{"id":7148,"date":"2014-06-22T01:14:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T05:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allandouglas.dougbittinger.com\/blog\/?p=7148"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:39","slug":"jacobs-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/jacobs-well\/","title":{"rendered":"JACOB’S WELL"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Calvin<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It did not matter that she was a Samaritan, or a half-breed, as most Jews would have called her.\u00a0 It did not matter that she was a woman of ill repute who came to draw water at a less conspicuous time.\u00a0 It did not matter to Jesus that conversation with the likes of her would raise the eyebrows of the respected citizens of that area.\u00a0 She had hoped to get her water and go home without seeing or talking with anyone.\u00a0 Her sin had caused her to hide in the shadows of life.\u00a0 Her lifestyle could not stand the scrutiny of the public eye.\u00a0 She was already the topic of town talk.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As Jesus sat on the rim of Jacob’s well He saw hurt, guilt and shame written on her face.\u00a0 He initiated a conversation with a request “Woman, give me a drink of water.”\u00a0 She was startled to hear a man who appeared to be a Jewish teacher even talk to her in a public place.\u00a0 Her response was briskly stated.\u00a0 “How is that you, being a Jew, would dare ask water of me, seeing\u00a0I \u00a0am a Samaritan?”\u00a0 The cultural climate of that day was much too prejudiced for that kind of interaction.\u00a0 The years had created barriers of dislike between the two classes of people.\u00a0 A Samaritan woman could well be suspicious of a Jewish male who would make such a request.\u00a0 His intentions could be inappropriate.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus, knowing who He was, had nothing to prove or nothing to hide.\u00a0 “If only you knew who was asking you for a drink you would seek from Him a water which would quench your thirst forever” was Jesus response to her surprised comment.\u00a0 “Give me this water!” she insisted.\u00a0 “Then I won’t have to come to this place of public gossip ever again.”\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At this point Jesus wanted to talk about husbands.\u00a0 She wanted to talk about the best place to worship.\u00a0 Jesus explained that a time was coming and had arrived when the place of worship would be less important that the spirit and truth of worship.\u00a0 This prophet soon turned Messianic in the woman’s mind and she hurried into the village to announce her discovery.\u00a0 As a result of her uninhibited testimony, many believed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have you encountered a “Jacob’s well” lately where the water of “good-news grace” has washed away your bitterness, guilt and shame?\u00a0 Has Messiah helped you overcome the negative ways in which some folk describe you?\u00a0 Have you tasted the water that quenches your thirst for God?\u00a0 Come let us drink together of the\u00a0Water of life.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

     It did not matter that she was a Samaritan, or a half-breed, as most Jews would have called her.  It did not matter that she was a woman of ill repute who came to draw water at a less conspicuous time.  It did not matter to Jesus that conversation with the likes of her … Continue reading “JACOB’S WELL”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[58,57],"class_list":["post-7148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matters-of-faith","tag-relationships","tag-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19164,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7148\/revisions\/19164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}