How Deep is Your “Jacob’s Well” John 4:5-8. 5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son

How Deep is Your “Jacob’s Well”

John 4:5-8

5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. John 4:5-8

Jesus Made Few Requests

Jesus Made Few Requests• The “Donkey guy”


• The “Upper Room man”



• The “Tired Fishermen’s” greatest catch




• The Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well

5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. John 4:5-8

It is one of the few Biblical sites about which there is no dispute, and probably the only place on earth where one can draw a circle of a few feet, and say confidently that the feet of Christ have stood within the circumference. Maundrell, who visited it in 1697, said that it was 105 feet deep, and had in it fifteen feet of water. But travelers have thrown stones into it to sound its depth, until at present it is only sixty-six feet deep, and has no water in it except in very wet winters. It is seven and half feet in diameter, and is walled with masonry to a depth of about ten feet, below which it is cut through the solid rock. It lies 400 feet nearly due south from Joseph's tomb.

J. W. McGarvey

Responses to Jesus’ Requests

Responses to Jesus’ Requests• The “Donkey guy”

1 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples; 2 and He said to them, "Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you have entered it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it. 3 And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it,' and immediately he will send it here.”

Mark 11:1-3



12 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?" 13 And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him. 14 Wherever he goes in, say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?" ' 15 Then he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared; there make ready for us." 16 So His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found it just as He had said to them; and they prepared the Passover.

Mark 14:12-16




1 So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3 Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." 5 But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net." 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. Luke 5:1-7









Two Questions





Two Questions1. How would you have responded?





Two Questions1. How would you have responded?

2. What requests does He make of you?

Four Levels of Giving

Four Levels of Giving• Surface giving

Four Levels of Giving• Surface giving• “Artesian well giving”

Four Levels of Giving• Surface giving• “Artesian well giving”

• Not like the widow’s two mites (Mark 14)

41 Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. 42 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. 43 So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; 44 for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.“

Mark 12:41-44


• Shallow giving


• Shallow giving • Easily given, wrong motivation



• To bring satisfaction to self



• To bring satisfaction to self

• To bring glory from others

1 "Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly."

Matt. 6:1-4


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving• Better motive, God told me to do it


• Shallow giving


• “What would others think if I do not give?”


• Shallow giving



• Sparingly


• Shallow giving



• Sparingly

• Grudgingly


• Shallow giving



• Sparingly

• Grudgingly

• Out of necessity

6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

2 Cor. 9:6-8


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving

• Deepest giving


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving

• Deepest giving• Sacrificial, giving which costs


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving


• Depth of well yields the finest, coolest water


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving



• Blessings which come from this


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving




• Fishermen become His Fishermen


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving





• Outcast woman brought to honor


• Shallow giving

• Deeper giving





• Outcast woman brought to honor

• Christians sow bountifully, reap bountifully

Giving Your Life to Him


• Believe in Him John 3:16



• Repent—decide to obey Acts 17:30




• Confess Christ Rom. 10:9





• Baptized to be saved Acts 22:16






Added to His kingdom, His church






Added to His kingdom, His church

• Be faithful until death Rev. 2:10

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How Deep is Your “Jacob’s Well” John 4:5-8. 5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son