Thursday 120524
Don’t let me or my writings influence or scare you in any way, instead, allow me to be used as a vessel to open the Word, just a little bit, and hopefully, together we are going to read and study His Word, and let God teach us what He wants us to hear.
So, our study consists of two ground rules:
1st we ONLY read and follow what is found in the Holy Bible.
2nd we ONLY learn from a study by what effort we put into that study.
The verses we are going to study tonight:
John 3:16; Matthew 4:18-22; John 1:1, 4:3-43; Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 19:27.
Several years ago, while reading the Bible, I was in the Book of John, reading chapter 3 verse 16.
I knew that day, at that very moment, I would be known as WHOSOEVER.
This is the verse that gave this study, its name.
Here are some other versions of this very popular verse found in the Bible.
‘…For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life…’ NIV (New International Version)
‘…For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life…’ NLT (New Living Translation)
‘…God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die…’ CEV (Contemporary English Version)
This verse in John, is not going to save the Gentile today in the 21st century, but it is a promising verse that shows us God’s love.
Some of the more thoughtful writings I find are in the book of John. All the apostles were Jewish. John and his brother (big James) were fisherman on the sea of Galilee, and they were asked by Jesus to be His disciples, on the same day that Simon Peter and his brother (Andrew), were chosen.
Here is the same subject but written by Matthew in chapter 4.
vs18 ‘…And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers…’
vs19 ‘…And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men…’
vs20 ‘…And they straightway left their nets, and followed him…’
vs21 ‘…And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them…’
vs22 ‘…And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him…’ KJV King James Version)
John 1:1 has always intrigued me …
‘…In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…’ KJV (King James Version)
I’ve spoken about a television series called ‘the CHOSEN’ before and this scene when John was sitting at a table, writing John 1:1 was an experience for me.
John spoke: … In the beginning was the Word … and the thunder rumbled in the background.
John spoke: … and the Word was with God … and again the thunder rumbled in the background.
John spoke: … and the Word was God … and again the thunder rumbled in the background along with bolts of lightning.
As I stated earlier, John and his brother big James, were Jews and they were very much against the Gentile’s. All the original 12 apostles were.
They could not understand why Jesus would spend time helping them or walking through parts of land that were inhabited by the Gentile’s, such as Samaria.
John 4
vs3 ‘…He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee…’
vs4 ‘…And he must needs go through Samaria…’
vs5 ‘…Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph…’
vs6 ‘…Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour…’
vs7 ‘…There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink…’
vs8 ‘…For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat…’
vs9 ‘…Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans…’
vs10 ‘…Jesus answered and said unto her, if thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water…’
vs11 ‘…The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water…’
vs12 ‘…Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle…’
vs13 ‘…Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again…’
vs14 ‘…But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life…’
vs15 ‘…The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw…’
vs16 ‘…Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither…’
vs17 ‘…The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband…’
vs18 ‘…For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly…’
vs19 ‘…The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet…’
vs20 ‘…Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship…’
vs21 ‘…Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father…’
vs22 ‘…Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews…’
vs23 ‘…But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him…’
vs24 ‘…God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth…’
vs25 ‘…The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things…’
vs26 ‘…Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he…’
vs27 ‘…And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her…’
vs28 ‘…The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men…’
vs29 ‘…Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ…’
vs30 ‘…Then they went out of the city, and came unto him…’
vs31 ‘…In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat…’
vs32 ‘…But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of…’
vs33 ‘…Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat…’
vs34 ‘…Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work…’
vs35 ‘…Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest…’
vs36 ‘…And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together…’
vs37 ‘…And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth…’
vs38 ‘…I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours…’
vs39 ‘…And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did…’
vs40 ‘…So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days…’
vs41 ‘…And many more believed because of his own word…’
vs42 ‘…And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world…’
vs43 ‘…Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee…’ KJV (King James Version)
I apologize, today’s study is apparently of: ‘the Woman at the Well.’
Just these 40 some verses are so full of information that mankind has polluted the minds of so many by changing certain words, placing an emphasis on a word that Jesus only speaks about 1 time.
What do I mean, you might ask.
vs16 ‘…Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither…’
vs17 ‘…The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband…’
vs18 ‘…For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly…’
vs19 ‘…The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet…’
Jesus knew the woman had been married more than 1 time, He knew she had been divorced multiple times, He knew she was living with a man that she was not married to …
BUT
… Jesus stated the fact 1 time. He never spoke about her divorce again. He never spoke of her living with a man she wasn’t married to ever again.
In some churches today, in the 21st century, this matter would’ve been a weekly sermon on how wrong divorce was or how wrong living with someone you’re not married to.
Jesus stated the fact 1 time never to be repeated, ever again.
I have told people, don’t read the Bible and find a word and associate it with something that happens today in our lives in the 21st century … and a BIG example is ‘divorce.’
Back in the times of Jesus, a man would have a room with his 5 wives and one day he decided to ‘divorce one of them.’ He would walk up behind the woman, grab her by the hair, pull her towards the front door, open the door and throw her out of his house … this was the man divorcing his wife.
Today there is child support, there is the court system, there is the government voicing what needs to be done; none of this happened in Jesus’ day.
Another word is tattoos, when the word was used in the Bible, mankind would grab a rock or a sharp piece of wood and scrape into their arms the names of a deceased loved one. This would cause infection and possibly death, nothing like what occurs today in the 21st century.
Leviticus 19:28 ‘…Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord…’ KJV (King James Version)
People quote this verse, they change words that have been used in the Bible, to words that we use today, such as the word, ‘tattoos’ …
… the first words out of my mouth are WHY DON’T THESE PEOPLE READ THE VERSE JUST AHEAD OF VERSE 28!!!
vs27 ‘…Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard…’ KJV (King James Version)
Another words, NO haircuts and NO shaven faces.
I am sorry I went so long. Today’s lesson must be:
READ THE BIBLE FOR YOURSELF SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IS AND IS NOT IN THE WORD.
I love you ALL. Jesus loves each one of us, even more. Open your Bibles and read His Word for yourself so that you will know when someone is lying to you.
Jesus, I pray that those ears and eyes, either listening or seeing this message today would be opened to the very fullest and allow Your love to come inside their lives and comfort them. Teach us Jesus. Protect us. We love You. Amen.
InHIM. ><)))o>