The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-01-26
CHRIST AT JACOBS WELL
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1s00-John %sS-1S.
Especially Arranged from Psloubet's Notes...
GOLDEN TExr.-whosoever drinketh
OF the water that I shall give him shall
never thirst-John 4:1A
THE SECTION includes the whole chap.
ter, together with q reading OF chap 7:H-3S
TIME.-December.A A. d. "a. About eight
months after the last lesson.
THE LESSON.
We are drawing near to the close OF
the first year of our Lords ministry,
the year Of beginnings. and 1t is we'll
ito review rapidly the events Of the year
and mark the steps Of Jesus progress
in the founding Of His kingdom. l. We
find His Heavenly origin. 2. He gains
His first disciples. 3. He works His
first miracle. I. He begins His frs, re-
form. s. He makes His first recorded
discourse. 6. He goes forth on His first
tour. Z. He wins His first converts in
Samaria.
After His discourse with Nico-
demus, Jesus spent the summer large
ly in Judea. winning followers. whom
His disciples baptized. Now He goes
toward Galilee. With this lesson ends
His Judean ministry and His first year.
l. The Weary Teacher.-Vs. 5. 6.
5. "A city called Sychar:
The ancient Shcchem between Mounts
Ebal and Gerizim. That Jacob gave
TO his son Joseph:" See Gen. 33:1s-2O:
1922.
6. Jacobs we'll was there:" The
we'll is rs feet deep. seven feet six inches
diameter and is lined throughout with
rough masonry. as it is dug in alluvial
soil. "Jesus sat thus" or as
He was. on" or by. "the wells" On
the low curbing around the we'll.
II. The One Unlikely Scholarly. 2.
Then cometh woman Of tout of) Sa-
maria" Not the city OF Samaria. seven
miles away. but from the country Of
Samaria, one of Samaritan race and re-
ligion. ITO draw water:" This was
the we'll of the cornfields, dug there for
the express purpose Of providing water
for those employed in the sowing and
the reaping Of those fields. This schol-
ar was one Of the most unlikely; q dis
reputable woman, rather bold and free
in her manners. voluble OF tongue, very
unlike most Of the women who minis
tered to Jesus. And yet Jesus gave her
His time. His hest thoughts, His care.
III. The WISE Approach. ". Z.
Jesus saith unto her, Give me TO
drink" lie made an appeal to COM
mon human kindness that goes deeper
down than religion or moral antag-
onisms.
8. "For His disciples were gone away
to buys" They would bring
with them means with which to draw
water, or they expected that at this
time OF day some one was sure to come
ere long who could draw the water.
~. Great Obstacles Overcome.-V. 0.
How Is it that thou. being q Jews"
The difference in dress, or speech, or
manner, or all. made plain his nation
atty. For the Jews have no dealings
with the Sanaritans:" A remark
thrown in by the writer TO give the
reason for her surprise. They have no
dealings Of friendly intercourse.
V. The Lesson Concerning the Water
of Life.-Vs. 1915. 10. IF thou knewest
the gift of Gods" His Son, the Messiah.
and the salvation He was bringing to
man. Thou wouldest have asked of
Him." Emphasize the thou" Spirit
ually. our positions are reversed. 1t Is
thou who art weary, and footsore. and
parched. close to the we'll, yet unable
10 drink; it is who can give thee the
water from the well and quench thy
thirst forever. And He would have
given, thee living waters" That is.
perennial, springing from an unfailing
source (Gen. 26:l0). ever flowing, fresh
LeT. l4:5.
12. Art thou greater than our ia
,her jacob" Can you dig better well
than he did. or find better source of
water? Or can you get water with
out drawing it, while even Jacob had
TO undergo the labor Of drawing?
13. drinking of this water:" The
natural water Of the well. and all earth
ly satisfaction which it ,ypified. shall
thirst again." The supply may give
out. The soul is never satisfied with
earthly Wings, and the time comes
when they leave the soul, in its greatest
need. dying Of thirst.
IL. "Shall never thirst" Literally.
will certainly. not thirst forever. for
the craving is satisfied as soon as ever
it recurs. blessed are they which hun
ger and thirst after righteousness" but
| IL declares that there is an unfailing
supply always at hand for the thirst.
"Springing up into everlasting life:"
Not merely in the future. but in the
present. Whosoever has this living wa
ter in the soul has already eternal life.
the kind Of life that never fails TO sat-
isfy. never clogs and never ends.
vi. The Lesson Studied.-Vs. 1926.
IS. "Sir, give me this water:" She un-
derstands Christ's word sufficiently to
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