Sermon Tone Analysis

introduction

Chartered Engineer/chartered accountant.

Andrew Chai’s picture on the swimmer - the qualified swimmer is the one who is ready to swim, rather than the one who is fully equipped.

story on farmers who sow and harvest／Andrew Chai’s picture on the swimmer - the qualified swimmer is the one who is ready to swim, rather than the one who is fully equipped.

be a chartered certified qualified harvester.

what would you do if you want to harvest something?

three kind of spiritual harvester

the disciples - equipped lukewarm follower

v27 surprised/shocked/astonished/marveled/amazed - why? because of the kind of woman that their master was talking to.

Jewish tradition forbid a man to give a woman any greeting, or talk with a woman on the street, including his own wife.

what more to say that this woman is a Samaritan.

The roots of the animosity between Samaritans and Jews go deep into history.

In the eighth century bc when the northern kingdom of Israel fell to the Assyrians, the majority of the population was carried into exile.

To repopulate the area the Assyrians brought in peoples from other parts of their empire, and these intermarried with those still left in the land, resulting in a mixed race of peoples later known as the Samaritans.

In the sixth century bc the southern kingdom of Judah was overrun by the Babylonians, and many of its people were taken into exile in Babylon.

Later the Babylonian kingdom fell to the Persians, and Cyrus, king of Persia, allowed exiles from Judah to return to Jerusalem, where they began to rebuild the temple and later to repair the walls of Jerusalem.

Those returning to rebuild were now called Jews; the Samaritans offered to assist them in rebuilding the temple but their offer was rejected.

Having been rebuffed the Samaritans built their own rival temple on Mount Gerizim in Samaria.

The Jews regarded the Samaritans as ethnically impure and repudiated them, and in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah marriages that had been contracted between Jews and Samaritans were broken up.

can you imagine the facial expression those disciples have on looking at that woman?

What is our tradition that has stop us from reaching out to someone else? M group?

The roots of the animosity between Samaritans and Jews go deep into history.

In the eighth century bc when the northern kingdom of Israel fell to the Assyrians, the majority of the population was carried into exile.

To repopulate the area the Assyrians brought in peoples from other parts of their empire, and these intermarried with those still left in the land, resulting in a mixed race of peoples later known as the Samaritans.

Rabbinical scholastic prejudice.

“According to Jewish Rabbinical ideas the female sex was incapable of religious instruction.

Rabbinical scholastic prejudice.

“According to Jewish Rabbinical ideas the female sex was incapable of religious instruction.

reflects their conformity to the sexual prejudices of their society

v27 surprised - why?

reflects their conformity to the sexual prejudices of their society

In the sixth century bc the southern kingdom of Judah was overrun by the Babylonians, and many of its people were taken into exile in Babylon.

Later the Babylonian kingdom fell to the Persians, and Cyrus, king of Persia, allowed exiles from Judah to return to Jerusalem, where they began to rebuild the temple and later to repair the walls of Jerusalem.

Those returning to rebuild were now called Jews; the Samaritans offered to assist them in rebuilding the temple but their offer was rejected.

Having been rebuffed the Samaritans built their own rival temple on Mount Gerizim in Samaria.

The Jews regarded the Samaritans as ethnically impure and repudiated them, and in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah marriages that had been contracted between Jews and Samaritans were broken up.

Milne, B. (1993).

The message of John: here is your king!: with study guide (p.

86).

Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

Lange, J. P., & Schaff, P. (2008).

A commentary on the Holy Scriptures: John (p.

163).

Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.

v27 none bother to find out more - what do u want with her? why do u speak to her? (what kind of tone is this? - doubt?)

v27 none bother to find out more - what do u want with her? why do u speak to her? (what kind of tone is this? - doubt?)

When the disciples rejoined Jesus, they did not dare ask Him about His conversation with the Samaritan woman but rather inquired about His physical well-being.

Perhaps they thought hunger had deprived Him of the sense necessary to know better than to talk with such a woman.

sometimes, we might be thought by others as insane, when we are passionate to preach gospel.

Last time i always heard people saying in foochow, “believe is enough, dont believe until too deep”.

They were beginning to know him; and they had already arrived at the conclusion that however surprising his actions were, they were not to be questioned.

It is a great step towards real discipleship to learn to say: ‘It is not for me to question the actions and the demands of Jesus.

My prejudices and my conventions must go down before them.’

Kruse, C. G. (2003).

John: an introduction and commentary (Vol.

4, pp.

138–139).

Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.can

you imagine the facial expression those disciples have on looking at that woman?

What is our tradition that has stop us from reaching out to someone else? M group?

When the disciples rejoined Jesus, they did not dare ask Him about His conversation with the Samaritan woman but rather inquired about His physical well-being.

Perhaps they thought hunger had deprived Him of the sense necessary to know better than to talk with such a woman

They were beginning to know him; and they had already arrived at the conclusion that however surprising his actions were, they were not to be questioned.

It is a great step towards real discipleship to learn to say: ‘It is not for me to question the actions and the demands of Jesus.

My prejudices and my conventions must go down before them.’

v27 none bother to find out more - what do u want with her? why do u speak to her? (what kind of tone is this? - doubt?)

White, J. E. (1998).

John.

In D. S. Dockery (Ed.), Holman concise Bible commentary (p.

472).

Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.

Barclay, W. (2001).

The Gospel of John (Rev.

and updated., Vol. 1, p. 189).

Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press.

v31 concern about physical food - troubles by living.

concern about physical hunger - outward satisfaction.

In the mean while (χρόνῳ understood)—while the men of Sychar were coming across the green corn-fields in excited and eager longing for the bread of life and the water of life eternal—his disciples besought him; rather, were entreating him—the verb ἐρωτάω is used for question and interrogation, and is generally used of one who feels on terms of equality with the person addressed on the matter in hand (cf.

ch.

14:16; 15:7; 16:19, 23; 17:15, for its distinctness from αἰτεω)—saying, Rabbi, eat.

Have we not gone to Sychar to find provisions for thee?

Do not despise our effort.

how about us?

Are we concerning more on the spiritual hunger of the soul or the physical pleasure in the church?

v32-33 do not understand the will of God.

Jesus said, My food … is to do the will of Him who sent Me.

This does not mean Jesus had no need of physical food, but rather that His great passion and desire was to do God’s will (cf.

5:30; 8:29).

He knows that man does not live by bread alone, but “by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord” ().

His priority is spiritual, not material.

It is the Father’s work which must be done

v34 empty waiting (4 months until harvest).

habitual, influenced by how the world works (are you not in the habit of saying “four months, and the harvest will come”?).

Four months more and then the harvest was probably a local proverb.

But in the spiritual realm there is no long wait.

Jesus has come so now it is the day of opportunity.

All that is needed is spiritual vision and perception.

If the disciples would look around, they would see people with spiritual hunger.

The Samaritans in their white garments coming from the village (v.

30) may have visually suggested a wheat field ripe for harvest.

v35 spiritually blind (open your eyes/wake up/look around you).

The disciples went into the village to get food for themselves, but they did no evangelizing.

The woman took their place!

No doubt the disciples had said, as they approached the city of Sychar, “There can be no harvest here!

These people despise us Jews and would have no use for our message.”