<TITLE>05. Par 10-10</TITLE>L-10 One day, in His journey, He went by, had to go up by Samaria. I wonder why. From Jericho... He was going to Jericho, and on His road from Jerusalem straight path right to Jericho, but He went up around of Samaria. I wonder why. And He sent His disciples away. It was about eleven o'clock, and they went down to get something to eat. And while they were gone, Jesus was setting on the well, and a prostitute came out, a woman. Perhaps she'd been out all night, and she'd just got up at that late, or maybe she couldn't go out with the rest of the women, ashamed to be in their company. But anyhow, she come out, being a Samaritan, and let her--her--her kettle down to get water.
You ought to see how they do it in the Orient. And they let her kettle down to get water. And when she come to the well, Jesus said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."
And she said, "Why, it's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans such. We have no dealings with one another." In other words, it was a race affair, like's between the colored and white today. Said, "Why, we have not dealings with one another."
She said, "But if..."
Jesus said to her, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink, and I'd give you waters that you didn't come here to draw."
Why, she looked at Him. "Well," she said, "the well's deep and You have nothing to draw with."
He said, "But the Waters that I give, is the Waters of Life, springing up like a geyser in your soul, to Everlasting Life." See what He was trying to do? Now, this is what I think: that He was trying to contact her spirit; for He was possessed with all the qualities of God. But first, to this woman He must talk to her, catch her mind, get her directly in line. And so to catch her spirit he had to bring this conversation around.
And then when He caught her spirit, and seen something that was vital in her life, He said, "Go, get your husband."
She said, "I don't have any husband."
Said, "That's right. You got five." Why, she looked at Him.


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