Title: Samaritan Woman / John 4:1-4
Subject: Samaritan Woman/John 4:1-4
If John 3 is evangelizing intellectuals like Nicodemus, chapter 4 introduces the salvation of poor and nameless women like the Samaritan woman. Therefore, we must also be zealous for evangelism by following the Lord's evangelism.
Understanding Verse 1.4:1
1) Making disciples of Jesus and baptizing them
What is disciple-making? Today, I use the word [disciple] a lot.
Jesus uses this word in this way.
①Deny yourself, take up your cross daily and follow Jesus willingly.
(Luke 9:23) And he said to the crowds, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself.
take up your cross daily and follow me
② Think of Christ before yourself, your family, and your possessions.
(Luke 14:25) When a great crowd was going with them, Jesus turned and said,
(Luke 14:26) Everyone who comes to me, his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even their own lives.
If you do not hate, you cannot be my disciple.
(Luke 14:27) Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me
You will not be able to be my disciple.
③ Devote yourself to the teachings of Christ.
(John 8:31) Therefore Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him,
If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.
④ Dedicated to the evangelization of the whole world.
(Matthew 9:36) When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, for they suffered like sheep without a shepherd.
it's advantageous
(Matthew 9:37) Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
(Matthew 9:38) Therefore, ask the master of the harvest to send out workers for the harvest.
⑤ Love others as Christ loves.
(John 13:34) I give you a new commandment: Love one another, as I have loved you.
(John 13:35) By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
(6) Abiding in Christ, obedient, bearing fruit, glorifying God, full of joy,
love the brothers
(John 15:7) If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
(John 15:8) My Father is glorified that you bear much fruit.
you will be my disciples
In other words, a disciple is a person who lives centered on Jesus.
To [baptize] means water baptism, and the Lord is looking for baptism, not just disciple-making.
2) The Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that they baptized more than John.
Why are they recording what the Pharisees heard that Jesus baptizes more than John? will be.
Jesus is waiting for his time with the perfect plan of his public life.
① Evacuation to Egypt at birth
(Matthew 2:13) After they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Herod is looking for the child.
To kill him, he got up, took the child and his mother, and fled to Egypt.
Stay there until I come to you.
(Matthew 2:14) So Joseph got up and took the child and his mother by night and went out to Egypt.
(Matthew 2:15) Herod was there until the day of his death, as the Lord had spoken through the prophet.
to fulfill the saying that I have called my son out of Egypt.
②When the Jews tried to stone
(John 8:57) The Jews said to him, "You are not even fifty yet, and have you seen Abraham?
(John 8:58) Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,
Before Abraham was born, I am.
(John 8:59) As they were picking up stones to strike them, Jesus hid and went out of the temple.
** Let's know the time too **
(Proverbs 14:17) He who is quick to anger does foolishness,
Those who plot evil schemes are hated.
(James 1:19) As you know, my beloved brethren, let everyone be quick to hear.
Be slow to speak and slow to anger
(James 1:20) For the wrath of man does not bring about the righteousness of God.
Understanding verse 2.4:2
1) (Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples gave it)
The tradition of baptism by the disciples is still being passed down.
Understanding Verse 3.4:3
1) He left Judea and went back to Galilee.
So the Lord leaves Judah at once. And go to Galilee.
Understanding Verse 4.4:4
1) They had to pass through Samaria.
Jesus chose the shortcut to Samaria, not the one that crossed the Jordan River, which was used by the Jews at the time, and went through Boreah. Why did Jesus choose the road to Samaria, which Jews at the time were reluctant to go?
① In order to spread the gospel to even one person by proceeding quickly, that is, to hasten the road
② For the Lord to meet a woman from Suga, Samaria
Either way, the Lord chose the Samaritan way.
**Relationships with Samaria
The name Samaria was given by King Omri.
The land of Samaria was given to the half tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh in the days of Joshua. After the ten tribes of Israel revolted and established northern Israel, the inhabitants of this area did not usually go to Jerusalem to worship the idols set up by Jeroboam.
(1 Kings 12:25) Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there, and went out from there.
build the buneel
(1 Kings 12:28) Then he made plans and made two golden calves, and said to the crowds, You have no more to go up to Jerusalem; these are your gods, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, O Israel.
(1 Kings 12:29) They put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.
After that, Jeroboam's successors continued to worship foreign gods, leading the Israelites into idolatry.
Eventually, God destroyed northern Israel to Assyria (Assyria) in B.C.722.
(2 Kings 17:22) Because the children of Israel did not depart from all the sins that Jeroboam had done.
(2 Kings 17:23) Even Israel was brought before him, as the LORD had spoken through all his servants the prophets.
And Israel was taken captive to Assyria from their homeland, and has gone mad to this day.
In addition, Assyria moved the Israelites in large numbers and brought Gentiles to the land of northern Israel, resulting in a religious mix of mixed-race and idolatry with the Israelites.
(2 Kings 17:33) In the same way, they feared the Lord, and from where they came from
He also served his gods according to custom.
(2 Kings 17:41) And the nations feared the LORD and worshiped his idols.
Their children and grandchildren did as their ancestors did to this day.
The religion of northern Israel was thus very corrupt.
After that, southern Judah was also destroyed by Babylon, destroyed in 586 B.C., and returned after 70 years of Babylonian captivity. The Samaritans, who thought they were in the same situation, offered an alliance, but the Jews rejected the alliance because they maintained their blood and religion.
The content of the alliance was for the Samaritans to join in the rebuilding of Jerusalem, but Nehemiah flatly rejected them.
(Nehemiah 2:20) And I answered and said, The God of heaven will prosper for us, and we his servants will rise and build, but you have no inheritance, no right, or no list in Jerusalem.
Later, the Samaritans built their own temple on Mount Gerizim around 400 B.C., but it was burned down in 128 B.C. After that, the Samaritans lost their religious center and wandered, remaining in the faith that only recognized the Five Books of Moses in the Old Testament.
Thus, the conflict between the Jews and the Samaritans was religious, political and at the same time pedigree. At the time of Jesus, the Jews regarded the Samaritans as [dogs].
But the Lord went to Samaria to go to them. To the Lord, everyone is a sinner who deserves salvation, and at the same time, he is a Savior who gives to everyone without discrimination.
(Romans 3:22) which is given to all who believe through faith in Jesus Christ
God's righteousness, there is no discrimination
(Romans 10:12) There is no difference between Jew and Greek; one Lord is Lord of all.
I am rich to all who call on me.
*** conclusion ***
1. What is a disciple?
2. Let's wait.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1) There is a season for everything under the heavens, and a time for every purpose to be fulfilled.
3. There is no local sentiment or racism in Jesus Christ.
According to the Samguk Sagi,
① In A.D. 660, the fall of Baekje, King Taejong Muyeol of Silla who won at Buyeo and Sojeongbang and
The generals sat in the upper seats, and the defeated Baekje King Uija poured alcohol.
②A.D. In 927, Gyeon Hwon of the Later Baekje invaded Silla, captured King Gyeongae, who was having a feast at Poseokjeong, and made him commit suicide, embarrass the queen, concubines, and servants, and beg for their lives.
③ In recent modern history, politicians reminisced about this old past and caused local sentiment.
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