Lord of the Weary and Brokenhearted

Lord of the Weary and Brokenhearted
John 4

I. Introduction

A. Isaiah 9:6b (NIV) …and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

B. Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

C. Isaiah 42:1a, 3a (NIV) ^1a”Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. ^3aA bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.”

II. 3 Ways that Jesus Truly Cares for the Weary and Brokenhearted

A. Jesus goes out of His way to be those who are .

1. John 4:3-6 (NIV) ³So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. ⁴Now he had to go through Samaria. ⁵So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. ⁶Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

2. “Now he (Jesus) had to go through Samaria.”

3. Jesus had a with the woman at the well.

a. “God is always where the suffering is.” (Dallas Willard)

B. Jesus offers the and the relief from the hardships of life.

1. John 4:7, 9 (NIV) ⁷When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” ⁹The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

2. John 4:10-15 (NIV) ¹⁰Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” ¹¹“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? ¹²Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” ¹³Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, ¹⁴but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” ¹⁵The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

a. “Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”

3. Jesus comes and encourages her to drink of .

4. Matthew 11:28-30 (NASB) ²⁸“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.”

C. Jesus invites those who are relegated as into His inner circle.

1. John 4:16-26 (NIV) ¹⁶He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” ¹⁷“I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. ¹⁸The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” ¹⁹“Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. ²⁰Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” ²¹“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. ²²You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ²³Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. ²⁴God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” ²⁵The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” ²⁶Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”

2. Galatians 4:5-7 (NLT) ⁵God sent him (Jesus) to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. ⁶And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba Father.” ⁷Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.

III. Conclusion

A. John 4:26 (NIV) “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”