Amzi Live (post: 1243915) wrote:The part I liked the best in Chapter 4 was the part with the Samaritan Woman.
I totally love this verse:
23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
I like the topic of worship,and Jesus practically explains what worship is in these verses.It's like to worship God you gotta live out a life that brings glory to him.So worship isn't restricted to worship services at church.
Kamille (post: 1243792) wrote:God revealed two big points to me recently in John 4:
From 4:37-38, many people have to hear the Gospel many times and from many different people before they believe in Jesus. The Samaritans here knew of the prophets who foretold of the coming of the Lord, and they may have even heard from John the Baptist about the Christ. Now here Jesus Himself planted seed into their hearts and because of all this the disciples were about to walk into a harvest field ready to be reaped. They would get to see people come to the Lord, but it was the people who came before them who labored. This speaks to my situation now because I am currently the only one in my immediate family that believes in Jesus as my Lord and Savior and this reminds me to seek the help of fellow believers to speak the Gospel to my family. It helps to know that I shouldn't do this alone.
Also, from 4:39, a simple and to-the-point testimony can bring others to Christ. All the Samaritan woman said was "He told me everything I ever did.", and because of that many of her people believed in the Lord Jesus. I think that's a great encouragement to all believers. Another encouragement is that God uses various means to draw the lost to Himself. So even though the woman's testimony wasn't enough for many of the Samaritans, they finally believed in Him when they heard from Him directly (4:40-42).
21Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither [merely] in this mountain nor [merely] in Jerusalem.
22You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews.
23A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers.
39Now numerous Samaritans from that town believed in and trusted in Him because of what the woman said when she declared and testified, He told me everything that I ever did.
MBlight (post: 1244443) wrote:Worship has always been a big part of my life. I'm not a very good public speaker, I don't really grab people's attention when I speak with them, but I know that worship is a powerful way of drawing people into the presence of God and this has driven me passionately to be a worship leader at first our youth group and now our cell group. Although, like you guys have said before me, worship is not just a few songs you sing, it is the way you live. These verses really cemented that into my heart, bringing the desire back to "comprehend" WHO I am worshipping and bringing Him the honour and glory he deserves in my every action. I love it!
It's also really powerful how Jesus says that "But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life." in verse 14. Once He's touched us we've been left with a "forever" consequence. That water is ALWAYS there, it's really sad how so many people are deceived by Satan in thinking that our passion has dried up, our Living Water has been depleted.
it's amazing that such a simple testimony had such a HUGE effect!!!
Amzi Live (post: 1244503) wrote:Awesome!
Do you sing or play an instrument?
Sorry If I'm getting out of the subject a little bit.
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