Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Woman at the Well SERIES: The Husbands

"One of those twists in the conversation came when Jesus asked the woman about her husband — she’d had five husbands and was currently living with a man she wasn’t married to.
He told her, 
Go, call your husband and come back. 
I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.John 4:16-18 (NIV). 
It’s easy to assume that Jesus was calling her out for her sin or demonstrating that He knew a lot about her, and both of those interpretations are valid. 
Because this strange man sitting by the well knew things about her grief-filled life that no one could have possibly guessed, [the woman at the well] finally recognized that He was no mere man — He was a prophet. (Later she realizes that he is much more than a prophet; He is the Messiah.)."
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