Living Water: Studies in John 4
Overview
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.
Top Highlights
“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)
- Title: Living Water: Studies in John 4
- Author: David Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2009
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Samaritan woman (Biblical figure) › Sermons; Bible. N.T. John 4:10-30 › Sermons; Sermons, English › 20th century; Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (Great Britain) › Sermons
- ISBNs: 9781433501272, 1433501279
- Resource ID: LLS:LIVINGWATER
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:16:34Z
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981) is recognized as one of the last century’s most gifted preachers and writers. He was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century.
Lloyd-Jones first studied medicine, but left that field and went to Wales in 1927 to follow his calling to preach. He became the minister of a Welsh Presbyterian Church in Abervon, South Wales where he ministered for a decade.
In 1929, Lloyd-Jones went to London where he was appointed the associate pastor of Westminster Chapel working alongside G. Campbell Morgan. This ministry lasted for 30 years until Lloyd-Jones retired in 1968. He also served at Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Students which is known today as the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship.
Through his books and commentaries, Lloyd Jones has had a profound influence upon the Christian church and the lives of many worldwide. His books include The Gospel in Genesis: From Fig Leaves to Faith, Great Doctrines of the Bible, and the titles in the Crossway D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Collection and Select Expositions of Martyn Lloyd-Jones.