The Missing Piece: Getting
Real with Jesus
Jesus was real about His life
Eventually he came to …Jacob’s well…;
and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about
noontime. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her,
“Please give me a drink.” He was alone at the time because his disciples had
gone into the village to buy some food. JOHN
4:5-8 NLT
Jesus
was real with everyone
The woman was surprised, for Jews
refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a
Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?” Jesus
replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking
to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” JOHN 4:9-10 NLT
So stop telling lies. Let us tell our
neighbors the truth EPHESIANS 4:25 NLT
Jesus
was real about what he offered
“But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,”
she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water?
And besides, do you think you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us
this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals
enjoyed?” Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty
again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It
becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” JOHN 4:11-14 NLT
Jesus
will get real with wherever I am
“Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this
water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get
water.” “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her. “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.
Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—for you have had five
husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You
certainly spoke the truth!” JOHN 4:15-18
NLT
Jesus
is not interested in religion but in me getting real
“Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.
So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of
worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our
ancestors worshiped?” Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is
coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this
mountain or in Jerusalem. You Samaritans know very little about the one you
worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the
Jews. But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who
will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must
worship in spirit and in truth.” JOHN
4:19-24 NLT
If we claim we have no sin, we are
only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. 1 JOHN 1:8 NLT
The LORD is
close to all who call on him, yes, to all
who call on him in truth. PSALM 145:18
NLT
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