He says, “Go get your husband.” “Come back here with your husband.” She said, “I have no husband.” He didn’t leave it there. That would have meant that she wasn’t married. He said, “You have spoken rightly, but you’ve had five husbands, and the one you have now, you’re not married to.” See how modern the Bible is, dear friends? That sounds like our day and age. It really does.

So, she changed the subject. And the subject is an argument that the Samaritans have had with the Jews for a long time. She said, “You claim we ought to worship in Jerusalem where the Temple is. Our fathers say we ought to worship in this mountain (Mount Gerizim)…” Do you know that there are ruins of the ancient Temple on the top of Mount Gerizim today? Archeologists have found it. And we also know exactly where the Temple was in Jerusalem in the time of our Lord and all the apostles and the early church. And we know when it was destroyed—in AD 70. But these things are real, dear friends. This is not myth and fable!

So, she changes the subject, and she says, “You Jews think you’re the only ones, that Jerusalem is the place.” Our Lord said, “No, the time is coming that neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall we worship the Father. But they that worship Him shall worship Him in spirit and in Truth.” And dear friends, that’s a great passage! Here’s the Truth that tells us how to worship! But you and I provide the spiritual side of it. We believe it, we love it, we trust it, we obey it!! Our spirit is in tune with the spirit of God!! Our spirit is in tune with Jesus as we partake of the Lord’s Supper. It is a COMMUNION—that which is common to BOTH! He says, “I will not take this until I take it with you in My Father’s kingdom,” [Matthew 26:29]. And every Lord’s day that you’re here, HE’S HERE. He’s with us now. He knows the heart of every one of us. And just like He could look into the life of that woman and know… He didn’t do it to damage her. He did it to open up, to reveal to her that “I AM the Son of God. I AM the Savior. This IS the gift of God. This IS what you are looking for!” And so, He gently led her. And sometimes the Truth is a bit painful, especially when our sins are uncovered. But remember, when they are uncovered, we can repent of them, and believe in our Lord, and do what He says, and our sins are taken away! THERE is the gift of God!

He says, “Samaritans worship what you don’t know, but Jews worship what they do know.” And she said, “I know that the Messiah is coming! And when He comes, He will tell us all things.” And Jesus, now, comes to the “punch line”. This is what He has been leading up to. He said, “I that speak unto you am HE.” You’re looking the Messiah in the face!

You know, she forgot her water jug? She ran back into the town. She was so excited! Jesus never got a drink from her. He didn’t even want any food, because He, too, was excited. Have we ever been so excited over spiritual things that we forget food and drink? What was the most important thing at that hour? To Jesus, it was that woman’s soul. And He knew what she had the possibility of doing. She became not only an instant believer in Him, but she became a SOUL WINNER. She went back in into the town, and she said, “Come see a man who told me ALL that I ever did!!” And when we read the question that she asked in the original Greek language, it is a question that demands a positive answer. “Is not this the Son of God? YES IT IS!” That’s the way her question is really phrased in the original language.

So, many Samaritans believed on Him because of the testimony of the most sinful woman, probably, in their town. Can a sinner preach? If we tell the Truth, anybody can! It’s the TRUTH that saves us, not the one who delivers it. And look what we have in this story. She became an instant soul winner. Many Samaritans came. And John describes it. “And Jesus said, ‘Look! The fields are white already…’” They are glowing unto harvest. And as He looked over those fields, here came the people out of Sychar! And His heart was rejoicing because they’re all sinners, and they’re coming to Him.

Do you know that the Scriptures say that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner that repents of the error of his ways, than over 99 righteous souls that need no repentance? [Luke 15:1-7]. Friends, do we rejoice when someone is baptized into Christ? I think we do. But don’t we need to be reminded that all of heaven is rejoicing? That God is touched? That Jesus is happy? That Their Will is being DONE? And that THIS is the whole motivation of all of heaven? ANGELS want us to be saved! The Father certainly does! THIS is His whole plan! He wanted us back with Him from the very beginning. He walked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the evening in the Garden! And they obeyed another master!! And therein is a very simple way that shows us how we part from God. And that master that they obeyed is still in the world, and he’s the deceiver of all men! And he preaches and teaches half-truths, and he gets a lot of people! He’s always had the majority. But heaven has always had the quality!! And that will always be true. And most of the time when you listen to the world, it will be the wrong direction—wrong teaching. Heaven has a simple message, and the message is that Jesus can save sinful men. We sing that song.