Bible Study December 1, 2023
John 4:4 – 7; 9 – 10 (NASB)
“4 And He had to pass through Samaria. 5 So He *came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph; 6 and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about [a]the sixth hour. 7 There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.
9 Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
Racial issues have faced society from the beginning of time. Christians should believe it is time to end it. That is the example we have with Jesus and the meeting with the woman from Samaria at well in Sychar. There was conflict with the Samaritans. However rather than avoiding Samaria Jesus traveled to Galilee and took an alternate route and went through Samaria. He did those things – divinely.
Jesus meets the Samaritan woman in any other Jews eyes she was a downcast, married multiple times and living in an unmarried state a sixth time. But she meets the Man from Galilee who changes her life and her focus. She now can lift her head high and walk with dignity she has encountered not only forgiveness but the One who forgives.
Jesus a man … a Jew … in broad daylight … in a public place .. talking to a woman .. a Samaritan woman .. with a bad reputation. An ordinary Jew would have walked away but there was nothing ordinary about Jesus.
What barriers can we break down?
God Bless.
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