A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                           IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY PART XVII

"I, a Samaritan woman, am living in Sychar in Samaria.... I had gone to the well at midday... While there I met a Jewish Man.... He began a conversation with me...I found out that He is not just a Jewish Man.... He is the Messiah.... I was overjoyed when I learned that great news about Him.... I knew too that I could not keep that amazing news to myself.... I just had to share that news with the people of my town... So I ran back to the town centre.... When I arrived there people looked at me... They have not been kind to me.... They have been ignoring me.... No doubt, that is because of my life style... Nevertheless, they were still my people.... They too have been waiting for the Messiah... Just as I have been waiting for the Messiah.... And I have met Him... I wanted them to meet the Messiah as well.... So I told them of my encounter with Him...  And they have come to believe in Him because of my testimony... They have now come with me to meet Him.... Jesus has confirmed to them that He is indeed the Saviour of the world... And He has promised to stay two more days with us....What a day this has turned out to be.... It started out as any other day.... But today I have found salvation.... And today many  of the people in my town have become believers in the Lord Jesus as well...My life has changed and so has the life of many others.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn what happened to the Samaritan people when they followed the Samaritan woman back to the well....

               ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                        IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY PART XVII

The people of Sychar, the town in which the Samaritan woman lived, went to meet Jesus as you can read in John 4:39-42

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to Him, they urged Him to stay with them and He stayed two days. And because of His words many more became believers. They said to the woman, "We no longer believe, just because of what you said; we now have heard for ourselves, and we know that this Man really is the Saviour of the world."

Jesus chose a sinful woman to save her whole town. Is that not wonderful? He looked beyond her sinful lifestyle and saw a heart that longed to get to know Him. He knew that once she had been set free to serve Him, she would serve Him with all her heart and all her strength for His glory.