John 4:1-44
So cool that Jesus broke the barrier by going directly through Samaria when most Jews avoid it and go around it completely, this in itself shows how compassionate Christ is. Then for Him to talk to an adulterous Samaritan woman, shows even more compassion, and love for outcasts, the lost ones, the "last" ones... Jesus loves ALL people, not just the Jews!
Unlike Nicodemus, the woman at the well, actually acted on what Jesus shared with her. Jesus cam to save the sick, Nicodemus was sick too, but He had a different focus...himself, not Christ!
She was an outcast, and yet Jesus cam to her and loved her. She accepted it as truth and ran to tell everyone. She had received the living water, the Holy spirit through Christ, and she was never thirsty again!
Before the disciples received the Holy spirit, they did not even understand what Jesus was saying. When they received it, their eyes were opened. Still the same way today, unless we have the spirit, we have no understanding of scripture.
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