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The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.” (NASB) John 4:15 As far as she was concerned, this man was just some Jew from Judea. Jesus had not told her who He was. She had not asked. She knew nothing about Him. As far as she knew, He was just a strange Jew who should not be talking to her. He spoke of strange things, and He seemed to think He was more important than Jacob. She did not consider Him to be a spiritual man. She did not understand who was talking to her, and so she was rejecting His message. The same is true today with most people. When people do not consider us to be spiritual men or women, they will reject our message. And some will not understand that we are speaking of spiritual truth.
Confidence In The Man. Jesus understood that He now had her attention. She was
not insulting Him, but she did not respect Him as a holy man. So He changed His approach and surprised
her with a comment.
He said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.” (NASB) John 4:16-18 Go, call your husband. She was surprised with that comment, and strongly responded that she did not have one. Jesus had opened the door into her private life and she objected. But she had no idea what was coming next. “. . . you have had five husbands . . . the one whom you now have is not your husband . . .” What went through her mind? How did she feel? Did she wonder how He knew? She was beginning to understand that He was not an ordinary man.
The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” (NASB) John 4:19-20 |
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