<TITLE>12. Par 42-45</TITLE>L-42 And He went up the way of Samaria, and when He got up there... I'm going to get back to this again in a few minutes. But for times sake, I'm just going to give the highlights of it here.
And when He sent His disciples away into the city... The well usually is on the outside the city, where they all come draw their water. The women go out there and talk and let their pots down, you know, and draw up the water, and so forth.
So there happened to be... And for--for the sake of the context tonight, I'm going to say that she was a bad woman; she wasn't. But I'm going to say she was a bad woman. And she lived in the city, and she had five husbands.
So the disciples went into the city to see if they couldn't get some food or something. And while they were gone... They usually have a--like a grapevine over a wall. And these wells are usually, fixed back under here in the shade. And so the--the old windle... Many of you knows what that is; they let the pot down. They hook the thing around it and let it down. It been lopsided, turns over, fills up, and then they wind it back up again.

L-43 So while Jesus setting there alone, nobody around, there was a lady came out of the city, and she went to draw some water. She was a Samaritan. And a Samaritan is a half Jew and Gentile, kind of a cross breed. They was very much at one another throats at that day.
So while Jesus was setting there, this Samaritan woman come to get the water, and He said to the woman, "Bring Me a drink."
And she said, "It's not customary for you Jews to ask we Samaritans such." A man and a woman talking...
He said, "But if you knew Who was talking to you, you'd ask Me for a drink. And I'd bring you Water that you didn't come here to draw."
"Why," she said, "the well's deep, and You got nothing to draw with, when did You get this water? But our fathers worshipped in the mountain; and You say, at Jerusalem men ought to worship God."
He said, "The time is coming, and now is, when they neither worship here, or at Jerusalem." And the conversation went on.

L-44 Now, after while I explained to you why He talked to her. I will now. He was trying to catch her spirit. And as soon as He found out where her trouble was, talking to her long enough to catch her spirit and see where her trouble was. The Father had told Him to go up there. But He didn't know what was going to happen when He got there; the only thing He knew was just to--was just to talk to the woman. That what the vision had showed Him, but He just had to go there and talk to the woman. When He found where her trouble was, He said, "Go, get your husband."
She said, "I don't have any husband."
He said, "That's right; you got five."
She said, "I perceive that You are a prophet."

L-45 Now, listen. Are you ready, say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen"--Ed.] This might shock you real hard. Now, look what the Words... Saint John, we're still in John, 4th chapter. She said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Now, we know that when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us these things." But she didn't know Who He was.
Now, what is the sign of the Messiah then? Those works. See? She said, "You must be a prophet, because I know when Messiah cometh... We know, we Samaritans, we've been taught to watch for the Messiah, 'cause these signs would be on the Messiah." And said, "When Messiah cometh, He will do these things." But she couldn't understand Who He was.
He said, "I am He that speaks to you."
And on this she left the water pot and run into the city, said, "Come, see a Man Who told me..." See?


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