1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,800 I really thinking I realize those that know, me know, me 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,400 this way. I think it's kind of my makeup 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,300 in my nature but really I would be considered in today's 4 00:00:10,300 --> 00:00:14,500 vernacular as someone who is one of those glass is half-full 5 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:17,700 people. So way I look at things, I'm I'm 6 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:21,200 a fairly optimistic person. In fact, usually, I have to be 7 00:00:21,208 --> 00:00:25,300 proven wrong about somebody because usually I feel about 8 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:28,000 them and give them the benefit of the doubt and see the 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,900 positive first, and then over Our time. 10 00:00:30,900 --> 00:00:34,600 It may not be that way. But saying that, let me just say 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,500 this. I really believe that with those 12 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:39,500 that are the of the body of Christ. 13 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:43,000 And when I say this, I don't mean this from a standpoint of 14 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,000 100% of the people. I'm saying by and large, for the 15 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,000 most part, members of the body of Christ that are coming 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,200 together and attempting on a regular basis to worship. 17 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:59,100 God, I believe that those people for the most part, truly have a 18 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:03,400 sincere desire. To serve God they truly want to 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,500 live the Christian life. Now they don't always do that 20 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:11,800 and sometimes they fail and sometimes they stumble because 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,900 right alongside their desire to do, what's right? 22 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,800 Is also the desire and all the elements in the world, similar 23 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,900 things that Daryl pointed out in our sermon this morning. 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,700 The point being is this. I do believe though that for the 25 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:29,500 most part instead of looking at the body of Christ in all the 26 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:33,800 members that Are part of it on oblique side or from the 27 00:01:33,900 --> 00:01:37,500 standpoint of a negative side. I really believe that the 28 00:01:37,508 --> 00:01:41,600 majority of members of the body of Christ, who are attempting to 29 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:46,600 serve, God, and worship Him. Truly have a desire to be a 30 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,000 Christian. That being said, also I think 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,300 that there are the majority of people that are Christians 32 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:57,900 living like that and having the desire to live as a Christian. 33 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,800 I think that the majority of those people also are excited 34 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:07,100 about the Lord and deep down. They have a tremendous desire to 35 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:11,200 share the gospel of Christ with those that they come in contact 36 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,000 with. But the problem is number one, 37 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,900 sometimes in doing so they simply feel awkward. 38 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:20,100 In their attempts to talk to others. 39 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:25,000 Maybe that is you maybe you had a sincere desire to talk to a 40 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,900 family member or a friend of yours about the Bible and about 41 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:31,500 the Lord and so on and about the Lord's church. 42 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,500 But you felt awkward and bringing up the conversation, 43 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,500 maybe perhaps you tried to bring things up from time to time and 44 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:45,000 it just didn't go very well or secondly, sometimes people 45 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,500 simply don't know how to establish a contact with someone 46 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:53,000 for a Bible study. And because of that many are 47 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,000 caused to have frustrations and experience frustrations that 48 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,300 discourage them from ever trying. 49 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:04,500 Again my point this evening is this, perhaps you. 50 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:08,700 And I can learn a little something from Jesus, the master 51 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:12,900 teacher, the greatest one that ever lived and the greatest 52 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:16,600 teacher as well. Who often engaged not only in 53 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:21,400 public preaching, But in personal evangelism as well like 54 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,600 for example in our text this evening in the fourth chapter of 55 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,000 The Gospel according to John and as we observe Jesus in action, 56 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,700 it is possible to glean seven different principles of personal 57 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:39,500 evangelism that we would do very well to remember in our efforts 58 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:43,200 to teach others. Number one, we find that one of 59 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,200 the things that Jesus does is he first of all establishes, A 60 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,200 social contact. It is important. 61 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,300 Before we go any further with anyone, you cannot take the 62 00:03:55,300 --> 00:04:00,100 gospel to those that are lost. Before you have a contact with 63 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:05,000 the people and notice we need to do as Jesus did and number one 64 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:15,200 established a social contact. Now then in the first six verses 65 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:19,800 of John chapter 4 beginning there in verse 1, notice these 66 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,700 words, notice what Jesus did on purpose. 67 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:27,300 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that 68 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:31,800 Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, although 69 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,500 Jesus himself. Baptized not but his disciples 70 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,300 were. He left Judea and departed again 71 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:42,200 into Galilee and he must needs go through Samaria. 72 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,800 Then cometh, he to the city of Samaria, which is called sychar 73 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,300 near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son. 74 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:53,600 Joseph. Now Jacob's, Well, was there and 75 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,200 Jesus. Therefore being wearied with his 76 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:01,800 journey sat thus on the will and it was about the sixth hour. 77 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:07,700 Very interesting, can you imagine a Jew by Blood purposely 78 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:12,200 going to Samaria and having any kind of social contact? 79 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:17,300 At all with a Samaritan, you know, a Samaritan was considered 80 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:22,100 a mongrel race, among the Jews. It was a combination of a Jew 81 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:25,800 and a gentile and that was simply something that you didn't 82 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,700 do. And that was something that a 83 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:32,300 Jew by Blood would have absolutely nothing to do with 84 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:36,900 the Samaritan. You know, in the life of Jesus. 85 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:39,700 And in the ministry of Jesus, there were many times when there 86 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:42,100 were those, that would try to discredit him. 87 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:45,600 There were those that would throw accusations at him. 88 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:48,400 There were those that, when they heard and they witnessed the 89 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,300 things that he preached, the things that he did, the 90 00:05:51,300 --> 00:05:54,900 following that he had that there were many, that would try to 91 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:58,800 throw a wrench in the plan as it were and try to discredit. 92 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,300 Jesus, somehow, someway. And many times, they said 93 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:08,000 hurtful and hateful. And awful things to and about 94 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,700 the Lord. But do you remember on one 95 00:06:10,700 --> 00:06:12,900 occasion? There was a time when those that 96 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:15,500 were before him, we're trying to discredit him and they had 97 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:20,200 exhausted everything possible. They can think about that was an 98 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,900 awful name to cast before him or they couldn't think of anything 99 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:27,900 worse than they've already said and when they exhausted every 100 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:31,200 single one of them. They finally said, thou art a 101 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:36,200 Samaritan and half a devil. Although it was an awful thing 102 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:40,600 for a Jew to have anything to do with a Samaritan. 103 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:46,400 And yet, Jesus purposely goes through Samaria and he has a 104 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,400 contact socially with this woman. 105 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:54,000 Jesus and his disciples chose to pass through Samaria. 106 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:58,100 Assuring contact with them. There was another time you 107 00:06:58,100 --> 00:07:01,800 remember in the Book of Luke, the fifth chapter where Jesus is 108 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:06,800 going to establish a social contact beginning there in, Luke 109 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:12,300 Chapter 5, and verse 29, and Levi, made him a great feast in 110 00:07:12,300 --> 00:07:17,000 his own house and there was a great company of publicans and 111 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,500 of others that sat down with them. 112 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:23,000 Now, notice Jesus Christ is the king of kings. 113 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:26,600 He's the Lord of lords. He's the master teacher, he's 114 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,800 the son of God and notice, he's going to use an occasion like 115 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,800 this, where there were people, that would be Shattered, the 116 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:39,300 lowest of the low there would be people there, like publicans Tax 117 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:43,000 Collectors, who were extortioners and were the kind 118 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,200 of people that no one had anything to do with that was any 119 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,000 good though, their friends and their companions were the lowest 120 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:56,000 of the low and even the Sinners as well, but notice what happens 121 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,100 on this occasion but their scribes and Pharisees murmured 122 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:04,100 against the disciples saying, why do you eat and drink with? 123 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,100 Publicans and Sinners. And Jesus answering said unto 124 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:12,500 them, they that are whole need, not a physician, but they that 125 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:15,800 are sick. I came not to call the righteous 126 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,600 but Sinners to repentance again. That was another occasion when 127 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:25,900 Jesus chose a social contact on this regard. 128 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,800 Now, what we're going to find out though and this is very, 129 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,299 very important. There's a difference between 130 00:08:32,299 --> 00:08:36,700 having a social contact with Someone that is in the world, 131 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:40,500 that is considered a sinner. And by the way, there is no 132 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:44,900 degree of Sinner. A sinner is a sinner, and one 133 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:48,400 that is living what they believed to be a moral life. 134 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,900 But is not a member of the body of Christ because they've never 135 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:56,400 contacted the blood of Jesus. They are still in their sins, so 136 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,100 let's look at it from that standpoint, for just a moment, 137 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,600 the world classifies. Here's a moral person, someone 138 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,700 that doesn't use foul language. Image someone that is Darrell 139 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:09,700 pointed out, loves his wife, and his family, he's active with his 140 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:12,900 children, he's leading his family to the best that he knows 141 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:16,900 how, but he is not a member of the body of Christ. 142 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:21,300 He is in his sin, and there's no difference in the eyes of God. 143 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:24,500 Between that gentleman right there, that's considered in 144 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:30,200 society to be a moral, man, and one that is the vilest of all 145 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:35,400 vial in the world. They're both Sinners, they're 146 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,500 both in need of Salvation. Now, let me point this out. 147 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,600 When Jesus ate with the publicans and the Sinners, he 148 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,900 didn't do so to partake in their sinful practice. 149 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:51,600 He didn't do it. He didn't do so to support their 150 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,600 sinful ways. He did. 151 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:58,400 So, so that he might have an opportunity to save them and you 152 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:03,900 and I must have social contact with people that are The world 153 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:08,100 that are considered morally good but still a sinner and those 154 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:12,400 that are considered morally bad and still a sinner because we 155 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,500 ought to go into all the world. The Bible says and preach the 156 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:22,100 gospel to every creature. There's a difference though 157 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:25,500 between partaking in their sin and we can never do that. 158 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,800 We need to go where the people go. 159 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,700 Let me read to you. What a man said? 160 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:32,900 One time, I thought it was rather interesting and his 161 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:36,400 assessment of evangelism and so on. 162 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,800 He said, when we look out into society and we see that people 163 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,800 aren't coming to Christ on a regular basis, maybe it's 164 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,500 because we're not coming to the people. 165 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:52,000 After all were to be Fishers of Men. 166 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,200 And if we are to be a fisher of men, we cannot fish in a barrel, 167 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,800 we have to go where the fish are and then he said, the problem 168 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,400 was sowing the seed is not that there's not good ground to be 169 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,300 found, but quite perhaps one of the greatest reasons. 170 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:11,700 Why the furtherance of the Gospel does not show or bear 171 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:16,100 more fruit is just maybe were leaving the seed in the barn. 172 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:20,400 Interesting. You know, when we talk about 173 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:24,100 going overseas and we go to poverty-stricken areas about 174 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:26,200 their reception to the gospel. It's all true. 175 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:28,800 It is true. They're receptive to the gospel. 176 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,300 We preach the same message and so on and so forth. 177 00:11:31,300 --> 00:11:35,100 All I'm saying is this, let us never because I've heard members 178 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:37,800 of the body of Christ say this, it's no use here. 179 00:11:37,900 --> 00:11:40,500 The only way we're going to grow as the church is to do so 180 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:44,800 overseas to go into Foreign Fields and so on and so forth. 181 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,400 When we do that, what we're doing is we are making a line 182 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,800 here and say Saying we can't save Souls here anymore. 183 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:56,000 We have to go there and maybe we're leaving the seed in the 184 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,100 barn and let me just say this what if we only converted one 185 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:04,800 person in an entire year? Now let me just say a few things 186 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,100 about a little bit of History here over the last few years. 187 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:12,800 There was a period of time in a short period of time that we as 188 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,700 the members of plans Road working together by your 189 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:20,700 influence and your contacts and And all of our sharing in the 190 00:12:20,700 --> 00:12:24,600 load and sharing in the labor, we either baptized or restored 191 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,800 some 20, some over a two year period. 192 00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:31,900 But you know, all that is if you look at the law of averages over 193 00:12:31,900 --> 00:12:37,000 a string of time, it all pans out, it's not that all of a 194 00:12:37,008 --> 00:12:41,100 sudden the gospel seed was of no effect anymore. 195 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:46,300 But let's just remember this. Let's remember when we don't see 196 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:50,200 visible results that are before us, that encourage us and 197 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,200 Inspire us. And incidentally, when we see 198 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,100 results, it doesn't matter how tired you are. 199 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:57,700 It doesn't matter what you must do. 200 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:01,100 It gives you the charge and the energy to keep on going. 201 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:04,400 What I'm saying, is this, let's take the seed of the Gospel to 202 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,900 those that are lost and have the same enthusiasm behind it 203 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:13,100 because it is the seed, it does have the power to To save and do 204 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:18,000 our part and never say it can't be done anymore. 205 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,800 People just aren't interested you know Wednesday evenings were 206 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,600 studying about the long-suffering of God amazing 207 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,600 principle. Amazing principle but think 208 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,600 about it this way we know that this world is still standing 209 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,900 because of the long-suffering of God. 210 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:41,300 That's the only reason because God is being patient and I don't 211 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:44,100 know. He'll call an end to that but he 212 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:48,400 will like he did with Noah while the ark was a preparing. 213 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,400 But then he called it down and he called a halt to it. 214 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,900 But you think about it this way in this year. 215 00:13:56,900 --> 00:13:59,600 If someone obeys the gospel in this community and becomes a 216 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,800 member of this congregation, look at it like that God's 217 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:08,500 long-suffering was for them. The next year God's 218 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:12,300 long-suffering was for them when they are members of the body of 219 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:14,900 Christ that have turned their back and gone into the ways of 220 00:14:14,908 --> 00:14:17,800 the World. When they come back, just 221 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:23,400 remember the long-suffering of God was for them to and even 222 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,700 those that are still lost and not coming back, the patient 223 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:30,200 long-suffering of God is waiting for them. 224 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:34,200 And let's take the seed of the gospel and bring it out of the 225 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,400 barn. I think it's important though 226 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,100 that don't confuse separation with isolation. 227 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:44,500 It is true that the Apostle Paul in 2nd Corinthians chapter 6, 228 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:48,600 beginning there. In verse 14, it is true that he 229 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:53,000 said this, he said be ye not unequally yoked together with 230 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,900 unbelievers for what Fellowship hath righteousness with 231 00:14:56,900 --> 00:15:00,300 unrighteousness and what communion hath light with 232 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:05,300 darkness and what Concord hath Christ with Belial or what part 233 00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:07,400 hath. He that believeth With an 234 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,700 Infidel and what agreement hath the temple of God with Idols for 235 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:13,200 you are the Temple of the Living. 236 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:17,800 God as God had said, I will dwell in them and walk in them 237 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,700 and I will be their God and they shall be my people. 238 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:26,000 It is true that we are not to be unequally yoked together with 239 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,400 unbelievers for sake of a better term. 240 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,500 We walk to the beat of A Different Drummer. 241 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:35,000 We have a different standard and therefore we need not have those 242 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,400 kind of relationships. Whether it's in business or any 243 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:44,600 other kind with those that are in the world and unbelievers. 244 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:51,400 Now saying all that don't confuse separation with 245 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:56,400 isolation, hear the prayer of Jesus in John chapter 17 you 246 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,600 know I think this is amazing because Jesus knowing exactly 247 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:04,200 what his disciples were going to face and in his prayer, he prays 248 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,900 like this beginning in verse Name of John chapter 17. 249 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:15,600 He said, I have given them Thy word and the world hath hated 250 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,300 them because they are not of the world. 251 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:23,200 Even as I am not of the world, there it is. 252 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:26,100 That's not isolation. That is separation. 253 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:29,400 What did he say? He said praying to his father, 254 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,800 I've given my disciples your word and because of that the 255 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,600 world hates them as they've hated. 256 00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:42,100 Me because they are not of the world as I am not of the world. 257 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:45,200 So there it is. There is a separation there, but 258 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:50,300 notice the very next verse Jesus said, I pray not that thou 259 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:53,600 shouldst take them out of the world but that thou shouldst 260 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,700 keep them from Evil. He doesn't pray that they'll be 261 00:16:57,700 --> 00:17:02,300 removed from the world. He prays that they'll be removed 262 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:06,800 from Evil that they are not of the world even as I am not The 263 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,000 world sanctify them, through thy truth. 264 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:15,200 Thy word is truth as thou Hast sent me into the world even so 265 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,300 have I also sent them into the world and for their sakes. 266 00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:23,599 I sanctify myself that they also might be Sanctified through the 267 00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:26,000 truth. Neither, pray, I for these 268 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,700 alone. But for them also, which Shall 269 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:32,700 Believe on me through their word, folks, that's talking to 270 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:36,500 me and you 2x talking about someone down the stream of time. 271 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,300 I'm that has obeyed the gospel and obeyed, the word that was 272 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:41,100 left behind. And here it is. 273 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:45,000 And that's me and you and the prayer of Jesus is exactly the 274 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,500 same, not that will be removed from the world and isolated from 275 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:55,300 it, but that we would be removed from evil, but we've been sent 276 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:59,200 into the world, to preach the gospel of peace and First 277 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,100 Corinthians chapter 5. Beginning in verse 9, the 278 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:07,400 Apostle Paul also points out something that is Allure to this 279 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,300 idea. Paul is drawing a distinction 280 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:14,500 between people that are in the world with our relationship with 281 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:18,700 them that are in sin and people that are in the church that are 282 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:20,900 in sin. There's a difference and the 283 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:24,900 Apostle Paul in dealing with a horrible condition that was in 284 00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:28,100 Corinth said this. Beginning in verse 9 of First 285 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:32,700 Corinthians chapter 5, he said I wrote unto you in an epistle. 286 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,500 Not to keep company with fornicators yet. 287 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,800 Not altogether with the fornicators of the world or with 288 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,500 the Covetous or extortioners, or with the idolaters for then 289 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:47,600 must, ye needs go out of the world but now I have written 290 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,300 unto you not to keep Company. If any man that is called a 291 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:55,200 brother, be a fornicator, or Covetous, or an idolater, or a 292 00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:59,800 railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner with such an one, 293 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,600 no! Not to eat. 294 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:05,400 So, when he said, don't have company with fornicators, he's 295 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,400 talking about the ones. It called themself a brother in 296 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,100 Christ. And the reason for that, here's 297 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:14,300 the reason because the number one purpose is to keep the 298 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:17,800 church pure. And number two is so that they 299 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,200 will repent and get their life. Right? 300 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:24,100 And that's the reason, but the ones in the world, folks, we got 301 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:26,600 to go save them. We've been sent out into the 302 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,900 world with this charge to do that very thing. 303 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:35,100 So separation does not mean isolation and withdrawing our 304 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:38,500 self from those who have not obeyed the gospel or those that 305 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:41,600 have not heard. The gospel is contrary to the 306 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:46,400 will of the Lord opportunities for social contact happen. 307 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,100 Every day we come in contact with people, every day, in 308 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:54,800 school, in work, in our homes, our neighbors, our friends, our 309 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,100 families. There is people that we can have 310 00:19:57,100 --> 00:20:02,100 social contacts with every day of our life. 311 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:07,700 And we must make the effort to talk to them as best we can. 312 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:13,200 But secondly From the example of Jesus, we find that once a 313 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:18,200 social contact is made. Then we must figure out a way to 314 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:24,200 establish a common interest, and that's Point number to a common 315 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,000 interest. You know, I'll tell you 316 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,700 something. It is true. 317 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:35,200 That when we live in the world as Christians, it's really easy 318 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,900 to think that we have nothing in common with people that are 319 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:43,800 living in the world and it's real convenient to isolate our 320 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:48,700 self and say that we're only going to hide in our houses or 321 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:51,500 only going to be around Christians and nowhere else. 322 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:55,100 Because we have nothing in common with folks in the world. 323 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:59,700 I think we'd be surprised, how many things that we have In 324 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:03,800 common, we must establish a common interest with them. 325 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,800 And the reason for that is a common interest will build a 326 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:13,500 bridge between two uncommon people, a common interest, 327 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:16,700 builds a bridge between two uncommon. 328 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:19,600 People. Notice in John chapter 4, back 329 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,000 to our text and beginning in verse number seven. 330 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,600 Notice what happens there in verse 7. 331 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,700 It says there cometh a woman. Of Samaria to draw water. 332 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:35,300 Jesus saith unto her. Give me to drink for his 333 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:39,400 disciples were gone away under the city to buy meat. 334 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:44,800 So notice he makes the social contact and then he establishes 335 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,900 a common interest with her. She came to dip and draw water 336 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:52,700 and he was thirsty. So he began a conversation with 337 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:57,200 her that was of a common interest and that was with 338 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,000 regards to water. Realizing the need to build 339 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:05,100 rapport having a meaningful dialogue, is not easy. 340 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:09,100 And I think we all understand that to start and establish a 341 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:13,100 meaningful dialogue with somebody is not always an easy 342 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:19,400 task to do, but if you can build a bridge with a common interest, 343 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,600 now, you may have a listener, you might think we'll wait a 344 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,100 minute, what kind of a common interest? 345 00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:28,000 Let me ask you, this are their parents here in this audience 346 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,700 tonight. Are their mothers and fathers 347 00:22:30,700 --> 00:22:34,000 here. Do you like your kids? 348 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:40,100 What about Grandparents? Oh, grandparents, you ever see 349 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:43,000 grandparents talk about their grandkids. 350 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:46,900 You ever see grandparents, where little badges with the pictures 351 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:50,000 of their grandchildren on them, you ever see. 352 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,100 Grandparents go out there in the blistering sun, and a little 353 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:55,800 umbrella. And a, and a lawn chair and 354 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:00,400 watch their grandchild participate in some activity. 355 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,300 Guess what? She sitting there next to other 356 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,300 And parents and other parents as well. 357 00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:13,500 You'd be surprised how much we have in common with others in 358 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:17,900 every single walk of our life. In everything we do, do you like 359 00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:20,200 sports? I do, you know, I get the 360 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,400 conversation with somebody about sports almost every day that I 361 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,500 didn't know before. That's a common interest. 362 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:33,200 It's a common interest. What we're doing is we are 363 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,700 building up equity in that relationship. 364 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,700 We are building a bridge between us and we are building up a 365 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:46,300 rapport because our desire is not to stop here at the common 366 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:49,900 interest. Our desire is to go further from 367 00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:54,100 that point in time. But you know something else too. 368 00:23:55,700 --> 00:24:00,800 You'd be surprised how many people that you know that have 369 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:05,100 gone through a tragedy that was similar to something that you 370 00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:07,300 have gone through. I'm not saying the exact same 371 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:09,600 thing. I'm saying something that is 372 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,800 similar and I'll tell you something, when you start 373 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,600 talking about tragedies and things that pull on the heart, 374 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:19,000 you start talking about sad things and you talk to somebody 375 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,200 about that, you can have two people that are going this way 376 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,700 completely in opposite directions. 377 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:27,200 And then all of a sudden, A sudden you can get into a 378 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,200 conversation, you made the social contact, you establish 379 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,200 the common interest by sharing with them and listening to them, 380 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,500 too. And all of a sudden, you have 381 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:41,400 something in common barriers are down. 382 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:48,800 Bridges are built and Rapport is being built up in that 383 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,400 relationship. You know, I'll just tell you 384 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,900 this, I got to admit something to you, I use it. 385 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,600 I do, I really do. I'll use, I'll use whatever. 386 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,100 I'll use whatever circumstance in my life, bad or good. 387 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,400 If it's going to Draw Me Closer to someone else with a common 388 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,300 interest. I think that's important that we 389 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:14,300 do that. We need to care enough about 390 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:17,900 them. Share something personal about 391 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:20,000 yourself. I'll tell you something, you 392 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,500 share something personal. Now, you're not preaching to 393 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:24,500 them, you're not preaching at them. 394 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:27,600 You're not preaching, you're all you're doing, is you are sharing 395 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,100 with someone that I've had problems in my life too. 396 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,000 I've had challenges, and you bear yourself to them. 397 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:38,600 They do to you and all of a sudden, you no longer are just 398 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,200 someone preaching, the Bible, you are a friend, and you have 399 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,900 something in common, you have a common interest and you You can 400 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:49,000 build on that, but we don't want to stay there. 401 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,600 We want to move on from that, as Jesus. 402 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:56,100 Did Jesus began with the common interest of water, but it's 403 00:25:56,100 --> 00:26:00,200 important that we arouse a spiritual interest. 404 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:05,100 In our dealings with people, we want our common interest to turn 405 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:09,200 into a spiritual interest. Look in verse 9. 406 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:12,000 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him. 407 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,600 How is it? That thou being a Jew asketh 408 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:19,500 drink of me, which him a woman of Samaria for the Jews have no 409 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:22,300 dealings. With the Samaritans, notice she 410 00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:26,500 is looking at his example, before, he's going to speak 411 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:30,800 about things that she was interested in spiritually. 412 00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:36,100 She That his action, she looked at his example based upon the 413 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:41,400 common interest and all of a sudden he has a listener and she 414 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,900 looks back to him and says, I'm a woman of Samaria and you're a 415 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:49,000 man, that is a Jew. How is it that? 416 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:53,600 Someone like you, that's a Jew, a man, a Jewish, man, like you 417 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:56,600 would have anything to do with the Samaritan woman. 418 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,400 You would have nothing to do after all. 419 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:02,600 She reminds Jesus that At the Jews. 420 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,200 In general, had nothing to do with the Samaritans. 421 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,300 Oh, he has her attention. Why? 422 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:15,200 Because of his actions to her. Oh, I'll tell you. 423 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:20,900 That's interesting, isn't it that by action before he spoke 424 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:26,100 spiritual words? His actions Drew her attention. 425 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:32,300 You know what that tells me that tells me that every single good 426 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:37,000 and kind deed. You do to anybody in the world. 427 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,900 It's being noticed and it's being watched, you know, I think 428 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:44,600 about the, I think about The Quiet Things, I think about the 429 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,700 things that sometimes go unnoticed, I realized that it is 430 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:52,000 true. I realized that someday the good 431 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,500 things or the bad things, the things done in secret. 432 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:57,500 God sees every one of them. And I know that when we do, Good 433 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:02,600 things in this life that sometimes does not go noticed, I 434 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,600 know that one day, we're going to hear those good things again. 435 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:12,000 But all that being said, you never know the impact that you 436 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,900 have for good on the life of someone that's in the world 437 00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:20,100 because of some kind deed that you did for them. 438 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,900 I'm not talking about members of the church folks. 439 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:27,500 I'm talking about people in the world and you go out of your way 440 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:32,000 and you took your time and you took your effort and you did 441 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,400 something for them. Listen, if they know that the 442 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:40,900 reason you did it was because you're a Christian look at the 443 00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:45,000 influence that you might have in their life someday. 444 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:50,100 Oh, Jesus established a spiritual interest because of 445 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:53,400 his actions regarding our actions. 446 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:58,300 We can arouse spiritual interest in that way as well by showing 447 00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:01,300 kindness and compassion to all those in the world. 448 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:05,300 Even those that are evil and wicked by not harboring, racial 449 00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:08,900 or social prejudices. Those who are different than we 450 00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:13,300 are and by our own example of Faith and Hope. 451 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,300 Do you remember on Wednesday nights when we studied first 452 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:18,600 Peter? Do you remember when we talked 453 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:23,000 about the idea that a two people were married and one obeys the 454 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,900 gospel and it's the woman. Obviously, the woman's converted 455 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:31,100 by the word, but the same word didn't convert the husband. 456 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:36,300 What did Peter say? Peter said you live your life in 457 00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:39,200 your marriage relationship. Ation ship in the proper 458 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,700 marriage relationship that you should have. 459 00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:45,400 According to what the Bible teaches that a woman is supposed 460 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:50,700 to be with her husband. And just so happens that by your 461 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:54,200 life, you may convert them because they know that the 462 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,100 reason you are the wife, that you are and the person you are, 463 00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:03,300 is because you're a Christian You know, I'm going to pick on 464 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:07,100 Ryan, he's not here tonight. But you know, Ryan has worked 465 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:11,000 for me for years, we all know that and I can't tell you the 466 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,600 number of times when people have come to me and said, I got to 467 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,900 tell you something, the kids not perfect, but man, does he have 468 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:22,200 your back? That's the most honest kid I've 469 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:27,400 ever met. if the world knows that he does that because he's a 470 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:32,900 Christian, He just has established possibly a spiritual 471 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:35,900 interest in the life of someone else. 472 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:43,300 If I as an employer or Terry as an employer or anyone treats, 473 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:47,300 the people that are subordinate to their Authority in the proper 474 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:52,600 way and they know that it's because you're a Christian, you 475 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:57,100 have the spiritual interest. If it's possible to have it, you 476 00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:00,200 have it then. The Apostle Paul dealt with 477 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,200 servants and Masters and so on, we don't have servants and 478 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,300 Masters by way of slavery. But we do have employer and 479 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:10,100 employee relationships. We do have those things that is 480 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:13,700 a fact and I'll tell you something, folks, when we do 481 00:31:13,700 --> 00:31:17,500 those things by our actions, the world is watching. 482 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:18,900 I know, I say it a lot and I don't care. 483 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:21,000 I'll say it again. The world is watching 484 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,300 everything, everything that we do and if you don't believe me, 485 00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:28,200 you can do good things. Good things, good things, good 486 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,800 things. And then all of a sudden, stub 487 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,500 your toe. And if you don't think they're 488 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:34,400 watching, you're going to hear about the stubbed toe there 489 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,400 watching. But Jesus also established a 490 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,800 spiritual interest by his words and we do the same to now 491 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,300 dropping down. Now, beginning in verse 10, 492 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:49,100 Jesus answered now. He has a listener, Jesus 493 00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:52,400 answered and said, unto her. If thou knewest the gift of God 494 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,500 and who it is that saith to thee, give me to drink, thou 495 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:58,200 wouldest have asked of him and he would have given thee. 496 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:02,900 Living Water, the woman, saith unto him, sir, thou Hast nothing 497 00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:06,300 to draw with and the well is deep from whence thou Hast Hast 498 00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:09,500 thou that Living Water art, thou greater than our father. 499 00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:13,300 Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself and 500 00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:17,800 his children and his cattle. Jesus answered and said, unto 501 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,400 her whosoever, drinketh of this water shall thirst again. 502 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,900 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall. 503 00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:29,200 Give him shall never thirst. But the water that I shall give 504 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:34,000 him shall be in him a, well of water springing up into 505 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,200 everlasting life. Life, the statement of Jesus. 506 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:43,000 Now shifts and their conversation now is on spiritual 507 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,000 matters. He led them into into a 508 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,300 discussion on a common spiritual interest and that's living 509 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:55,900 water. She says how can you ask me for 510 00:32:55,900 --> 00:32:58,100 water? You're a Jew. 511 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,200 And I am a Samaritan. And Jesus said, if you knew who 512 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:07,700 I was, If only you knew who I was, you would be asking me for 513 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:10,800 water and I would give it unto thee and it's Living Water. 514 00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:16,600 Oh, he has her attention and she says, I want it. 515 00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:22,100 I want the Living Water. Well, regarding our words, we 516 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:24,500 can raise questions or make statements that shift. 517 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:28,000 Conversations to spiritual matters as well but it's 518 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,700 important that the discussion first involve matters of common 519 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,400 agreement. I don't have time to go into 520 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,700 this in detail, but I'm I'm just I'm going to mention the 521 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:38,200 passage. You can write it down if you'd 522 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,300 like those that are taking notes and look at it on your own time. 523 00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:43,500 But Time will not permit me to go into it. 524 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:46,000 Acts 13. Beginning in verse 16. 525 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,600 This is how important it is to establish. 526 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:53,800 Now we have the great Apostle Paul as our example and he goes 527 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:58,500 into Antioch and he goes into the synagogue and he's waiting 528 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:01,900 there and all of a sudden he's asked as was the custom if 529 00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:06,700 anyone would like to get up and say something and he arises and 530 00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:09,800 what does he do? He begins with things that they 531 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,500 had in common. He starts talking about things 532 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:16,800 about the God that they have always served. 533 00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:21,100 He starts going down through Bible History, things that they 534 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:26,100 agree on and then all of a sudden after several verses he 535 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:31,000 now begins to speak about the Messiah and that salvation was 536 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:36,000 for them to and the same God that they had always known and 537 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,900 served that they knew all the things that God has done by 538 00:34:38,900 --> 00:34:41,300 delivering his people of old and so on. 539 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:45,199 And so So forth that same God sent a savior in that savior was 540 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:49,199 for them too. Important that we establish 541 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,400 things that we have in common before we press on. 542 00:34:53,699 --> 00:34:56,900 But finally tonight I'm just going to talk about four things 543 00:34:56,900 --> 00:34:59,500 tonight. And that is this. 544 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:05,000 And sometimes we we fail on this one because we get excited. 545 00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:06,200 Nothing wrong with getting excited. 546 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,700 But we get excited. We want to give the whole thing 547 00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:10,400 to him. We're ready to go. 548 00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:14,600 We're so excited the possibility in the prospect of them obeying, 549 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,300 the gospel and we're really chomping at the bit. 550 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,500 But what Jesus shows, is this idea. 551 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:26,600 Don't go too far too fast, right after. 552 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:32,900 She says, the woman says, to Jesus, give me this water. 553 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,300 Notice how Jesus responds. First of all, in verse 15 the 554 00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:41,000 woman, saith unto him, sir, give me this water that I thirst not 555 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,800 neither come hither to draw, but notice what Jesus says, very 556 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:51,100 interesting, he says unto her go call thy husband and come hither 557 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,800 the woman answered and said, I have no husband. 558 00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:58,800 Jesus said unto her thou Hast. Well, L said, I have no husband 559 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:03,700 for thou Hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now Hast is not 560 00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:06,900 thy husband. In that said, Stout, truly the 561 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:09,100 woman saith it, saith unto him. Sir. 562 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:11,900 I perceive that thou art, a prophet. 563 00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:15,600 Here's the point. The entire point is don't give a 564 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:21,200 person more than they're ready to hear in this discussion. 565 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:25,400 She wanted living water but she didn't really understand. 566 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,700 She loved the idea of Hearing about living water. 567 00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:31,300 I'll never thirst again. This is a great thing. 568 00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:32,800 I want it. Let me have that. 569 00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:36,500 Oh, she needed the Savior. She needed salvation, she 570 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:40,200 needed, Jesus, she needed. All of those things, she needed 571 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:46,300 faith in him as the Messiah, but he needed to provide evidence 572 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:51,700 that he was the Messiah first. So, instead of giving her living 573 00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:56,000 water, he tells her to get her husband, which will result in 574 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,000 her conviction of him, Him as a prophet. 575 00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:02,300 You know sometimes folks want to talk about, you ever talk to 576 00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:05,600 somebody that's in the religious world or somebody wants to talk 577 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,000 about the Bible. We want to talk about the 578 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,500 Revelation letter, they want to talk about various things and in 579 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:12,100 the Book of Revelation you don't they need, I don't need that, 580 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:17,200 they need the gospel, they need to hear the simple gospel. 581 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,300 They're so far ahead of themselves. 582 00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:22,800 They need to be redirected and brought back and it's very 583 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,200 important when we study with people. 584 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,200 And when we talk to people that We do this. 585 00:37:28,300 --> 00:37:30,100 We have a social contact with them. 586 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:31,700 Got to have it. If you don't have that, you'll 587 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:34,700 have no Rapport. You establish a common interest 588 00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:37,000 that builds bridges in the lives of others. 589 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,100 And whatever was separating, you, you now have something 590 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:44,300 that's in common, even a Samaritan woman, that was an 591 00:37:44,300 --> 00:37:49,400 immoral woman with an immoral past and the Lamb of God, 592 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:54,000 established a common interest. Now they can do it, I can do it 593 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,800 with anybody. Because I guarantee I got a lot 594 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,100 more in common with somebody in the world than Jesus does and so 595 00:38:00,100 --> 00:38:05,600 do you if he can do it we can to establish a spiritual interest 596 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,200 based upon your actions like Jesus did. 597 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:14,200 And finally by your words also and don't go too far too fast. 598 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,400 You know there's other things that we're going to discuss when 599 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:21,700 we come back at another time. In conclusion, I just want to 600 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:24,500 jump ahead to one thing and just give us a little bit of a 601 00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:29,700 Insight on some things that happened after this discussion, 602 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:34,300 that Jesus had with this woman. We find that because of the 603 00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:39,700 testimony of this woman, because of the fact that he didn't go 604 00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:44,700 too far too fast, he offered proof to her and she went to 605 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:47,100 others. And she said, this man is a 606 00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:50,300 Prophet, this man, knew everything in my past. 607 00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:56,000 He must be the Christ. And people were converted 608 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,700 because of her testimony later on. 609 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,900 And you know, Jesus says something very powerful. 610 00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:06,700 He said this to his disciples, he talks about, there's going to 611 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:11,500 be those that are going to sew and those that are going to 612 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:15,100 reap. Sometimes we do the sewing and 613 00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:19,800 we never reap the Harvest. Oh, make no mistake me and Don 614 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,200 King. So it felt great. 615 00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:24,400 We reap the Harvest. Sure, and I'm gonna tell you 616 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:25,800 something. There was people preaching 617 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,400 before we ever got there. There was people sewing, you 618 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,500 know what the greatest thing is, though? 619 00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:34,300 You know what Jesus said, we all get to Rejoice together, and it 620 00:39:34,300 --> 00:39:37,100 doesn't matter who reap the Harvest and who did the sewing. 621 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,300 The point is we have to sew and another will reap, but we will 622 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:44,900 all reap the Harvest. 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