epiphany week 2

John 3 & 4

e·piph·a·nyThe Insider and the Outcast

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The Religious Insider

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The Religious Outcast

The Samaritan Woman

The Religious Outcast

The Sa·mar·i·tan Woman

• Racial• Cultural• Gender• Moral

Barriers

“Those who drink of the [living]water that I will give them

will never be thirsty… it will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’ The woman said

to him, ‘Sir, give me this water!”John 4:13-15

The Religious Outcast

The Sa·mar·i·tan Woman

“Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come back.’ The woman

answered him, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said to her, ‘You are right… for you

have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband.”

John 4:16-18

The Religious Outcast

The Sa·mar·i·tan Woman

“The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming’ (who is called Christ). ‘When he comes, he will

proclaim all things to us.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am he, the one who

is speaking to you.’”John 4:25-26

The Religious Outcast

The Sa·mar·i·tan Woman

• Devout• Learned• Civic Leader• Accomplished

Status

The Religious Insider

ni·co·dem·us

Jesus said, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the

kingdom of God without being born again.”

John 3:3

The Religious Insider

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The Insider and the Outcast

• Are Thirsty• Are Lost• Have Sinned• Need to be

start over

Both…

e·piph·a·nyThe Insider and the Outcast

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Which are we?Bringing it Home