The Morris County chronicle., 1908-02-04
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL. LESSON COM
AIENTS FOR FEBRUARY o.
Subject: Jesus and the Woman Of
Samaria, John 4:1-42 Golden
Text, John 7:37--C Commit Verses
23. 24--Commentarx.

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Text, John Commit Verses
IS, 24-Commentary.
TIME. - December, A. b. III
PLACE. Sychar.
EXPOSITION. II. Jesus reveals
/ Himself as the Messiah to the woman
of Samaria, 1925. The woman of
Samaria had said to Jesus, Give me
this water, i e., the living water (v.
15; CT. VS.. TO- Il 8 and 14). Jesus will
answer this prayer, but first the wom-,
an must be brought to realize that
she is sinner Conviction Of sin
USUALLY Drecedes the reception of the
Holy Spirit, So Jesus aimed sharp
thrust at her conscience, go call thy
husband (v. 16) 1t was effective.
Heart and life were laid bare She
briefly answered, II have ro nus
band" But little did she know how
Jesus would drive the answer home to
her own conscience (vs. 16-18). The
woman tried to parry the thrust by
engaging Jesus in a theological dis
cussion This is a common method
used by men when we try to drive
home to them a conviction of their
own sin. They seek to ease their
conscience by drawing us into dis
cussion on some side theological is
sue The woman failed in her at
tempt. Jesus answer to her uuestion
went even more deeply to the need
Of her soul II was beginning to
dawn upon the woman that Jesus was
a prophet indeed He had read her
heart Jesus showed her the utter
formality and worthlessness of all her
worship of which she had made her
boast. The standing controversy be-
was whether thew should worslin rt,
MI zion or MI Gerizim ~ 20l
Iesus shows To the woman that tbis
is not the real question at issue The
auestion is NOT where We shall wor-
shin Int how VIC shan worshin
These are strong words with which
Jesus avnosed tba hollownnes of the
worsh;n IF tbis yucn,an ana her fa1lou
Samarifans aya worsh;n va lTnow
not what y h,t tha words ara aa,allv
trua IF roucb modarn so-oalled rhr;c-
fian uorsbin aSalvation ie from tho
Taws ~ thorn yvero eo,,an,ittad tbe
oracles of Cod from 2 ~ az them
tha Christ tba SavionT If the world
is horn according ~ fhe f4esh from
+. e1 Tbe laws wara tba fi,.st ba,.
aids of q crucif,ed and riaen Sav;onr
IN wbon salvation Il offarad * ali
M Tho Mnr1d m thn a
daht +bat II aan neve,. re,,av Pnt
whiia salvation e fron, nc is tbe
laws &c naon1a bava roiecfed 4
The Heavanlv Fatbar is seei, mo wo,.
sbinars ~ % D Wy cod is sea1y;yo~
not onlv those who viii serve IIin7
ana obev Hin bnt tbosa ubo viii
vorsbin hin I5a doas ,,ot ana nonv
,,,orsb ir,ars +bo,,1h Ia IL saaI,iy,s.
+bon, psav va, is ,,ot ,vorsbir rrbanLs,
oivino ie not worsb;n morsbin ;s
6owing befora cod IN ador;,,g con-
tanonlaf;on1of Hinosalf .sTn o,,y nav.
ers VIC era tolro,, xvi+b o,,, neads.
in o,,r tbanEsoivina We arc tal-en II,
with orr blessings. IN orr worshin we
are taken IN with Himsalf ;, and Ha
is saakinq worshiners noes EIa And
ono in vonq And Cod ;s seolr;no on1v
one Lind of uorsh;,ors +bosa yyho.
worshin IN snirit that ia in the HoIv
Snirit and IN tr,,fb tbat ;s in raaIitv
nat IN noare =, nratanse RI pbiI 30 :
Wy Tha as, saa1,s ~ ;v,+,,,S. 49,.
avo,v snbora md avo,, into tba snharo
of vvorehin Bnt tba worsIin Which
tbo assn ,,y,y,,te a. y,ot aceantar,1a ~.
cod VIZ arc ohso1,,talv 6aren5a,,t
nnon tba Holv cnirit ~ +aach ~ 1,cs,,r
~ yvorshin and tx ssa \ ,s into accaTt-
ebla wnrsbin Cod is a eniy;+ not .
~ oara o,,tward forno Tshorgb GA 10
snirit in HE essential essanca He
dpne, NJ nifast 15innsa1f Il, v;S;l,lo fo,,,
1Ey go In. 9o.1o Day and INC
cIad dav i cono;no wban tha mrs IN
boar+ shall Saa Hin, fNdatt s.e, l.,
Iobn a.o1 The woman srnau tba+
tba Mossiab ras ooratng and ras
,ya;tiro mnt;, te oanoa =, +o,, bar OK
th;,, ';,'ae &c Ha ;nSaad ;s +ha ona
,vbn does te,, ne iii +binos hn+ Ee
svas alreadv +bero 1es,,s =, =, l-es ono
of I Tho 10 clsarest l. 81 and most ,,n,nistakas ]
bia decSarations that ne ;s ne = Mos n 81.
riah ~ tbis o,,tcsst san,oTiten WON.
an ~ tbat snsa,~ ,,ntT IN aa an rIe,,
u T1,A I,,,.sss,,
q ,v;t,,ass so,. ha,. s., ,,-s,v'fc.,nd SavioTr
o. Oh nj, Si.ais,,,. ,.,e,.a ssraa+1,s
s,,rn-;sod tbat Ha talTed ru;fb s s,s,sl ycs,,V
ort 81 = MTnr,an w. os NJ ,,o,a s.ca,,n+
~ ~ = e,,as os so,,,a -,a,, tosdav than
~ ~ snv ossS az aras ~ tho Sisc;salas sAs
Th Ses 5;soinias i, n',oht ,,o+ ~ bana baan
s,'.;sad nv I.ssIS Fhat 7asns ot toI1,ed N 10 w,th
Snpan ~, . Sanaritsn ana s;nnar e
~ hod orlu s+on-,aa ~ +hinL +ha+
He mad condescended 70 talk with
them. me woman, however, does
not wa,t. ons nulriss lnto 'ne city W
Tell otherS thS Suou HSWs. IN ner