SO THAT SOWER AND REAPER MAY REJOICE TOGETHER
JOHN 4:26-45

Unpredicated instances if “I am” in John;
JOHN 8:24
24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

JOHN 8:28
28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.

JOHN 6:20
20 But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”

JOHN 8:58
58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

JOHN 18:5–6
5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

EXODUS 3:14
14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

An unusual recipient of such a revelation;
MATTHEW 11:25–26
25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

Food that you do not know of;
DEUTERONOMY 8:3
3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Confusing the earthly and the spiritual;
JOHN 2:20
20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”



JOHN 3:4
4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

JOHN 4:11
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?

The theme of Jesus’ submission to the work of the Father;
JOHN 5:30
30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

JOHN 6:38–39
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

JOHN 7:16
16 So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

JOHN 12:49
49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.

A collapsing of planting and harvesting;
AMOS 9:13
13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.

The work of the Son;
JOHN 6:39
39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

JOHN 12:49–50
49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”

Jesus’ food is to do His Father’s work. What is our food?;
JOHN 6:53–65


1/11/2026