Women of
Courage –The Woman at the Well - Conclusion
We ended in
day three- the truth about the woman’s life was unmentionable with her, but
Jesus went directly to her heart. The
second reflection is that the woman saw her sin as a significant issue, but
Jesus wanted to make her whole, to forgive her sin. Man tends to glory in their depravity, but God
looks at us all the same. We are all depraved, all sinners, all dead in our
trespasses and sins, therefore we need to Glory in our God for His forgiveness.
Shera
brought out this verse, to show how God judged the men during Hosea’s time:
Hosea 4:14 I
will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when
they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they
sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall
fall.
The men bore
responsibility. Jesus brought the Samaritan woman’s town into salvation. He lead the men to turn from their sin, to change
the heart of the town toward the Lord.
As the Lord has impressed on us- Hebrews 12:1-3 Wherefore seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For
consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest
ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
We should
reflect on where we came from, remembering the pit that we were pulled from,
but we shouldn’t dwell in and on them.
God should have the glory always! If we focus on our past we never get
past it. God has brought us out of that
and works in us to perfect us. We can
use what we have been through to help others, but not to glory in it.
John 8:
7 So when they continued asking
him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among
you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote
on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last:
and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus
had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman,
where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No
man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no
more.
12 Then
spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy
record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record
of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go;
but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 16
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the
Father that sent me. Jesus desired to
give the woman eternal life. She turned
from her sin.
Let’s not
dwell in the past sin, God no longer sees those sins if we have truly been
forgiven. God has transferred our sin
and in return given us His righteousness. Let us Glory in God and set aside
those weights, straining to win the race that we might give God the honor he
deserves.
Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the
good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he
hath made us accepted in the beloved.
