Then our young lady appeared, right on time. If she’d hoped to collect her water and get out of Dodge, that wasn’t happening. A man was there. A stranger. When he asked her for a drink, she knew what that meant. In their world, giving and receiving water was an open invitation. Let’s converse. Let’s become friends. She pushed back, reminding him of their differences. “How can a Jewish man like you ask a Samaritan woman like me for a drink of water?” (John 4:9 GW). He can because he is God. He isn’t concerned with issues of race or gender. From his point of view, “there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). All one. Utter equality. We aren’t there yet. But Jesus is. Right from the start, he began to woo our woman at the well. “If you only knew the free gift of God” (John 4:10 EXB), he said. Did that make her nervous? She’d no doubt had men offer her presents. The kind with long strings attached. The gift Jesus brings isn’t like that. Salvation is free for the taking. Free. Paid for in full by every nail that pierced his body “If you knew the gift of God…” Do you know about this gift, beloved? Have you claimed it for your own?
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The way to Christ Found in his word
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- Hear the word of God Romans – 10:17
- We must Believe on the Son of God Jesus Christ sent to die for the sin of the world 1 John 3:23
- Repent for our sins Acts 2:37-38
- Be baptized in water and in the spirit Mark 1:8
- 2 Timothy 2:15 Continue in the word of God which will build up your most Holy Faith
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