[FAITH] 8. The Woman at the Well, Part 2 (POJ 4.5)

Seeing Jesus with Paul Miller

Paul, Liz, and Robert continue their conversation about the woman at the well, looking at the second half of their conversation.

"Jesus has already said he has water. Now he says the character of the water is not just spring water. It’s not well water that's been sitting there forever. It's not spring water – it’s water that if you drink it, you'll never be thirsty again. This is like a super drink. Then he ramps it up once more: the water I give will become a spring of water. So when you drink this water that I give, it's going to transform your heart so you become a gusher."

"In the midst of something as simple as a drink of water, Jesus gets at the thirst of her heart."

"Jesus is now beginning to give her living water, and he does it by saying, 'Go call your husband and come back.' You can feel the conversation shifting at this point; she gives a much shorter answer. This is the hardest part of the conversation for me to go to. I can do the compassion part, the intrigue part, but this coming in with this honesty is just hard…"