Jesus and the Woman of Samaria (1)

We have arrived to John 4 in our study of this fourth Gospel. Before us is one my personal favorite accounts within the Gospels. It records our Savior going outside the arena of Judaism to reach Samaritans with the gospel. We read of our Lord Jesus interacting with a fallen woman, a woman who had ruined her reputation and had been living a very sad and, it would seem, lonely existence, to whom our Lord imparted the promise and hope that a new life was before her, if she embraced Him in faith as her Lord and Savior. In this episode we are also instructed in the nature of the true worship of God. There are other principles here before us that may encourage and direct us in the service of our Lord toward others. We will attempt to point out some of these. My own philosophy of ministry and understanding of the nature and form of our corporate worship are drawn from this passage.