John: Living Water

John intends to contrast between Nicodemus of chapter three and the Samaritan woman in chapter four. Nicodemus was a learned, powerful, respected, orthodox and theologically trained. The Samaritan woman was unschooled, without influence and despised. Nicodemus was a man, a Jew, and a ruler. She was a woman, a Samaritan, and a moral outcast. Yet both needed Jesus. Whether rick or poor, young or old, prestigious or outcast, there is only one answer to the aching in our souls. Jesus is who we long for. Jesus is who we need.