The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-01-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
JANUARY %, 1861
BY Rev. George A. Harper,
511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.


Greenwood, Miss.
CAN THIS BE THE CHRIST?
John 4 Print-John 4:21-3O,
S9-42.
MEMORY SELECTION -
And said unto the woman,
Now we believe, not because
of thy saying: for we have
heard him ourselves, and
know that this is indeed the
Christ, the Saviour of the
world.-(John 4:42). A revival
most generally starts by one
saint who becomes burdened
concerned and prayerful, even
by God working at one end of
a line. Then God works at the
other end of the line by bur-
dening sinners and leading
them to repentance. 1t is in
teresting to observe how God
works at both ends of line,
bringing the two ends together
to save a lost soul. Often one
person getting saved is the key
to a revival.
There is power in the testi-
mony of a newly-saved person.
The s a m a r i n Saliva
ton comes to sinners by hear
ing the testimony of saved
people.
JESUS TELLS THE SAMA-
RITAN WOMAN THE TRUTH
ABOUT GOD:
After the Samaritan woman
learned that Jesus was a
prophet" she asked Him the
vexing religious question of
her day. The Samaritans had
built a temple on Mount Geri-
zim. They contended that it
was the only place to worship
God. We all know of the Tenn
pie at Jerusalem and the Jews
cOntended that this was the
only place to worship God.
But Jesus went beyond both
Jew and Samaritan to make
God available to all the world.
The Samaritans were striving
in the dark. The Jews had
the advantage of the Light.
The time is at hand that the
reality displace the shadow
God seeks those who worship
Him in spirit and in truth. We
need not move to find God.
He is right where we are. He
is everywhere men are to be
found. He will already be
wherever men may be able to
go. This is true because God
is a Spirit. Only Spirit can
commune with Spirit.
JESUS REVEALS HIM
SELF AS MESSIAH:
All of the woman's religious
curiosity began to come to the
surface. While she was trying
to recover from the impact of
coming so suddenly upon a
prophet another idea began to
take shape. Her aroused soul
must have been asking, even
while she declared her know
ledge that they were looking
for the Messiah. Her soul must
have really been asking, Could
this be the Christ? And Jesus
had the capacity to speak to
the soul. He announced unto
her, l that speak unto thee am
He.
THE SAMARITAN WO-
MAN SHARES JESUS WITH
HER COUNTRYMEN:
Jesus must need 60 through
Samaria, and when he came to
a city of Samaria, which is
called Sychar, near to the par
eel of ground that is Jacobs
well, He sat on the well. While
his disciples went into the
city to buy food, and as He
sat, and when they returned
they we're surprised that
Jesus was talking to the Sama-
ritan woman. They saw an OPP
portunity to satisfy their per
sonal, physical needs. They
were not aware of the spiritual
needs of the very people whom
they used to comfort them
selves. They were so much
like us who throw away so
many opportunities to witness
for God. There are people
with whom we come in close
contact every day, but we
never take the time to learn if
they are saved. The woman
showed an enthusiasm and an
insight which the disciples had
not developed sufficiently.
When the woman found Jesus