This substantial volume includes more than 50 never-before-published expository sermons on John 4 from one of the twentieth century’s greatest preachers. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, known for his ability to clearly communicate profound theological concepts to a broad audience, digs into this familiar passage and exposes fresh layers of understanding. His perceptive analysis is helpful for laymen and pastors alike.
“What, then, does worship mean? It means bowing down before God and adoring him for himself.” (Page 64)
“by means of this indirect way, our Lord arouses the interest of this woman” (Page 26)
“Possibly one of the most devastating things that can happen to us as Christians is that we cease to expect anything to happen. This may be one of our greatest troubles today. We come to our services, and they are orderly, they are nice—we come, we go—and sometimes they are timed almost to the minute. But that is not Christianity, my friend. Where is the Lord of glory? Where is the one sitting by the well? Are we expecting him? Do we anticipate this? Are we open to it? Are we aware that we are ever facing this glorious possibility of having the greatest surprise of our life?” (Pages 13–14)
“Our whole trouble, surely, is that we fail to realize this: we are ever reducing the gospel, making something small out of it, something that we do, our practice of religion. The tragedy is that we think of our own selves and our busyness and our own activity instead of realizing that there is the wonderful possibility of receiving his fullness and more and more of it, ‘grace for [or upon] grace,’ ‘springing up into everlasting life.’ And this failure, it seems to me, is the greatest tragedy of all.” (Pages 7–8)
“Conversion may happen to a number of people in the same service, but it is always intensely personal and individual. So conforming to a certain moral or ethical pattern does not make you a Christian. There must be a personal encounter with Jesus Christ, personal dealing, personal knowledge.” (Page 16)