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All right, welcome back to The Daily Blade. We're going to pick it up

in our second day in John chapter four. And one of the beautiful things about the scriptures

is that Jesus meets us right where we are. So yesterday we talked about the reality that Jesus

had to pass through Samaria, and the reason is because

he has this divine appointment. We'll pick it up in chapter 4, verse 7, and the Bible says that a woman

from Samaria came to draw water. Now, if you knew a lot about first century culture, especially

Jewish culture, you would realize that she already has three strikes against her. So one, she is a woman,

and it was not customary at all for a man to hang out with a woman, especially a married woman

or a divorce woman, uh, in public like this. So that's strike one. Secondly, she is a Gentile.

She is not a God lover. She is a Gentile. And third, she is a Samaritan.

And so that's not good.

Like I mentioned yesterday, that the Jews and the Samaritans did not get along.

And then even there's something greater than this, that she is a sinner.

A part of what you'll see is that they are at the well in the middle of the day.

And most of the town's women would come early in the middle of the day, and most of the

town's women would come early in the morning when it is cool, and late in the evening when it is cool to fetch their water. But this woman has been ostracized by her own sin that we'll pick up on a little later in the chapter. And yet, even though she's got these strikes against her, she's a woman, she's a Samaritan, and she's a sinner, Jesus still meets with her. And Jesus said to her,

give me a woman. She's a Samaritan and she's a sinner.

Jesus still meets with her. And Jesus said to her, give me a drink. Four of the disciples had gone away into the city to buy some food. And the Samaritan woman said to Jesus, how is it that you

a Jew asked for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria? For Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

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