Author: Dr. George M. Bassaly, M.D.
Language: English
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Go and Call Your Husband
With His love, the Lord stirred her conscience and revealed Himself to her, and she felt comfortable confessing her sins.
Writer: How did you feel when He mentioned your previous marriages and talked about the man you were living with?
The Samaritan Woman: It became clear that this was not a normal conversation or just a discussion between a Jew and a Samaritan. The conversation shifted to my personal life. How did He know all that about me? Did God reveal this information to Him? At that point, I realized He was not an ordinary person, so I told Him I thought He was a prophet.
Note: She did not deny her sins, like Cain, Gehazi, Ananias, and Sapphira did. She also did not get upset, as the scribes, the Pharisees, or Herod did when their sins were exposed. She did not make excuses for herself but acknowledged Him as a prophet.
The Lord Jesus Christ revealed her sins without hurting her feelings — gently indicating that He knew everything about her life in order to awaken her need for repentance.
It was as if the Lord was saying: “The heavy burden you are carrying needs to come off your shoulders — and I will carry it for you. Now is the time. Repentance and a return to Me are knocking at your door, dear Samaritan — do not let them go unanswered.”
With amazing kindness, the Lord shifted the conversation from the hostility between Jews and Samaritans to the new kind of worship that encompasses the whole world — a worship that any believer can enjoy, wherever he or she may be.
Writer: You changed the subject again and spoke about which mountain worship should take place on. Why did you change the subject?
The Samaritan Woman: I changed the subject to the issue of where we should worship — Samaria or Jerusalem — in the hope...
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