<TITLE>06. Par 19-23</TITLE>L-19 About that time, Andrew, it must have been him that said, "Brethren, what about all of us, that day that when we were coming up from the journey, and drew nigh unto Samaria. And we was out of our regular course of where we were going, but He said He had need go by Samaria. And the strange thing was, what would Him (being a Jew) want to go by to a mixed breed, a Samaritan, which are hated by our people, despised; we have no fellowship with them at all. But yet, He wanted to go by Samaria. And He had told us before that He did not do nothing except the Father showed Him first."
"And then when we got there, do you remember, brethren?" said Andrew. "The peculiarity of His acting then? He would not even go into the city with us, and set down by the public well outside the gate, and said, 'You go in and buy food.' And when we went in and got food, and on the road back (You remember?) He was talking to a--a woman that we knowed that in the city had a bad name."
"And He had said to her, 'Bring Me a drink.'"
"And she said, 'It's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans any favors. We don't have any dealings with each other, for there is a segregation.'"
"And He said, 'But if you knew Who you were talking to... '"

L-20 "You remember, brethren? We all cuddled down in the bush there to see what would take place, hear what He'd say to this outcast prostitute, a woman of ill fame. What would this One that we believe to be the Son of God would say to a woman like that? And He'd said He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel. How's He going to do something for her? And why would a young man at His age, talking to a prostitute out there by theirself? So we just got down in the bushes (You remember?) to hear what would be said."
And said... "He said, 'If you knew Who you were talking to, you would ask Me for a drink. And I'd bring you water, or give you water you don't come here to draw.'"
"And the conversation went on, and after awhile He said to her, 'Go get your husband, and come here.'"
"Well, as we looked at one another... Her... A woman of that ill fame would not have a husband."
"And she said, 'I have no husband.'"
"He said, 'That's true; you've had five, and the one you're living with now is not your husband.'"

L-21 "And did you notice the expression on her face? When she turned quickly, her big dark eyes shined as she said, 'Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. We know when the Messiah cometh, which is called Christ, He will tell us these things. He will be the God Prophet; He will be the One Who will know the secrets of our hearts. But Who are You?'"
"Jesus said, 'I'm He that speaks with you.'"

L-22 "Do you remember we couldn't get Him to eat? She left her water pot and ran into the city. And we could not get Him to eat."
"And He said, 'I have meat to eat that you know not of.'"
"His meat was to do the will of His Father that had sent Him. And we went down into the city with Him. And you remember? All the men of that city, all that was in Samaria (in that city, Sychar) believed on Him. Because He told that woman what her trouble was."

L-23 They'll rise up in the day of judgment with this generation here and condemn it. Because Jesus is not dead; He's alive forever more, the same yesterday, today, and forever. He said that the queen of the south would stand in the last days at the judgment and condemn that generation, because she came from the utmost parts of the world to hear the discernment of Solomon. And He said, "Verily I say unto you, that One greater than Solomon is here."
And tonight, in our midst is One greater than Solomon, for It's the Holy Spirit, the very Spirit of Jesus Christ trying to work His way into a people's heart and into a life. The people out of the city--so says the Scripture--that they believed on Him because of the saying of the woman.


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