When You Have To Go
November 1, 2020
John 4:1-4 “Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making & baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus Himself did not baptize, but only His disciples), He left Judea & departed again for Galilee. And He had to pass through Samaria.”
John 3:25-30 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples & a Jew over purification. And they came to John & said to him, ‘Rabbi, He who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, He is baptizing, & all are going to Him.” John answered, ‘A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before Him.’ The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands & hears Him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. He must increase, but I must decrease.’”
John 8:48 “The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan & have a demon?”
Rom 2:11 “For God shows no partiality.”
John 4:5-6 “So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as He was from His journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.”
John 4:1 “Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making & baptizing more disciples than John.”
Jesus was always on mission. When He spoke with the Samaritan woman at the well, He did so due to His mission. We too are on mission. The question is, are we distracted from our mission or are we (like Jesus) about our Father’s business. Here’s the thing; sometimes we are at point “A” in our life but God wants us at point “C” because it’s where the mission becomes fruitful. But, our point “B” gets in the way and we get off the mission trail. We are to start conversations with strangers and people who are lost, but we get caught up in sharing with like-minded believers. We are Great Commission people and we need to follow the Jesus model.
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