Connect John 4:15 to other scriptures about Jesus as the source of life. Living Water at the Well John 4:15 records the Samaritan woman’s eager response to Jesus: “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” • Her words show a heart awakening to the promise of something deeper than physical refreshment. • Jesus’ offer of “living water” (v. 10) introduces a theme that runs through all of Scripture—He Himself is the inexhaustible source of true life. The Fountain Revealed in John’s Gospel • John 1:4 — “In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.” • John 5:26 — “For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.” • John 6:35 — “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.” • John 7:37-38 — “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” • John 10:10 — “I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance.” • John 11:25-26 — “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.” Old Testament Echoes Pointing to Christ • Isaiah 55:1 — “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters.” • Jeremiah 2:13 — “They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water.” • Psalm 36:9 — “For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.” These passages anticipate the day when the Messiah would stand before the thirsty and invite them to drink freely. Life in the Son Affirmed by the Apostles • Acts 3:15 — Peter calls Jesus “the Author of life.” • 1 John 5:11-12 — “God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.” • Colossians 3:4 — “When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.” The Eternal River • Revelation 21:6 — “To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.” • Revelation 22:1 — “Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.” • Revelation 22:17 — “Let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.” Drawing from the Source Today • Jesus meets spiritual thirst with Himself, not merely with blessings. • By believing, we receive an inner well “springing up to eternal life” (John 4:14). • The life He imparts overflows to others, becoming “streams of living water” (John 7:38). • This life is abundant, indestructible, and culminates in eternal fellowship with Him. The woman at the well asked for water to end her daily trek; Jesus offered the very life of God. Every referenced passage confirms that He still gives that life—pure, sufficient, and everlasting—to all who come to Him. |
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