Jesus Goes Through Samaria

The Journey Nobody Wanted to Take

When Jesus left Judea for Galilee, He faced a choice. Take the longer, but safer route around Samaria like every other Jew—or go straight through the land everyone avoided.

"And he must needs go through Samaria" (John 4:4).

That word "must" changes everything. This wasn't about convenience. This was about a divine appointment.

At High Noon in Enemy Territory

Picture this: It's the sixth hour—high noon, the hottest part of the day. Jesus, "being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well" (John 4:6).

Nobody comes to draw water at noon. Nobody except a woman the whole town had given up on.

You see, Jesus went to where nobody else would go because someone needed Him there.

Breaking Every Rule That Mattered

When that Samaritan woman arrived, she was shocked: "How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a Samaritan woman? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans" (John 4:9).

Jesus didn't just cross geographical boundaries—He shattered social barriers:

• He was a Jew; she was a Samaritan
• He was a rabbi; she was an outcast
• He represented everything "proper"; she represented everything rejected

Yet Jesus sat right there in her mess, at her well, in the scorching heat.

Your Personal Samaria

Here's the piercing question: What's your Samaria?

What's that place you avoid? Those people you'd rather not deal with? That uncomfortable conversation you keep putting off?

Jesus said, "I must needs go." Not "I might" or "I could"—"I must."

Are you willing to go where it's uncomfortable? Are you willing to sit at somebody's well when it's hot, when it's awkward, when it challenges everything you thought you knew about "your kind of people"?

The Heart of the Matter

This woman had been married five times and was living with someone who wasn't her husband. Society had written her off. But Jesus? He saw a soul worth saving.

"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14).

Before you came to Christ, your reputation was ruined, too! None of us are any better than this woman at the well. But Jesus went anyway.

The Wall That Must Come Down

There's an invisible wall between you and someone right now. Maybe it's race. Maybe it's politics. Maybe it's past hurt. Maybe it's just plain old fear of what people might think.

But Jesus shows us that love breaks down walls that prejudice builds up.

There's a showdown at high noon, and the question is simple: Are you showing up?

Do you love souls enough to step out of your "Comfort Zone Baptist" mentality and go sit at somebody's well when it's sweltering hot? When it's uncomfortable? When someone else is there and needs to talk?

Because if you want to be like Jesus—if you really want to follow Him—then you're going to have to go where He went - the places nobody else wanted to go, to reach the people nobody else wanted to reach.

The fields are white unto harvest. The question is: Will you go?

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This condensed version only scratches the surface of this life-changing message about breaking down walls and reaching the unreached. For the complete expository preaching experience—including a powerful illustration about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, practical applications for missions, and the passionate challenge to step out of your comfort zone—I humbly encourage you to listen to the entire sermon.

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