Text: “Come see a Man,
which told me all things that ever I did; is not this the Christ?” John 4:29.
“For if our heart
condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth (knows, and continues to
know) all things."
1 John 3:20.
Good morning, well known
Christian! You and I are well known by
many of our social contemporaries. In
the workplace; in the communities in which we live; in church congregations -
nationally and internationally - we may be well known. However, we must at all time try to remember
that there is One Who knows us infinitely more; infinitely more than ever we
could even know ourselves! That all
knowing One is our Saviour, Jesus the risen Christ.
“Before I formed
thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee…” (Jeremiah 1:5)
Definition of Omniscience: (noun) Knowledge
of all things; (adjective) Omniscient:
All knowing. (The Chambers
Dictionary page 1132)
Our Bible selection from John’s Gospel today reveals many great truths that a light
reading of such Scriptures might miss.
Let’s look at some of these truths
and gain more faith to serve the risen Lord Jesus. (Romans 10:17)
Thirst Created: (V.15)
In verse fifteen we see that Christ had created a positive thirst for
knowledge of ‘…everlasting life…’ by his interaction with the Samaritan woman. We too should seek to create such a thirst
for truth in our day to day interactions with other precious souls yet
unsaved. ‘Salty Christians’ serve God well in
creating such Eternal thirst.
“Ye are the salt of
the earth; but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
salted? It is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” (Matthew 5:13)
Christ’s Testing: (V.16)
In verse sixteen we see Christ, Who knows all things, testing the
Samaritan woman, perhaps to see if she was going to be open and honest to what
He had to discuss with her concerning the state of her immortal soul. God tests the unsaved, and the saved daily.
“For Thou, O God,
hast proved (tested) us; Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou laidst
affliction upon our loins. Thou hast
caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but
Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.” (Psalm 66:10-12)
Hallelujah! Jesus always brings us
victoriously through!
Human Guile: (V.17) Guile is defined as ‘deceit, cunning, craftiness, etc.’ It comes with
every natural born sinner, because we are indeed born natural sinners. We do not have to teach a little child how to
be deceitful; to tell lies; to be disobedient - children of the flesh do all
these things NATURALLY.
“Ye are of your father
the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do…” (John 8:44)
The woman therefore tried to
deceive the Lord Jesus, she told him that she had, ‘…no husband…’; but the
all-knowing Jesus soon exposed her true position in life, ‘…thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast
is not thy husband…’ We cannot hide our
sins from an all-knowing Lord God.
Ducking & Diving: (V.19-20)
When faced with the truth, the woman immediately began to do what many
of us have done in similar circumstances - she began to ‘duck and dive’ to try to evade
the truth. Adam and Eve tried this
tactic in the Garden of Eden to try to hide from the fact of their sins. We cannot prosper by hiding our sins. (Genesis 3:9-13)
“He that covereth
his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have
mercy. (Proverbs 28:13)
Tradition Vs Truth:
(Vs.20-24) These verses reveal a debate
between traditions and truth. The woman
wanted to argue about traditions, the Lord desired to set forth the truth. Religious rituals and traditions mean
nothing. The truth, found only in Christ
Jesus, and in His Word, means the difference between suffering in eternal
darkness or basking in God’s ethereal
light. Choose truth and live.
God-given Faith: (Vs.25-30)
These verses reveal a clear pattern of Christian belief and Eternal
Salvation. The woman heard the Truth
speaking the truth; she received saving faith by hearing the truth; Jesus
personally revealed Himself to her as the long-awaited, all-knowing Christ; the
woman received His Word; dropped everything; and ‘…went her way into the city, and saith…Come, see a Man,
which told me all things that ever I did; is this not the Christ?’
Hallelujah! The woman was saved
to serve Christ Jesus.
Thought: Praise the Lord God Who knows us infinitely
better than what we know ourselves – yet, in spite of all our faults, still
loves us infinitely.
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