Good morning. Jesus
left Judea and went way again into Galilee. And He had to pass through Samaria.
Remember that a lot of times the Jews went across the Jordan River to avoid
having to go through Samaria. He went through Samaria because He was on a mission
from God. Things did not happen to Him or by Him by coincidence. He came to a
city near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph; and Jacob’s well was
there. So Jesus being weary from His journey, was sitting by the well. It was
about noon. We don’t think about Jesus getting tired and thirsty. There came a
woman of Samaria to draw water, Jesus said to her, give Me a drink. She said,
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.) people normally drew water
at the end of the day; but as we shall see, she was not what one would call
respectable. My Bible says that the phrase Jews have no dealings with
Samaritans implies the meaning “do not use dishes Samaritans have used” That is
because a Jew would become unclean if he used a drinking vessel handled by a
Samaritan. We have seen that attitude in our own country; where one group of
people felt they would become unclean if they used dishes that a person of
certain other group used. We will see what Jesus’ response was next time.
Father thank You that though we were all unclean, You made us to become clean.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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