<TITLE>12. Par 37-39</TITLE>L-37 Now, He had need to go by Samaria. (We'll hurry.) And He sent His disciples away to buy some vittles, and they went into the city, and--and was trying to buy food. And while He was setting there... A Jewish man, not but thirty something years old, about thirty-two, but He must've looked older. You know, the Pharisees and them judged Him to be fifty. Perhaps His work had--in His physical body, had grayed Him a little, or--or broke His shoulders down.
Said, "You say that You're--saw Abraham, when You're not yet over fifty years old. We know now You got a devil."
He said, "Before Abraham was, I AM." And "I AM" was in the burning bush. Moses, as we spoke of last night...

L-38 But He was setting over in a little panoramic, if you've ever seen the Oriental wells, where the public well, where all the people come to get water. He was setting over there, perhaps resting, because the Bible said, "He was weary in His way," waiting for His disciples to come.
Now, I'm going to give a little illustration here. (This could be changed a bit, if you ever go to the Orient.) But let's say a pretty young woman, say she's twenty-five years old. And it's about noon time, perhaps between eleven and twelve o'clock. They was gone to get some lunch. And this pretty young woman had a--a water pot on her head. That's the Oriental... I've watched them put one five gallon pot on top of their head, one on each arm like that, stick it on their hips, and walk right along talking as only women can, and never spill a drop. Just walking along, talking about things, and talking and turning their heads to one another, it's amazing. And she... Because they're trained. You talk about... In Hollywood, they put books on their head to make them walk right. What we need on the head is the power of the Holy Ghost; that'll make you walk right. It's not a book; this Book made manifest, that changes your walk altogether.

L-39 And there she was, walking up to the well with the water pot. She takes it off and sits it down, puts a little hook in it to let the windle down to trick the water. And when she rubbed the bucket a little, or the... It's not... It's a earthen pot; it wasn't metal. It was a--it was kind of a clay, got handles on them like a jug. And when she did that, she looked over there. And she seen a Man Who had spoke to her, and said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."
Watch the... Now, He's at Samaria. What's He going to do at Samaria to make them see the Messiahic sign? 'Cause He can't give one nation that sign and not give it to another, because God is infinite. He has to be the same.
So He said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."
And she said, "Sir, it's not customary for You to ask me that." (They had segregation.) Said, "It's not right for You to ask me such a thing. I'm a woman of Samaria, and You are a Jew; and we have no dealings with one another." They'd been cast out. You ministers remember when it was--when Balaam taught them and so forth. And it brought forth that class of people, and they were an off cast. They were looking for a holy blood stream to stay clean, and they want no associations with no other nation. Whether it's half-breeds or what, they had nothing to do with them.
And when she said, "Bring..." He said, "Bring Me a drink."
She said, "It's not customary for You to ask this."
He said, "If you only knew Who's speaking to you, you would ask Me for a drink. And I'd give you waters that you don't come here to draw: Everlasting Life, joy unspeakable, bubbling up within the soul."


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