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JACOB'S WELL

AS JESUS JOURNEYED from Judea to Galilee, He passed through Samaria.  As He traveled through that country, He came to the city of Sychar, which was part of the parcel of land given by the patriarch Jacob to His son Joseph.  In this location was Jacob’s well, which still exists to this day.  The group stopped at the well, and Jesus sat down to rest from the journey while His disciples went into the city to buy provisions.    As Jesus sat there on the well, there came a Samaritan woman to draw water from the well.  Jesus, looking at her, said, “Give Me to drink.” (John 4:7).   The woman, surprised that a Jew would speak to her, said, “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 4:9).   Jesus’ response transcended the simple conversation that they were having, and went straight to the spiritual level.  He said, “If thou knewest the gift of God, a...
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PSALM 116: A SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING

The first section of Psalm 116 (verses 1-9) perfectly describes the conversion of a soul to faith in God the Savior.   I can’t read these beautiful lines without thinking of my own conversion to Christianity.   The section begins with these words: “ I love the LORD, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications.  Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.” (Psalm 116:1, 2).   God is a God Who sees, and He is a God Who hears.   I love the Lord because one day I called out to Him, and He heard my voice.   When I humbled myself before Him, the God of the universe saw me and heard my prayer.   He not only heard me, but He also responded to me and revealed Himself to me.   As a result of that day, I will call on Him for as long as I live because He continues to hear me and speaks words of life to me.   Scripture tells us that His eyes are always on the righteous, and His ears are open to th...
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...THAT WITH ALL BOLDNESS THEY MAY SPEAK THY WORD

“And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being grieved that they taught the people , and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead .” (Acts 4:1, 2).   “And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word… ” (Acts 4:29).   Sometime after Pentecost, two of the Apostles of Jesus, Peter and John, had gone together to Herod’s Temple for the hour of prayer at 3 p.m.  As they were about to enter the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, there was a lame man lying just outside who asked them for a handout.  This man had been lame from birth and was now about 40 years old.  Someone carried him day by day to lay him at the temple gate to beg for whatever kindness he could get from people passing through.  The people who frequented the Temple knew him because they had seen him there daily and been accosted by him for...
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