The Gospel of John - Jesus' Ministry to the Woman at the Well

Our study together through the Gospel of John is about Jesus’ history of revealing who He was to the people He encountered during His brief three-year public ministry. John, Jesus’ disciple and author of this Gospel, openly declared his purpose for writing his account of Jesus’ ministry and encounters. John 20:30-31 says, “Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.” John included only seven of the thirty-seven miracles recorded in all the Gospels collectively. He also included some stories the other Gospel writers did not include in their accounts. The story of the Samaritan woman at the well is unique to John’s Gospel even though chronologically it was the first time He declared to a person that He was the promised Jewish Messiah. This story was included specifically to build our faith in Jesus as the Christ. and that believing we would receive His gift of eternal life. We won't have time to unpack all the great truths in this story in one message this week, but I am confident we will all receive some insights to increase our faith in Christ and motivate us to follow Him more absolutely! I like the woman’s words in John 4:29- “Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?” He told me! Could He be? Come and See! That is my invitation to you for tomorrow to. Call and invite some friends to come to church with you. (Offering to take them out to eat afterwards usually improves the response.)