In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.
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… You are right in saying I do not have a husband, for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true. The woman said to him, Sir, I can see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but your people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem. Jesus said to her, Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will neither worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You people worship what you do not understand. We worship what we understand, because salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. Indeed, the Father seeks such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. The woman said to him, I know that the Messiah is coming, the one called the Christ. …
… than she thinks he does. Jesus says to her, you are right in saying I have no husband, for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. what you've said is true. Ouch. Okay, so we're not really talking about water at all, are we? This isn't about Jacob or Buckets or H2O. No, for this woman, this woman's well was men. She'd been trying to quench her thirst for love, for security, for life in the arms of a man. so we realize that Jesus asked her for a drink because he knew how thirsty she was she was dying of thirst inside and she had tried well after well after well Greg and then Ryan and then Jared and then Dave and then Scott and then Tony who knows what their names were and she was still so thirsty. In fact, she was more thirsty now than before she met the first guy. Sin is the anti-well, the anti-fountain. And some of you are drinking there every day. …
… You've had five. The one you now have is not your husband. In that you spoke truly. So the woman said, Sir. I perceive that you are a prophet." Brilliant deduction. But why did she have this perception? Because she just met a man that knew her entire life, went right through the facade, and penetrated right to her heart and exposed her sin right then and there. You must be some kind of holy man. You must have access to knowledge that normal people don't have. I think she's scared to death. So the best defense she has at this point is to ask a theological question and kind of detour around her sin. Now I told you it was best to read this passage up to verse 26, and I gave it my best shot to finish those 26 verses. That was my plan when I started. I didn't complete the plan. I didn't make it. So once again, like Tom Mix, we're going to have to wait until next Sunday for the next installment because there's more to this story and more to this discussion that's very, very important. …