One Voice
So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” They went out of the town and were coming to him. John 4:28-30, ESV
Samaria was originally the capital of Israel. But because of Israel’s disobedience to God it was conquered by Assyria. When Assyria conquered Samaria, the king of Assyria carried away ten tribes of Israel and took them to Assyria. The king then sent people from Cutha, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim to inhabit Samaria (2 Kings 17:24; Ezra 4:2-11). These foreigners intermarried with the Israelite population who were still in and around Samaria.
These “Samaritans” at first worshiped the idols of their own nations, but being troubled with lions, they supposed it was because they had not honored the God of that territory. A Jewish priest was therefore sent to them from Assyria to instruct them in the Jewish religion. They were instructed from the books of Moses, but still retained many of their idolatrous customs. The Samaritans embraced a religion that was a mixture of Judaism and idolatry (2 Kings 17:26-28). Because the Israelite inhabitants of Samaria had intermarried with the foreigners and adopted their idolatrous religion, Samaritans were universally despised by the Jews. https://www.gotquestions.org/Samaritans.html
In the passage above Jesus make a specific point to go to Samaria to speak with this Samaritan woman whom most of those in her town did not like. She was at the well to get water by herself because of the lifestyle she lived no one wanted to associate with her. But Jesus met het at the well and began to tell her about eternal life. Once Jesus finished sharing the word with her, her life was changed! Before she met Jesus the people of her village could only see the outer shell of her life. But the words of Jesus changed her so much that when she went back to her town everyone listened to her message. All it took was the one voice of this woman giving her testimony that brought the town to Jesus. John 4 It did not matter how she had lived her life in the past, the town witnessed the change and came to hear the word of God.
Key points:
Our past does not hinder the word of God.
We have everything we need to be a witness for Christ.
There is harvest right where you live, waiting to be harvested.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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