Tag: woman at the well
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The sustenance Jesus gives to a hungy world. Studying John 4:30-34
In John 4, Jesus has met a Samaritan woman at a well and told her of the living water that he provides. It’s also a passage where we see this woman respond to Jesus by telling others about him. She’s the first evangelist to Christ in north Israel. The woman asked the people “can this…
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The broken person and the Mission of God. Studying John 4:27-29
An unlikely missionary At the beginning of John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well. The Samaritans were a minority ethnic group who were half-Jewish. In the first century, there was a lot of animosity between the Samaritans and the Jewish people. Samaritans had some theological differences and given their ethnic differences, these…
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The greater worship to which Jesus points. Studying John 4:22-26
In John 4, Jesus is speaking with a woman at a well. Already in this passage, Jesus has pointed to the new life he gives and to the greater access to God that he provides. At the end of the passage. Jesus points to the greater worship of God that he points to. In John…
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The greater access Jesus gives. Studying John 4:20-21
In John 4, so far, we’ve seen how Jesus brings the greater water, he brings the greater revelation from God. He points forward to a New Covenant which he makes available. In the next part of the passage, we see that Jesus also brings greater access to God. Verse 20. The Samaritan woman is speaking…
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The woman at the well. Studying John 4:1-9
In John 4, Jesus is on the move. He’s left Judea and is journeying into Galilee. He’s venturing out of Jewish territory. John 4:1-2 says: Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3…
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