The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.” (John 4:25-26)

The Answer To All Things

When Jesus was resting at the well of Jacob, which was near the city of Sychar, a woman of Samaria came to draw water. The woman went to the well at the sixth hour (noon) because she was deemed an unacceptable citizen, given her tainted reputation as a woman. Jesus asked her for a drink of water, startling her that he, a Jewish man, would have any dealings with a Samaritan woman. The woman asked how Jewish could draw water as the Lord had nothing to draw from the deep well. Jesus tells her He had water that would spring up into everlasting life. Hearing of the everlasting water, the woman begged for this water.

Jesus asked her to call her husband, to which the woman said she had no husband. It was then that Jesus revealed He knew she had had five husbands, and the man she was living with was not her husband. This shocked the woman, as she had perceived Jesus to be a prophet. The Lord tells the woman that God desires true worshippers who would seek Him in spirit and truth. It is then that the woman reveals her knowledge of the Messiah, the long-promised Christ who would come into the world and tell all things. The Jews worshipped in Jerusalem, but the Samaritans, a mixture of Jewish and Gentile lineage, worshipped in Samaria. She knew when the Christ would come, the truth would be revealed.

The Samaritans were the result of the Assyrian nation intermarrying with the Jews, thus creating a mixed race. After the fall of the northern ten tribes seven hundred years earlier, the Samaritans became the offscouring of the land of Palestine. Their worship, like their heritage, was a mixture of the Law of Moses and paganism. The Jews had great contempt for their brethren who were half-breeds in their eyes. Yet, the Samaritan woman understood that Christ was coming and the Messiah would bring the full truth. While she did not realize who was standing before her, she did know the character of the Christ who was coming.

Jesus came to “tell all things.” God sent His Son into the world to reveal the divine plan to save man from sin. The wisdom of man proved that salvation could not come through human wisdom, as the flood demonstrated what happens when man is left to himself. Moses gave the Hebrews a law that was written down and rehearsed often to the people, but they failed to keep the law. The Jews proved that salvation could not come through animal sacrifice. Jesus came to bring all truth. He revealed everything the world needs to know to attain eternal life. After Jesus returned to the Father, twelve men took the message of the gospel to the whole world. Two thousand years later, the world has the fully revealed word of God.

The woman at the well was correct when she said the Christ would come and tell all things. Jesus said that He was the only way to the Father. He was the only truth of eternal life. The Son of God was the only source of living water that would bring eternal life. There is no other way to God, no greater truth, and no eternal life but through Jesus Christ. The Bible, from Genesis to the Revelation, is the fully revealed word of truth concerning Jesus Christ. Everything the world needs to know about God is found in Jesus Christ. Jesus tells us all things.