Location, location, location …

1. Between the circle of sin and the Peace of God

2. An extra portion … a gift of grace3. A new name … a new identity

John 4:6-7

http://bible.us/john4.6-7.nlt

772 BC – Assyrians conquer Northern Kingdom

597 BC – Babylonians conquer Southern Kingdom

445 BC – remnant returns under Nehemiah

113 BC – Maccabean Jews raid Samaritan temple

63 BC – Rome conquers Israel

Warriors or Blenders?

Warriors or Blenders?

RESTORERS

RESTORERS

provoked but not offendedcreators not critics

grounded not distractedcountercultural not “relevant”

RESTORERS

Creation Fall Redemption Restoration

John 4:10

http://bible.us/john4.10.nlt

John 4:11-21http://bible.us/john4.11-21.nlt

Worship of the true God is not confined to a place.

Worship of the true God is not limited to a certain people group.

Worship of the true God is not wrapped up in right theology or philosophy.

Worship of the true God is relationship with the true God.

John 4:22http://bible.us/john4.22.nlt

"In the last analysis, Christianity is not a philosophy which we accept; it is not a theory

to which we give allegiance; it is not something which is thought out; it is not

something which is intellectually derived at. It is a personal response to Jesus Christ. It is the

answer of the heart to the magnet of Christ. It is an allegiance and a love which a man

gives because his heart will not allow him to do anything else."

William Barclay

John 4:23-30http://bible.us/john4.23-30.nlt

“I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I

could comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.”

Brennan Manning

John 4:31-42http://bible.us/john4.31-42.nlt