiful prayer?
00:49:56.20\00:49:57.84
Keep that little
study guide put where you--
00:49:57.87\00:49:59.93
where you have
your worship everyday.
00:49:59.96\00:50:01.52
Pray the prayer,
Fill my cup to day Jesus,
00:50:01.55\00:50:04.48
feel it to the full.
00:50:04.51\00:50:06.54
Will You?
00:50:06.57\00:50:07.60
Let's stand and sing
that, let's stand and sing it.
00:50:07.63\00:50:09.84
We put the words
on the screen for you
00:50:09.87\00:50:11.27
against the panoply of Calvary
00:50:11.30\00:50:14.06
and let's sing "Like
the woman at the well."
00:50:14.09\00:50:16.81
Like the woman at
the well I was seeking
00:50:32.30\00:50:39.46
For things that
could not satisfy
00:50:39.49\00:50:46.93
And then I heard
my Savior speaking
00:50:46.96\00:50:53.42
"Draw from my well
00:50:53.45\00:50:56.81
that never shall run dry"
00:50:56.84\00:51:02.29
Fill my cup, Lord
00:51:02.32\00:51:05.63
I lift it up, Lord!
00:51:05.66\00:51:10.23
Come and quench
this thirsting of my soul
00:51:10.26\00:51:18.10
Bread of heaven
00:51:18.13\00:51:21.34
Feed me till I want no more
00:51:21.37\00:51:28.08
Fill my cup, fill it up
00:51:28.11\00:51:31.95
and make me whole!
00:51:31.98\00:51:37.65
There are millions in
this world who are craving
00:51:37.68\00:51:45.52
The pleasures
earthly things afford
00:51:45.55\00:51:52.90
But none can match
the wondrous treasure
00:51:52.93\00:52:00.18
That I find
00:52:00.21\00:52:02.83
in Jesus Christ my Lord
00:52:02.86\00:52:08.99
Fill my cup, Lord
00:52:09.02\00:52:12.97
I lift it up, Lord!
00:52:13.00\00:52:17.64
Come and quench
this thirsting of my soul
00:52:17.67\00:52:25.62
Bread of heaven
00:52:25.65\00:52:29.06
Feed me till I want no more
00:52:29.09\00:52:36.31
Fill my cup, fill it up
00:52:36.34\00:52:40.74
and make me whole!
00:52:40.77\00:52:46.15
Now, let's sing
it like a prayer.
00:52:46.18\00:52:47.67
So, my children,
00:52:51.51\00:52:54.67
if the things
this world gave you
00:52:54.70\00:53:00.55
Leave hungers
00:53:00.58\00:53:03.35
that won't pass away
00:53:03.38\00:53:09.00
My blessed Lord
00:53:09.03\00:53:12.69
will come and save you
00:53:12.72\00:53:17.64
If you kneel
00:53:17.67\00:53:20.42
to Him and humbly pray
00:53:20.45\00:53:27.54
Fill my cup, Lord
00:53:27.57\00:53:31.78
I lift it up, Lord!
00:53:31.81\00:53:36.70
Come and quench
00:53:36.73\00:53:39.56
this thirsting of my soul
00:53:39.59\00:53:46.19
Bread of heaven
00:53:46.22\00:53:49.76
Feed me till I want no more
00:53:49.79\00:53:57.55
Fill my cup, fill it up
00:53:57.58\00:54:02.63
and make me whole!
00:54:02.66\00:54:07.74
One last moment,
let's-- let's imagine
00:54:07.77\00:54:10.39
we are at your place of
prayer tomorrow morning.
00:54:10.42\00:54:13.81
And you will only need
this chorus to pray the prayer
00:54:13.84\00:54:16.06
and so we are gonna
sing it acapella now.
00:54:16.09\00:54:18.60
Give us our note
minister of music
00:54:18.63\00:54:20.58
and we are gonna pretend
like we are singing right
00:54:20.61\00:54:22.63
where we have our
worship morning after morning
00:54:22.66\00:54:27.49
Fill my cup, Lord
00:54:27.52\00:54:32.43
I lift it up, Lord!
00:54:32.46\00:54:38.19
Come and quench
00:54:38.22\00:54:41.74
This thirsting of my soul
00:54:41.77\00:54:48.76
Bread of heaven
00:54:48.79\00:54:53.24
Feed me till I want no more
00:54:53.27\00:54:59.84
Fill my cup, fill it up
00:55:02.43\00:55:08.36
And make me whole!
00:55:08.39\00:55:15.60
And God, we pray that prayer
00:55:15.63\00:55:17.37
by Your grace we
will pray it tomorrow,
00:55:20.40\00:55:23.78
and the next day and the next.
00:55:23.81\00:55:26.85
Fill our hearts, fill our souls,
00:55:26.88\00:55:30.68
fill our lives with Him
00:55:30.71\00:55:34.10
who is the water of life.
00:55:34.13\00:55:36.64
Fill us to the full,
quench our thirsty spirits
00:55:36.67\00:55:44.63
and with the water of Christ
00:55:44.66\00:55:46.29
send us for us day
after day after day.
00:55:46.32\00:55:50.70
And we will pray
this prayer today
00:55:50.73\00:55:53.30
and today and
today until Jesus comes.
00:55:53.33\00:55:58.50
Thank you,
Father. In His name, Amen.
00:55:58.53\00:56:03.47
It's been a pleasure to be
able to worship with you today.
00:56:18.65\00:56:21.49
I hope that the Spirit of
Jesus has blessed your time
00:56:21.52\00:56:24.23
with us right here in
the Pioneer Memorial Church
00:56:24.26\00:56:26.04
on the campus of
Andrews University.
00:56:26.07\00:56:28.24
Do you know
that around the world
00:56:28.27\00:56:29.30
people join us every
week for this hour of worship?
00:56:29.33\00:56:31.71
We're always
looking as a consequence
00:56:31.74\00:56:33.65
for new ways to bridge,
00:56:33.68\00:56:34.85
somehow to
connect with these people
00:56:34.88\00:56:37.00
who come here to
worship via the telecast.
00:56:37.03\00:56:39.94
One of the areas that is quickly
growing for us is our website.
00:56:39.97\00:56:43.26
We had more than a
140,000 visitors last year.
00:56:43.29\00:56:47.28
It's an incredible opportunity
00:56:47.31\00:56:49.08
that God has given us
to expand His kingdom.
00:56:49.11\00:56:52.05
If you would like
to help partner with us
00:56:52.08\00:56:53.95
as we seek to spread
the everlasting gospel.
00:56:53.98\00:56:56.74
I'd love to have you
call our toll free number.
00:56:56.77\00:56:59.35
We got very friendly
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Here's the number, 877-His-Will.
00:57:01.91\00:57:04.95
877 and then the
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00:57:04.98\00:57:07.09
One of the operators
00:57:07.12\00:57:08.95
will be happy to
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00:57:08.98\00:57:10.46
of how you can partner
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00:57:10.49\00:57:13.37
If you prefer, listen,
you can do it all online.
00:57:13.40\00:57:15.58
Go to our website,
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00:57:15.61\00:57:19.93
I'd be honored to have
00:57:19.96\00:57:20.99
the privilege of
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00:57:21.02\00:57:22.48
as we seek to spread the truth
about God for this generation.
00:57:22.51\00:57:25.89
We are living in urgent times.
00:57:25.92\00:57:29.07
Now more than ever
we've got to go to the world
00:57:29.10\00:57:32.61
with the good
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00:57:32.64\00:57:34.05
So once again here's that
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00:57:34.08\00:57:38.50
Thank you in
advance for your generosity.
00:57:38.53\00:57:41.04
That blesses me and
you grow this ministry.
00:57:41.07\00:57:44.21
I pray that the Spirit of Christ
00:57:44.24\00:57:45.77
will abide with you
every step of the way.
00:57:45.80\00:57:48.20
And I hope you come back
again next time right here
00:57:48.23\00:57:51.29
as we continue our
worship journey together.
00:57:51.32\00:57:54.04