Whosoever?
Scott McKinney
John 4
April 3rd, 2022
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” —John 3:16
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Whosoever means
Loving everyone is easy to do in theory but hard in
“Now he had to go through Samaria. 5So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. 7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” —John 4:4-7
Jews had a hard time loving
“When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them.” —Luke 9:54-55
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.” —2 Corinthians 5:17
Sharing the Good News has is difficult because Jesus uses
This Samaritan woman resists Jesus because of her cultural
“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 4:9
The Samaritan woman resists Jesus because she believes that she is
“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” —John 4:17-18
The Samaritan woman resists Jesus because her
“Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” —John 4:19-20
Her question was “Who has the best
The real question is “In whom do I find
“You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.” —John 4:22
“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.” —John 4:25-26
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