<TITLE>16. Par 46-49</TITLE>L-46 And she looked around, and she let Him know that there was segregation in that country. She said, "We... You are a--a Jew, and I'm a woman of Samaria; You have no such customs here, as to ask me such as thing as that."
Watch the question come back. "But if you knew," O God, "if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... waters of Life, bubbling up."
So the question come up about worshipping in the mountain or at Jerusalem. What was Jesus doing?
Now, He had need go by Samaria, and He said, "He did nothing till the Father showed Him." Then He had need go by there; the Father had sent Him up there. And no doubt, He said, in Saint John 5:19, "I do nothing till I see the Father do it, Father shows Me first, in a vision what to do." How many ever read that Scripture? Saint John 5:19. Yeah, "I do nothing till I see the Father doing it first, then I do just what He shows Me to do."

L-47 Then He seen this go on, and He must've seen the woman coming, but He had to question her. He was trying to find her spirit. See? So He said... That's the reason He said, "Bring Me a drink." He knew by the vision that's what it looked like, the woman. So He knowed she was supposed to look that way. And, perhaps, maybe her curls all hanging down in her face, and she wasn't very presentable, but yet, she come to get the water, and He begin to talk to her. And He said, "Thy..."
She said, "We should worship in this mountain, and--and our fathers worshipped here, and our father Jacob (See?) dug the well, and--and... They knowed God was God too; they was looking for a Messiah to come; and they said, 'and You say at Jerusalem...'"

L-48 He said, "The hour is come and now is, when you'll never worship--don't worship in Jerusalem or in this mountain. But God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth." The question went on, carrying on, talking to her till He caught her spirit.
Now, I said, "I'd have to prove all things by the Word of God." Now, right there I couldn't prove that by the Word, but by... If you would... It had to be that, because He was talking to her. You know He talked to her. And He caught her spirit. And He found out where her trouble was. How many knows what her trouble was? Sure, she was living, had six husbands.
And He said, "Woman, go, get your husband and come here." Now, watch, He's going... This is Messiah, do you believe He was Messiah? "Go, get your husband and come here."
She went; she said, "I have no husband." Oh, what a blank denial of what He had said.
He said, "You've said the truth. You've had five husbands, and the one you're living with now is not your husband, so you told the truth."
Look at that woman. Look how much more she knowed about God than what them priests did. Think of that, brethren.
Them priest said, "He's Beelzebub, a fortuneteller."

L-49 What'd that woman say? She said, "Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet. We know, we Samaritans know that when the Messiah cometh, that'll be His sign. He will tell us these things when Messiah cometh. We know the Messiah which is called the Christ, the anointed One, when He comes, He will tell us these things. But Who are You?"
He said, "I'm He that speaks with you." Oh, my.
She dropped her water pot; she ran into the city and said, "Come, see a Man that told me the things that I've done, isn't this the very Messiah."
And the Bible said, "The men of that city believed on Him for the saying of the woman." Is that right, Bible teachers? Because the saying of the woman, they believed Him. That was Jesus yesterday. That's how He made Hisself knowed, both Jews and Samaritans; but not to the Gentiles, not one time was that done before a Gentile. But He prophesied and said in the evening time that would come.


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