I love the story of the Samaritian Woman.
Here is how the story goes:-
One day, Jesus passed by Samaria and came to a town called Sychar and being tired from the journey, he sat down by the well. A samaritian woman came to draw water and below is the conversation between Jesus and her.
John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?"
John 4:8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
John 4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.
John 4:10Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water."
John 4:11"Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
John 4:12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?"
John 4:13Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
John 4:14but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
John 4:15The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."
John 4:16He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back."
John 4:17"I have no husband," she replied. Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband.
John 4:18The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true."
John 4:19"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet.
John 4:20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem."
John 4:21Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
John 4:22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
John 4:23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
John 4:24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
John 4:25The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
John 4:26 Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he."
John 4:27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
John 4:28Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
John 4:29 "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"
John 4:30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
Points that touch me:-
1. Jesus spoke to a outcast Samaritan woman and revealed her past. (John 4:16-18)
2. God used this lowly woman to introduce Jesus to her people. (John 4:29)
3. The power of a geniune personal experience - the change in her was so tremendous that her neighbours poured out of their city to seek the Jesus of whom she spoke. (John 4:30)
Reflection: I must learn not to belittle my personal testimony - God can use it to touch the lives of many people. Just need to be simple and faithful - to share His Word in season and out of season.
Here is how the story goes:-
One day, Jesus passed by Samaria and came to a town called Sychar and being tired from the journey, he sat down by the well. A samaritian woman came to draw water and below is the conversation between Jesus and her.
John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?"
John 4:8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
John 4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.
John 4:10Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water."
John 4:11"Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
John 4:12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?"
John 4:13Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
John 4:14but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
John 4:15The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."
John 4:16He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back."
John 4:17"I have no husband," she replied. Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband.
John 4:18The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true."
John 4:19"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet.
John 4:20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem."
John 4:21Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
John 4:22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
John 4:23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
John 4:24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
John 4:25The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
John 4:26 Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he."
John 4:27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
John 4:28Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
John 4:29 "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"
John 4:30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
Points that touch me:-
1. Jesus spoke to a outcast Samaritan woman and revealed her past. (John 4:16-18)
2. God used this lowly woman to introduce Jesus to her people. (John 4:29)
3. The power of a geniune personal experience - the change in her was so tremendous that her neighbours poured out of their city to seek the Jesus of whom she spoke. (John 4:30)
Reflection: I must learn not to belittle my personal testimony - God can use it to touch the lives of many people. Just need to be simple and faithful - to share His Word in season and out of season.
Hi Iris, Yes, it's such a lovely story. Jesus is so full of compassion and love for all His lost sheep.
ReplyDelete