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Opening Prayer
Thank God for his Word and ask him to teach us and give understanding hearts that believe and know Jesus Christ.
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Scripture Passage
Christ Witnesses to the Samaritans
39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of His own word.
42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
Christ is Received by the Galileans
43 Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. 44 For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Jn 4:39–45.
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
The Samaritans hear Jesus for themselves and believe he is the Christ and Savior of the world; people in Galilee also receive him after seeing his signs.
B — Best Verse
Which Verse Best Summarizes the Passage?
John 4:42
now we believe not because of what you said for we ourselves have heard him and we know that indeed this is the christ the savior of the world
Bryan explicitly underlines verse 42 because the Samaritans themselves hear Jesus and confess him as the Christ and Savior of the world.
C — Called or Christ
C — Christ Connection
Receive Jesus with faith, recognize him as Savior of the world, and trust his righteousness alone to bring peace with the Father.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
hey hey welcome to coffee and devotions this thursday morning this where every weekday morning at 9 a.m and on the weekends when i get a spare moment for my kids you and i we get together we have some coffee we get into god's word and we grow in our love for the lord together and this year 2020 we'll make it through all the gospels well this morning we're at luke chapter 4 verses 39 through 45 luke chapter 4 verses 39 through 45. why don't we go ahead and have some coffee pray and get into god's word let's pray father we thank you so much for this day we thank you for your word and we pray that you would teach us now we pray that we would have hearts to understand and believe that we might know who jesus christ is in his name we pray amen all right here we go john chapter 4 beginning at verse 39 and many of the samaritans of that city believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified he told me all that i ever did so when the samaritans had come to him they urged him to stay with them and he stayed there two days and many more believed because of his own word then they said to the woman now we believe not because of what you have said for we ourselves had heard him and we know that this is indeed the christ the savior of the world now after the two days he departed from there and went to galilee for jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country so when he came to galilee the galileans received him having seen all the things that he did in jerusalem at the feast for they also had gone to the feast well we need to ask ourselves eight what is this about b what is the best verse to summarize this and see what are we called to do in response to these words so a what is this about well we've have the first part where jesus is talking to the rest of the samaritans remember chapter four started with jesus talking to the samaritan woman at the well and what did she do she ran into the town and she told everyone who was there what jesus had done how he had told her everything she had ever done and they all come out to me jesus's disciples are wondering what this is about and he tells them the field is white for harvest and here it is many people are believing samaritans are believing so in the margin of my bible a what is this about i would say the samaritans believe jesus is the christ they hear the words of jesus and they know that they're true and so what does jesus do after this jesus leaves from there and he goes to galilee he doesn't go back to his own hometown in nazareth right that would be more along the way directly north but instead he heads a little bit wet or east and north and he goes to the region of galilee and there in galilee many people there receive him as well why because they had seen the miracles he had done while they were all in jerusalem at the feast and so even in this section i would say a what is this about people are receiving jesus christ people are believing that he is the messiah what's the best verse to summarize this well i think in my mind or in my bible i'm going to take out my pencil here and i'm going to underline uh verse 42. now we believe not because of what you said for we ourselves have heard him and we know that indeed this is the christ the savior of the world so that's what i'm going to underline in my bible there so maybe you would disagree would you highlight something else would you underline something else in your bible as the best verse last calling see calling what are we called to do in response to this do we believe do we believe in jesus christ do we receive him with faith do we know that he is indeed the savior of the world do we trust in the signs and in the miracles do we know that they point to jesus christ do we believe that it is only by jesus christ that we might have peace with the father that is jesus christ righteousness that gains us entrance into the father's presence do we believe in jesus christ let's go ahead and pray this morning father we thank you so much for this day and we thank you for your word lord we pray that we would cling to jesus christ we pray that we would know who he is and that your holy spirit would so soften and thaw our hearts that we might know him and love him and believe all that he has said and done we thank you for sending your only begotten one into the world that we might have life everlasting we pray that you would care for us this morning and that you would send us out into the fields that we might proclaim this love of jesus christ to all types of people in jesus name amen well may god bless you today as you go forth in the peace of jesus christ believing in all he has said and done bye