While He was waiting for their return.
A woman came to the well to get water.
Because of the time of day that she was
there, He knew she was an outcast.
Jesus stopped her and asked her, "Give
me to drink". She recognized Him as a
Jew, and asked Him "How is it that thou
being a Jew, askest drink of me, which
am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews
have no dealings with the Samaritans."
Jesus said, "If thou knewest the gift of
God, and who it is that saith unto thee,
Give me to drink; thou wouldst have
asked of him, and he would have given
thee living water."
The woman was thinking of natural water
while He was speaking of the water of
everlasting life that quenched thirst forever.
The many gates of Jerusalem
It was customary to close the gates of
Jerusalem at night but during the days
of the Passover they did not because
many people had no place to stay.
Jerusalem at night but during the days
of the Passover they did not because
many people had no place to stay.
Some Samaritans defiled the temple by
putting parts of dead bodies all around
in the area of the temple.
putting parts of dead bodies all around
in the area of the temple.
This angered the Jews. After that the
Samaritans were not allowed on the
temple grounds.
This caused the Jews and Samaritans
not to have any thing to do with each
other.
So most of the time the Jews took the
long way around as not to go through
Samaria when they traveled to Galilee.
"He left
Judaea, and
departed
again into
Galilee.
And he must
needs go
through
Samaria.
Then cometh
he to a city of
Samaria,
which is called Sychar, near to the parcel
of ground that Jacob gave to his son
Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there.
Jesus therefore, being wearied with his
journey, sat thus on the well: and it was
about the sixth hour.
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw
water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to
drink. (For his disciples were gone away
unto the city to buy meat.)
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto
him, How is it that thou, being a Jew,
askest drink of me, which am a woman
of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans." John 4:3-9
At this time, most Jews were not taking
the way through Samaria because of the
bad relationship the Jews and with the
Samaritans.
They were of mixed blood, part Isrealite
and part heathen.
Their religion was a mixture of Judaism
and heathenism.
Jesus left
Jerusalem,
it was not the
place to make
place to make
His home.
We are told that the 12 disciples had
begun to make other disciples and to
baptize.
But as soon a John was put in prison
they had stopped until Jesus gave
them the 'Great Commission after
His resurrection.
The baptism that He would authorize
would be different than John's. Many
of John's followers turned to the disciples.
The ministry of Jesus' began with the
end of John the Baptist's.
The priests may have sent Nicodemus
to find out more from Jesus because
they were not satisfied with the answer
He gave them.
Whether He went for them or on his
own, we know he went secretly not
wanting anyone to know of his visit.
Nicodemus saw Jesus as a prophet and
said that He must be of God. But had
not accepted Him as Messiah.
John 3;2 in verses 3 & 4 Jesus tried
to explain to him of the kingdom of
God.
Nicodemus was puzzled by this and
said very little. Jesus continued on
explaining spiritual things. He left
Jesus bewildered, each time he is
seen in public he defended Jesus.
to find out more from Jesus because
they were not satisfied with the answer
He gave them.
Whether He went for them or on his
own, we know he went secretly not
wanting anyone to know of his visit.
Nicodemus saw Jesus as a prophet and
said that He must be of God. But had
not accepted Him as Messiah.
John 3;2 in verses 3 & 4 Jesus tried
to explain to him of the kingdom of
God.
Nicodemus was puzzled by this and
said very little. Jesus continued on
explaining spiritual things. He left
Jesus bewildered, each time he is
seen in public he defended Jesus.
The Jews
took it as
the literal
temple
not Jesus'
body from
the answer He gave them in John 2:18-22.
Even the disciples did not really
understand the meaning at the time.
Only after His resurrection did this
become plain to them.
The Temple held the Shekinah Glory
but now the Spirit of God dwelt in
this temple made without hands.
This truth was involved in building
the Church, the Body of Christ.
The Temple
was a sacred
place to
Jesus.
It held His Father's presence.
It hurt Him to see it desecrated.
It had been turned in to place of
business by the priests who took
advantage of the worshippers that
came for the passover.
It was to be a house of prayer for all
nations but had been turned into a busy
bazaar, showing no reverence.
John 2:15-17 Jesus began throwing
them out, chasing animals and men.
John 2:18-22 tells of His answer when
they wanted to know by what authority
He was doing these things.
The fruit of the vine was a type of the
blood Jesus was going to shed for us on
the cross.
Although "His hour had not come", He
did give this miracle as a kind of His
redemption.
Being at the wedding shows us that we
can be joyful. But it must be done in
context with God's holiness and right-
eousness.
This miracle showed the nature of
Jesus' ministry which would be a
work of transformation, blessings,
and of the supernatural.
Jesus was not against joy. pleasure
and laughter. He wanted to share in
them and their problems and sorrows
to give them victory over sin.
blood Jesus was going to shed for us on
the cross.
Although "His hour had not come", He
did give this miracle as a kind of His
redemption.
Being at the wedding shows us that we
can be joyful. But it must be done in
context with God's holiness and right-
eousness.
This miracle showed the nature of
Jesus' ministry which would be a
work of transformation, blessings,
and of the supernatural.
Jesus was not against joy. pleasure
and laughter. He wanted to share in
them and their problems and sorrows
to give them victory over sin.
It is proven
that the
Word tells of
more than one kind of wine.....the
more than one kind of wine.....the
fermented and the unfermented.
One is a great wholesome beverage
and the other is a poison that degrades
and makes alcoholics out of people.
Jesus certainly made a fresh, pure,
and unfermented wine at the wedding
of Cana.
The Old Testament disapproves of the
use of fermented wine. Proverbs 23:31
Lev 10:9 and others.
He did not perform the same works as
breweries.
His reason for being at the wedding was
to give His approval of marriage not to
turn water into wine.
Many have perverted this first miracle
He performed and lost the fact that it
was His sanctity of marriage that was
the real reason for His being there.
One is a great wholesome beverage
and the other is a poison that degrades
and makes alcoholics out of people.
Jesus certainly made a fresh, pure,
and unfermented wine at the wedding
of Cana.
The Old Testament disapproves of the
use of fermented wine. Proverbs 23:31
Lev 10:9 and others.
He did not perform the same works as
breweries.
His reason for being at the wedding was
to give His approval of marriage not to
turn water into wine.
Many have perverted this first miracle
He performed and lost the fact that it
was His sanctity of marriage that was
the real reason for His being there.
At the
moment
Satan left,
the angels
come to
minister to Jesus.
They came to minister, and strengthen
Him (they did not need to deliver Him).
Jesus' words and actions delivered himself
from the situation. He fought that battle and
won.
Jesus has now given the same power and
authority to the believers' that we can win
against the devil by doing the same as He
did.
But Satan tries to lie to us the same way
by putting doubt in our minds 'if we really
are believers and if God really has said....."
just as he did Jesus.
We can fight the battles and win also!
Jesus consistantly used the word of
God to defeat Satan. The Word of
God's power has a force much greater
than mere words could say.
Satan always uses material things to
get a hold on man, because man clings
to worldly goods and is centered on
temporal things rather than spiritual.
Jesus came to turn that order around
and have man center on treasures in
heaven rather than treasures on earth.
The Lord left palaces in heaven to come
to earth. He gave up 'riches that through
His poverty we may become rich'.
God to defeat Satan. The Word of
God's power has a force much greater
than mere words could say.
Satan always uses material things to
get a hold on man, because man clings
to worldly goods and is centered on
temporal things rather than spiritual.
Jesus came to turn that order around
and have man center on treasures in
heaven rather than treasures on earth.
The Lord left palaces in heaven to come
to earth. He gave up 'riches that through
His poverty we may become rich'.
"The kingdoms of this world are
become the kingdoms of our Lord,
and of his Christ; and he shall reign
for ever and ever." Rev. 11:15
God has never left or forgotten His
plan to rule over the earth, and in
'due time' the kingdoms of the world
will be given to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus planned to build the Kingdom
of Heaven within Satan's principalities.
And He said that the 'gates of hell' shall
not prevail or win against it.
As Jesus did, so must we
"For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood,but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness
of this world, against spiritual wickedness
in high places."Ephesians 6:12
The third temptation made the first
two look trivial. Here Jesus was taken
up to a high mountain and shown the
kingdoms of the world.
Satan changed from testing His Son-ship
to testing His human-ship.
"Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee
hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve.
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold,
angels came and ministered unto him."
Matt. 4:8-10
Satan could only tempt Jesus with that
which he possessed. Satan received
these kingdoms when Adam reliquished
his rule of the earth at his temptation in
the garden.
Jesus didn't tell him that the kingdom
didn't belong to him because they did.
two look trivial. Here Jesus was taken
up to a high mountain and shown the
kingdoms of the world.
Satan changed from testing His Son-ship
to testing His human-ship.
"Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee
hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve.
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold,
angels came and ministered unto him."
Matt. 4:8-10
Satan could only tempt Jesus with that
which he possessed. Satan received
these kingdoms when Adam reliquished
his rule of the earth at his temptation in
the garden.
Jesus didn't tell him that the kingdom
didn't belong to him because they did.
Next Jesus
was carried
away or all
of a sudden
taken to a
pinnacle
to be
tempted by Satan to cast Himself
down to prove the angels would take
care of Him.
Jesus ansered him by saying,
"It is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God."
Read Matt. 4:5-7
This was an attempt to get Jesus to
do some sensational act to attract the
people to see who He was.
Again Satan wanted to find out if He
really was the Son of God or just a
man that would fall to his death.
Jesus concentrated on feeding the
"meat which lasts forever" more
than feeding the physical body.
"Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and
the body than raiment?" Matt. 6:25
Man needs bread, but not bread
alone. Man's moral and spiritual
life is more important and needs
to be provided for.
"meat which lasts forever" more
than feeding the physical body.
"Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and
the body than raiment?" Matt. 6:25
Man needs bread, but not bread
alone. Man's moral and spiritual
life is more important and needs
to be provided for.
Satan wanted to get Jesus to proved
He was the Son of God by tempting
Him into turning the stones to bread.
But after a long fast there are feelings
of spiritual power even in physical
weakness.
Jesus came to do the Father's will and
not His own. So Jesus answered him
"....man doth not live by bread only,
but by every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of the LORD ....."
Deuteronomy 8:3
It had nothing to do with Jesus' ability
to turn the stones into bread, It was
His desire to do the Father's will.
He miraculously feed multitudes.
He was the Son of God by tempting
Him into turning the stones to bread.
But after a long fast there are feelings
of spiritual power even in physical
weakness.
Jesus came to do the Father's will and
not His own. So Jesus answered him
"....man doth not live by bread only,
but by every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of the LORD ....."
Deuteronomy 8:3
It had nothing to do with Jesus' ability
to turn the stones into bread, It was
His desire to do the Father's will.
He miraculously feed multitudes.
"And Jesus
being full
of the Holy
Spirit
returned
from Jordan,
and was led
by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Being forty days tempted of the devil.
And in those days he did eat nothing:
and when they were ended, he after
ward hungered. And the devil said unto
him,....." Luke 4:1-2
Satan's appearance took place when
Jesus was at His weakest, after a long
fast for several days. That is usually
when Satan picks to attack, in times of
exhaustion and depression.
His first words were to put doubt in
Jesus' mind of his divinity. "If thou be
the Son of God", he wanted to reason
with Jesus' human side and confuse him.
After receiving
the baptism
of the Spirit
at the Jordan
at the Jordan
River.
Jesus gradually started to develope the
powers that He had before as God.
He emphasized his pre-existance......
"Jesus said unto them, If God were your
Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded
forth and came from God; neither came I
of myself, but he sent me." John 8:42
"Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say
unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."
John 8:58
Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded
forth and came from God; neither came I
of myself, but he sent me." John 8:42
"Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say
unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."
John 8:58
"I came forth from the Father, and am
come into the world: again, I leave the
world, and go to the Father."
come into the world: again, I leave the
world, and go to the Father."
John 16:28
"And now, O Father, glorify thou me with
thine own self with the glory which I had
with thee before the world was."
thine own self with the glory which I had
with thee before the world was."
John 17:5
"Father, I will that they also, whom thou
hast given me, be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory, which
thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the world."
John 17:24
hast given me, be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory, which
thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the world."
John 17:24
No denying His testimony.
"For what the law could not do, in
that it was weak through the flesh,
God sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh:"
Romans 8:3
He got his human nature from Mary.
"Let this mind be in you, which was
also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the
form of God, thought it not robbery to
be equal with God: But made himself of
no reputation, and took upon him the
form of a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being found in
fashion as a man, he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross."
Philippians 2:5-8
He existed as God but took on human form.
"...the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us..." John 1:14
The divine Spirit clothed Himself with a
human body and the limitation of man.
Simple put the Son of God came into the
world as a person. And became Our Saviour!
When Jesus
asked the Pharisees and
others who they thought He was,
He got all sorts of answers.
Some thought he was:
- a gifted person;
- an unusually talented individual;
- a man with a unique personality;
- he was great but only human;
- a prophet;
- a teacher;
- the Son of David
(David who called Him Lord)........
But only the disciples saw Him as
the Son of the Living God.
"But this man, because he
continueth ever, hath an
unchangeable priesthood.
Wherefore he is able also to save them
to the uttermost that come unto God by
him, seeing he ever liveth to make
intercession for them.
"Hebrews 7:24-25
Jesus saw in the scriptures that He also
was to be a priest. Not of Levi, for He
was not of Levi but of Melchizedek.
".....Thou art a priest for ever after the
order of Melchizedek." Psalms 110:4
He had to be 33 before He could become
a priest. So He had only 3 years to finish
fulfilling the sriptures before His death.
His Father's words throught the prophets
were the bases of His work, but the Holy
Spirit in Him gave power to the word and
guided Him into all truth.
"Search the scriptures; for in them ye
think ye have eternal life: and they are
they which testify of me. And ye will
come to me, that ye might have life."
John 5:39
Isaiah 53 gives a clear picture of Jesus'
destiny as the Messiah.
It was plain from the prophecies that
He would be rejected by the religious
leaders.
When Jesus' first read the prophecies
of His future, they had not been fulfilled
as yet; but He knew that they had to be
fulfilled:
his betrayal
his trial
his death
his resurrection
his descension into hell
his ascension up to heaven
his seat at the right hand of His Father
his sending of the Holy Spirit
and
his ruling with the Father forever.....
Jesus' ministry was one of deliverance.
Not from the Romans, but from sin and
sickness.
He was to set free the spiritsand bodies
of mankind.
"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me;
because the LORD hath anointed me to
preach good tidings unto the meek; he
hath sent me to bind up the broken
hearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to them that
are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year
of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of
our God; to comfort all that mourn;...."
Isaiah 61:1-2
He received an anointing of the Spirit that
gave him power to perform these works.
He was not just to speak words as others
but He was to show His authority by a
ministry of power.
By binding Satan's power He would bring
deliverance.
Not from the Romans, but from sin and
sickness.
He was to set free the spiritsand bodies
of mankind.
"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me;
because the LORD hath anointed me to
preach good tidings unto the meek; he
hath sent me to bind up the broken
hearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to them that
are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year
of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of
our God; to comfort all that mourn;...."
Isaiah 61:1-2
He received an anointing of the Spirit that
gave him power to perform these works.
He was not just to speak words as others
but He was to show His authority by a
ministry of power.
By binding Satan's power He would bring
deliverance.
Jesus knew He was born to be King.
But His kingdom would not be of this
world,
But His kingdom would not be of this
world,
"Jesus answered, My kingdom
is not of this world: if my kingdom
were of this world, then would my
servants fight, that I should not be
delivered to the Jews: but now is my
kingdom not from hence." John 18:36
is not of this world: if my kingdom
were of this world, then would my
servants fight, that I should not be
delivered to the Jews: but now is my
kingdom not from hence." John 18:36
Read Deuteronomy 18:14-19 Moses
prophesied Him to be a prophet. So
His ministry started as a prophet, and
then as Saviour to the nation of Irael.
prophesied Him to be a prophet. So
His ministry started as a prophet, and
then as Saviour to the nation of Irael.
He knew there would be attempts to
make Him king. But he had to reign
over their hearts first before He could
rule over them as a kingdom.
make Him king. But he had to reign
over their hearts first before He could
rule over them as a kingdom.
Jesus' work would be very difficult
because of their thinking. They were
looking for a Messiah not to teach, but
who would lead them on the battle-
field to victory.
They had no desire for a spiritual
kingdom.
Jesus needed wisdom to present His
message to them. He would have to
use simple illustrations (his parables)
so they could understand.
He took them to the scriptures to give
a bases for His teachings.
because of their thinking. They were
looking for a Messiah not to teach, but
who would lead them on the battle-
field to victory.
They had no desire for a spiritual
kingdom.
Jesus needed wisdom to present His
message to them. He would have to
use simple illustrations (his parables)
so they could understand.
He took them to the scriptures to give
a bases for His teachings.
God
needed
someone
to speak
needed
someone
to speak
with authority,
to tell the people
what was truth,
why they were
born, how
they could live with the laws of their
beings, and how they could have
they could live with the laws of their
beings, and how they could have
immortality.
proclaim the laws of the kingdom of
God to the world and eternal life.
He was the someone to redeem man
from sin and set them free.
God would be revealed to the people
so they could know His real nature
and that He was a Father that every
one could go to; That heaven could
be born in their hearts and they could
know the kingdom of God before it
would be established on the earth.
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