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Bible Questions Answered:
“...I read John 4:22 and what is this meaning...?...”
Lwin/ Mitkyina, Burma
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
John 4:1-30 NLT (Jesus and the Samaritan Woman)
1 Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that He was baptizing and making more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself didn’t baptize them—His disciples did).
3 So He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 He had to go through Samaria on the way.
5 Eventually He came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.
7 Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give Me a drink.”
8 He was alone at the time because His disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
9 The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”
10 Jesus replied, “If you only knew The Gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask Me, and I would give you living water.”
11 “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water?
12 And besides, do you think you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”
13 Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.
14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”
16 “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her.
17 “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.
Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—
18 for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke The Truth!”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.
20 So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”
21 Jesus replied, “Believe Me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship The Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about Him, for salvation comes through the Jews.
John 4:22 KJV
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship The Father in Spirit and in Truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship Him that way.
24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and in Truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know The Messiah is coming—The One who is called Christ. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus told her, “I am The Messiah!”
27 Just then His disciples came back. They were shocked to find Him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to her?”
28 The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,
29 “Come and see A Man who told me everything I ever did! Could He possibly be The Messiah?”
30 So the people came streaming from the village to see Him.
The Woman At The Well:
John 4:20 KJV
Our fathers (Samaritans) worshipped in this mountain (Mount Gerizim-Deuteronomy 27:12); and ye (Jews) say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Jesus responded:
John 4:22 NLT
You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about Him, for salvation comes through the Jews.
John 4:22 KJV
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
When saying this, Jesus was stating the fact that we all owe an immeasurable debt to Israel.
All knowledge of God and His blessings have come to us through the Jews.
The Bible you and I read has come down to us through the Jews. Our blessed Savior, was Jewish.
Our responsibility is to pray for Jewish people, and their salvation, from around the world.
Psalm 122:6 KJV
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
As a nation, they have rejected The Savior, Messiah, and yet the Apostle tells us there is yet a remanent that receive Him.
True in Paul's day and ours as well!
Romans 11:1-8 NLT (God’s Mercy on Israel-Apostle Paul)
1 I ask, then, has God rejected His own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 No, God has not rejected His own people, whom He chose from the very beginning. Do you realize what The Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said,
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”
4 And do you remember God’s reply? He said, “No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!”
5 It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God’s grace—His undeserved kindness in choosing them.
6 And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved.
7 So this is the situation: Most of the people of Israel have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have—the ones God has chosen—but the hearts of the rest were hardened.
8 As The Scriptures say, “God has put them into a deep sleep. To this day He has shut their eyes so they do not see, and closed their ears so they do not hear.”
How long will this spiritual blindness last?.....
Romans 11:25 NLT (God’s Mercy Is for Everyone)
I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.
Romans 11:25 KJV
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
“The fulness of the Gentiles,” this is the completion of the church of Jesus Christ. At which point it is raptured out of this world to meet The Lord in the air.
Matthew 24:14 KJV
And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Israel's Future:
Isaiah 27:6 NLT
The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with fruit!
Jeremiah 31:31-34 NLT
31 “The day is coming,” says The Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
32 This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as A Husband loves His wife,” says The Lord.
33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says The Lord. “I will put My instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.
34 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know The Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know Me already,” says The Lord. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”
Jeremiah 32:36-41 NLT A Promise of Restoration)
36 “Now I want to say something more about this city. You have been saying, ‘It will fall to the king of Babylon through war, famine, and disease.’ But this is what The Lord, The God Of Israel, says:
37 I will certainly bring My people back again from all the countries where I will scatter them in My fury. I will bring them back to this very city and let them live in peace and safety.
38 They will be My people, and I will be their God.
39 And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship Me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.
40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship Me, and they will never leave Me.
41 I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.
Romans 11:25-36 NLT (God’s Mercy Is for Everyone)
25 I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.
26 And so all Israel will be saved. As The Scriptures say, “The One who rescues will come from Jerusalem, and He will turn Israel away from ungodliness.
27 And this is My covenant with them, that I will take away their sins.”
28 Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of The Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people He loves because He chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
29 For God’s gifts and His call can never be withdrawn.
30 Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against Him, God was merciful to you instead.
31 Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy.
32 For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so He could have mercy on everyone.
33 Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand His decisions and His ways!
34 For who can know The Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give Him advice?
35 And who has given Him so much that He needs to pay it back?
36 For everything comes from Him and exists by His power and is intended for His glory. All glory to Him forever! Amen.
Prayer:
John 4:22 NLT
You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about Him, for salvation comes through the Jews.
