Sermon Notes - May 18th, 2025
Behold the Lamb of God
John 4 : The Samaritan Woman
Jason Boggs
Behold the Lamb of God
John 4 : The Samaritan Woman
Jason Boggs
JOHN 4
1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria.β 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, βGive me a drink.ββ 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, βHow is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?β (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, βIf you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, βGive me a drink,β you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.ββ
4 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria.β
John 3
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal lifeβ
John 20
9 for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.β
1 Corinthians 9:16
16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! β
Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, βI will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,β there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
Mark 16
15 And he said to them, βGo into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.ββ
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal lifeβ
John 20
9 for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.β
1 Corinthians 9:16
16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! β
Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, βI will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,β there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
Mark 16
15 And he said to them, βGo into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.ββ
John 4
37 For here the saying holds true, βOne sows and another reaps.β 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.ββ
John 3
28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 29 βCome, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?β 30 They went out of the town and were coming to him.β
39 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, βHe told me all that I ever did.β 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, βIt is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.ββ
37 For here the saying holds true, βOne sows and another reaps.β 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.ββ
John 3
28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 29 βCome, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?β 30 They went out of the town and were coming to him.β
39 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, βHe told me all that I ever did.β 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, βIt is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.ββ
"If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for. Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself. Be sure of that."β
~ Charles Spurgeon