WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 31, 2022
TEXT:
John 4:16-26
16.
Jesus told her, “Go get your husband and come back,”
17.
The woman answered, “But I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right
to say you have no husband.
18.
That’s because, although you have had five husbands, the man you live with now
is not your husband. That much was the truth.”
19.
The woman said, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
20.
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that Jerusalem is the
place where people must worship.”
21.
Jesus said, “Believe me, woman! The time is coming when you will not have to be
in Jerusalem or on this mountain to worship the Father.
22.
You Samaritans worship something you don’t understand. We Jews understand what
we worship, since salvation comes from the Jews.
23.
But the time is coming when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit
and truth. In fact, that time is now here. And these are the kind of people the
Father wants to be his worshipers.
24.
God is spirit. So the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25.
The woman said, “I know that the Messiah is coming.” (He is the one called
Christ.) “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26.
Then Jesus said, “He is talking to you now-I am the Messiah.”
(Easy
to Read Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
Jesus sent His
disciples to go into the Samaritan community to buy some food for their lunch.
Note that He deliberately sent all of them away because He was looking forward
to engaging the Samaritan woman on a conversion.
If the disciples were
present at the start of this very important and significant conversion, they
might have hindered or at best slowed it down. It might be His own way of not
offending them in view of their cultural bias.
The Samaritan woman
asked the all-important question about both their long-standing separation through
cultural and religious bias and who is able to offer worship acceptable to God
and what location has to do with it.
Jesus’ response was a
complete revolution and shift from the status quo: God is Spirit and present
everywhere at the same time. Therefore, true worship can reach Him when
presented in His Spirit and in His truth! This underscores the fact that true
worship comes from the heart, irrespective of location, personality and status.
QUESTION:
Have you experienced the true worship that is done in the Spirit and truth?
PRAYER:
Thank You, dear Lord, for giving my God in Christ Jesus through the truth of
the Word of God, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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