Good morning. Are we recovered from the time change yet? No! Thank you, Congress, we love you too. It must be interesting to have the power to yank millions of people out of bed an hour early for 3 extra weeks in March.
I read the story of one of the first Christian groups last night. No not a novel of the disciples or the churches Paul began, but the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. You see I had never before realized just what happened there at that well. The woman believed and she then spread the word to the townspeople, who did not believe her, but rushed out to see this Messiah for their own selves. However, after seeing and hearing the Word, they too believed. That I believe constitutes a church, one of the first Christian groups first believed in a small town of Samaria. Jesus used the story to illustrate planting and harvesting. In that case the woman did the planting, but they didn’t believe her and Jesus did the harvesting. It is interesting that a group of Gentiles, perhaps even worse than Gentiles by the Jewish views of the time, listened and believed when much of Israel still rejected the Son of God. I like her view of the Messiah, “he will explain everything to us.” The Jews looked for a Messiah in their image, a conquering hero who would drive the Romans out of Palestine. The woman looked to learn from the coming Messiah and she found the great teacher. We know from the scripture that Jesus is much more than the Great Explainer, but I am sure that all of us have some questions about time, creation, and many other subjects that we would like to ask Jesus when we get to see him. Praise God for the Messiah!
Bucky
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