Verse of the Day 5/12

Through the Bible - 2 Kings 7-9, John 5:1-29

 

Good morning,

My Bible's study notes on John chapter 4 state that "the Samaritan's, like the Jews, expected a Messiah to come.  They revered Moses as the true prophet, and based upon Deuteronomy 18, cherished hope that a prophet like Moses would one day restore both themselves and their sanctuary.  They described the Messianic figure as the "Restorer".

 

For today's verse we'll go to John chapter 4 where Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the well.  She had come to get water, Jesus met her along the road, by the well and gave her living water which would restore her relationship to God.  The impact on her life was immediate, she had to go out into the community, along the road and tell others what he had done for her.

 

John 4:29 "Come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the Messiah?"

30 So the people came streaming from the village to see him.    NLT

The people knew this woman, who she was, what she had done.  They could see the change and wanted to see who it was that could bring about this transformation this restoration.

After reading that passage yesterday I read the following in a devotional.

 

"That the tide of sin, which before did run so strong — should be so easily turned; that the sinner who, a little before was sailing hellward, and lacked neither wind nor tide to carry him there—should now suddenly alter his course, and tack about for heaven—what a miracle is this!

To see . . .

an earthly man become heavenly,
a carnal man become spiritual,
a loose man become precise,
a proud man become humble,
a covetous man become liberal, and
a harsh man become meek, etc.,
is to behold the greatest of miracles!"

- Thomas Brooks, The Crown and Glory of Christianity

What kind of change has he brought about in your life?  Will you tell others? 

 

Psalm 56: ^12-13 God, you did everything you promised,
      and I'm thanking you with all my heart.
   You pulled me from the brink of death,
      my feet from the cliff-edge of doom.
   Now I stroll at leisure with God
      in the sunlit fields of life.   The Message

 

Blessings,
Mike

mikevw@bellsouth.net
mikesvotd.blogspot.com

John 4:20-31

20 So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?"

21 Jesus replied, "Believe me, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father here or in Jerusalem. 

22 You Samaritans know so little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews. 

23 But the time is coming and is already here when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for anyone who will worship him that way. 

24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth." 

25 The woman said, "I know the Messiah will come — the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."

26 Then Jesus told her, "I am the Messiah!"  

27 Just then his disciples arrived. They were astonished to find him talking to a woman, but none of them asked him why he was doing it or what they had been discussing.

28 The woman left her water jar beside the well and went back to the village and told everyone,

29 "Come and meet a man who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the Messiah?"

30 So the people came streaming from the village to see him.    NLT