Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well (Photo credit: Lawrence OP)
The Samaritan woman found Jesus (the Messiah) in an unlikely place (at the side of a well). Her brief but historic meeting with Him would forever change her life. She was so overwhelmed that she left her water jar by the well and went back to the town to spread the good news. “Come; see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”
John chapter 4:7-26, tells us that Jesus was resting by the side of Jacob’s well one day; after a long journey from Judaea to Galilee, when a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”
The woman was shocked that a Jew was asking a Samaritan for a drink. Back in those days Jews and Samaritans (Gentiles) did not mix. Gentiles were considered unclean and unrighteous.
The Samaritan woman who was more concerned about tradition than about helping Jesus with a drink of water, said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?”
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God (the gift of God is eternal life), and who it is (the Messiah) that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
The 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.”
He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
“I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. The 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.”
“Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, He will explain everything to us.”
Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am He.”
The moral of the story is; the gospel of Jesus Christ knows no boundaries. It is for anybody who will accept it.
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Amen and amen!
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Thank you very much Loopyloo, for your kind comment. Your encouragement means a lot to me. Let’s hold the banner of Christ high, so that the world will see and glorify our father who is in heaven.
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Great post Noel, Jesus is for all, to bad all won’t accept Him.
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Thanks writinggomer, for your comment. Mark 16:15-16 states the following: “And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Thanks a lot for stopping by. May God bless you richly.
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Hi Noel,
Amen! I enjoyed the way you shared this message! “Whosoever will, let him come!” God bless you!
Paulette
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Thank you very much for stopping by and leaving a comment, Minister Paulette. Back in the day when Jesus walked this earth, Jews and Gentile did not mix. The Jews thought they were the only righteous people in existence. But Jesus brought a new perspective to the game. Salvation is for those who
are willing to accept it. Hence whosoever will let him come.
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Great reminder that we really are one truly blended family!
Thanks, Noel!
Debbie
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You are very welcome Debbie. We are one in Christ.
Thanks a million for taking the time to read my blog. Your kind words are greatly appreciated. God bless you.
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Yes. Jesus is for all, but many of our pews are filled with people who are quick to sort themselves “away” from Gentiles (as if they themselves were Jew). Consequently, they hardly mature in the true essence of who Christ was and is because they’re unaware of the bondage of their own mind-set.
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I agree with you comment, Pastor. Thank you very much for stopping by.
May the our Lord and savior Jesus Christ continue bless and guide you in your ministry. By the way I
enjoyed that audio post.
God bless
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