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Never Judge a book by its cover
Rewind history and go back to a time in the free state some 60 years and imagine the tension and mutual hatred between the white supremist of the AWB and the black communist of the ANC.
If you can imagine the mutral feelings of hate, then you may begin to understand the tension between the Jews and the Samaritins.
Orthodox Jews avoided Samaria because there was a long-standing, deep-seated hatred between them and the Samaritans.
The Samaritans were a mixed race, part Jew and part Gentile, that grew out of the Assyrian captivity of the ten northern tribes in 727 b.c.
Rejected by the Jews because they could not prove their genealogy, the Samaritans established their own temple and religious services on Mt.
Gerizim.
They were called dogs and half breeds.
A pice of bread given to a poor samaritian was as sinful as a jew eating poks flesh”
So intense was their dislike of the Samaritans that some of the Pharisees prayed that no Samaritan would be raised in the resurrection!
When His enemies wanted to call Jesus an insulting name, they called Him a Samaritan.
All this makes the encounter between a Samaretian woman and the jewish Jesus more powerful and touching.
He arrived at Jacob’s well at six o’clock in the evening, the usual time for women to come for water.
The disciples went to the nearby town for food while Jesus deliberately waited at the well.
Why? because he knew he would soon meet a woman, who will come to besaved, and share her experince with her whole samaritan village.
When the bible says “whosovere” it means whosoever.
Why would Jesus, a Jew, want to use her “polluted” vessel to get a drink of water?
Because racial barriers are man made and do not exist to God who made all men.
God created us white or black or indian or asian, or whatever, we are the work of his hands and in our mothers wombs he chose the pigment of our skin and made us in his image.
So Jesus ignored the social barriers and saqw this woman, not as a woiman or as a sameritan, but as a presious human being, who is in desperate need of a savior.
Of course, our Lord’s request was simply a way to open the conversation and share with her the truth about “living water.”
Living Water
Jesus was speaking about spiritual water, but she interpreted His words to mean literal water.
Again, we see how easily people confuse the material and the spiritual.
Furthermore, this woman showed a classic error of so many people when it comes to the work of God:
She was concerned about how He would obtain this water, instead of simply asking Him to give her a drink of it.
How is a irrelevant question when it comes to God - we say God i dont know how but i do know you.
To paraphrase His reply: “Whosoever continues to drink of this material water (or anything the world has to offer) will thirst again.
But whosoever takes one drink of the water I give will never thirst again!” (see John 4:13–14)
How true it is that the things of this world never completely satisfy.
In hell today, people are crying, “I thirst!”
Have you not noticed the thirst that drinkingfrom the world creates?
Why is 1 cig, 1 drink, 1 puff never enough?
Its the same with worldy possesions: 1 par of shoes, 1 jacket?
now im not advocating minimalism, but the reality is that many peol;e have shoes they dont wear, or clothes that they have not worn in ages.
Yet these things cost money.
We have noted before that life is one of John’s key concepts.
He uses the word at least thirty-six times.
Mankind needs air, water, and foodand light in order to have life.
All of these are provided in Jesus Christ.
He provides the “breath” (Spirit) of God (John 3:8; 20:22).
He is the Bread of Life (John 6:48) and the Light of Life (John 1:4–5), and He gives us the water of life.
The woman’s immediate response was to ask for this gift, but she did not know what she was saying.
The seed of the Word fell on shallow soil, and the shoots that sprang up had no root.
Preparing the Soil
The only way to prepare the soil of the heart for the seed is to plow it up with conviction.
That was why Jesus told her to go get her husband: He forced her to admit her sin.
There can be no conversion without conviction.
There must first be conviction and repentance, and then there can be saving faith.
“I have no husband” was the shortest statement she made during the entire conversation!
Why?
Because now she was under conviction and her “mouth was stopped” (Rom.
3:19).
Sowing the Gospel
In spite of her ignorance, there was one truth this woman did know: the Messiah was coming and would reveal the secrets of hearts.
Our Lord’s response to her statement was, literally: “I that speak to thee, I am!”
He dared to utter the holy name of God!
At this point, the woman put her faith in Jesus Christ and was converted.
Immediately she wanted to share her faith with others, so she went into the village and told the men she had met the Christ.
When you consider how little spiritual truth this woman knew, her zeal and witness put us to shame.
But God used her simple testimony, and many of the people came out to the well to meet Jesus.
The rabbis said, “It is better that the words of the Law be burned than be delivered to a woman!”
Why did she leave her waterpot when she hurried into the city?
We have to leave the sin behind.
conclusion
This woman did not come to faith in Christ immediately.
Jesus was patient with her, and in this, He sets a good example for us in our own personal work.
Certainly she was the least likely prospect for salvation, yet God used her to win almost an entire village!
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