The Samaritan Woman at the Well

Rev. Lucas Witt, pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Baltimore, MD, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study John 4:1-26. Most Israelites of Jesus’ day would have traveled around Samaria. However, St. John tells us that Jesus had to pass through there in order to show us that Jesus wanted to reveal Himself to the woman at the well. Through this unlikely encounter, Jesus reveals that He has true living water for the gift of eternal life of those who believe. As she listens to Jesus, the woman begins to realize that she is speaking to a prophet and asks about the true worship of God. Jesus says that true worship happens in Spirit and truth, that is, through faith in the Word that He preaches. When the woman asks Jesus about the Christ, Jesus says plainly: “I who speak to you am he.” “The Word Made Flesh” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel according to St. John. The disciple whom Jesus loved wrote his Gospel account as an eyewitness to Jesus’ life and ministry. As we read the Word of God recorded by St. John, the Holy Spirit works in us so that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so have life by faith in His name.