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The Seventh Man. A mini-sermon by Craig Emerson Strain The Gospel according to a romance novel. She already had had 5 husbands, and the one she has now is not hers. When she went to the well to draw water, there was this stranger. He wasn't from around here. Men don't go to the well to draw water, that was our custom. So what was he doing here? What were his intentions? Could he be the seventh man? John 4:6
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his
journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. Pretty brassy,
she thought. Asking me to serve him. Look at him, he's a Jew. John
4:9 Then
saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew,
askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no
dealings with the Samaritans. John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest
the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou
wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. Why does he seem so truthful? But wait, doesn't he know who he's talking to. John 4:11
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and
the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? My family dug this well. My family is well known around here. I'm not just some nobody, she thought in her heart. She continued John 4:12
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank
thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Why is he so truthful? Doesn't anything shake him, she thought? John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall
give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall
be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Why does this man seem to have a heart deeper than this well? All her life, she had played with small talk, empty hearts, selfish people, but this man is different. She was afraid to seem too forward, but afraid to miss the chance of a lifetime, so she continued. John 4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. There, I said it, she thought. What will he think. Is he for real? John 4:16
Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and
come hither. John 4:17
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou
hast well said, I have no husband: John 4:18
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom
thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. This is too much. My sins and weakness is before his very eyes. Maybe I can flatter him and change the subject. Men love to be flattered, she thought the more. John 4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Her thoughts raced, she almost thought out loud. I went to Church when I was a little girl. He should know that I prayed back then. I know what the Laws and the Prophets said. What does he know about this? Is he real? John 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. John 4:21
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem,
worship the Father. John 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. John 4:26
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am
he. John
4:28 The
woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith
to the men, Not the End, but the Beginning
The Bible is a love story. It tells of of God's Love for us. John
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. He tells us in His Word, the Bible, how we are to love. Mat
5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. He tells us how to love our families. Eph
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it; Eph 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Eph
5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the
wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Eph
6:5 Servants,
be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with
fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; He tells us how to treat those who work for us. Eph 6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. The Bible also tells us what person we are to be in our hearts. Eph
6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in
sincerity. Amen. The Beginning If
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