Q4. Savior of the World

[Pastor Ralph]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages? What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church’s mission?

[JanMary]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages?

 

The Samaritans were receptive and open to the gospel...they asked Him to stay...a field ripe for harvest...unlike the Jews who were constantly looking for ways to kill Him. It must have brought Him great joy to be received and invited to linger and share more with them. Jesus was fully God and fully man, so He felt rejection just as we do.

 

What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world?

 

Jesus died for everyone in the world...whosoever will may come.

 

What are its implications for our lives?

 

We are to be open to share with "whosoever" comes across our path, no matter who they are.

 

For your church’s mission?

 

I love that our church is very focused on missions (the Congo, Israel and Palestinians, this year, and our area through City Serve, where literally hundreds of thousands of hours are volunteered locally in all manner of ministries to bring the gospel (in Word and deed) as demonstration of God's love and care to those who most likely will not come to church or are unable to come. 

[hanks]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). 

Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages? 

What does it mean that Jesus is the Saviour of the whole world? 

What are its implications for our lives? 

For your church's mission?

Jesus needed more time in the village because of the numbers being saved. Some would have believed because of the testimony of the woman. But many more would have believed because of the words of our Lord Jesus Himself. It is all important that there must be faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Only the Holy Spirit could have given them this insight. Having heard Him and believed His words, the Samaritans had come to know that this was indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the whole world. Jesus had instructed His disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages, but rather to the Jews, because it was His plan to reach the Jews first (Romans 1:16). However, His message of salvation would soon reach all people irrespective of race, sex, or national origin. We notice that as a result of the simple and direct testimony of the woman, many came to believe on the Lord Jesus. This should be an encouragement to each of us to also be simple, direct, and courageous in our witness for Christ. 

 

[Clarence]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages?

 

It was the right time for him to talk to the Samaritans,

"...the fields were already white for harvest" (John 4:35). John (the author) says he had to pass through Samaria. Then he met the woman at the well.

 

What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world?

 

He is the saviour of the world because he died on the cross for every man and woman in the world (John 1:29). The Samaritans must have known about the Messiah and the passover from the scriptures. The Samaritans scriptures were the Pentateuch/Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Pentateuch).

 

 

What are its implications for our lives? For your church's mission?

 

Jesus commanded us collectively to go and make disciples of all nations and people groups (Matthew 28:18-20).

[blezed]

Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages?

1.  First, he stayed because the Samarians asked him to.  Second, Jesus made an exception.  There were still Samaritan's that heard him but had not yet fully believed.  His staying additional days helped to get them to become believers.

 

What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church’s mission?          

2.  Because Jesus taught outside Israel showed that He was the Savior for all people.  It implies for us that we should spread the Good News to everyone not just our own cultural.  The same with the church.  In a time where we have so much going on between Blacks, White, Gays, etc. we are all God's children and He loves us all.  That is what we need to be sharing with those that do not know Him.

[Jen]

Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan village?  What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the world:  What are its implications for our lives?  For your churches mission?

 

I don't know why, although perhaps  because the people were so receptive to his words.   I am glad he did.   The samaritans in this village must have clung to every moment they had with the God of love and light.  They asked Him to stay, they wanted more of Him.  They wanted to hear and learn.  They had left the kingdom of darkness and were now in the kingdom  of God's Son.  They looked at life, the despised woman, themselves, each other and God Himself with new eyes.  They were softer and gentler.  They no longer had to live with the same attitudes and emotions, they had a new joy, an awe of life.  They were once blind but now they could see.

Jesus came through the Jews however He is the Savior of the whole world if the whoevers want Him.

We are planted where we are for a reason.  There are people around us who don't know about this kingdom of light, only the kingdom of darkness they have grown up in.  Let us look at them through God's eyes.

 

God Bless!

Jen

Romans 15:13

[lighthouse2014]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages? What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church’s mission?

Evan though Jesus told the apostles to go only to the lost sheep of Israel, this Samaritan town must have had a special purpose for Christ. It was by the will of the Father that He went and stayed there.

Evan though the Lord said go to the lost sheep of Israel, Jesus was a Jew and the savior was to come from the tribe of Judah. They would be first to her the gospel, from there the word of God would be preached all around the world. He is the savior for all mankind, the gospel was to spread from Israel to all four corners of the earth.

The implications in our life is that if we confess Jesus is the only begotten Son of God and has suffered, and died for our sins and has risen from the dead, the first fruits to rise from the dead, where Christ has defeated the sting of death by giving us eternal life.

Our churches mission is to make disciples and spread the word of God.   

[Delivered]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages?

When the Samaritan woman believed this man who was talking to her was truly the “Messiah of Israel”, is when she left her water pot behind to quickly go into the city, eager to testify, to sow seeds of “truth” to whosoever would listen, and when her testimony was well received and they came unto Jesus “seeking” to know more, hungry and ready to feed on God’s word, the fields were ready to be harvested, the time was right is why he stayed.

 

Q. What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world?

Jesus came to do the will of the Father, offering Salvation to “whosoever” will believe in the Messiah, God’s Son.

[royk]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages? What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church's mission?

 

Jesus was God, He could do anything, convert anyone, at any moment. So it was His plan all along from the moment he sent her back to the village. Only He knows why He took two days to reach all that were reachable.  Since they were not Jews His wisdom saw it would take more time for Samaria to digest Him and His teaching, and His truth.

 

Savior of the whole world, is why He gave the great commission to US, in Mathew.

 

So make friends with anyone, share the blessing of your Christian love and smile. Get to know someone and find out if the are more lost than you/or-me, or if they are "less lost" 

 

We all need more of Him to survive spiritually. Freely dispense the love He give us, in tiny but increasing doses to all He sends our way

[RebeccaMallinson]

He was invited to stay.  Elsewhere when he instructs his disciples on how to conduct themselves when they go on their own missions, he makes it plain that they should go where they are welcomed.  I think it is irrelevant that it is a Samaritan town.

 

He was breaking his disciples in gently, by easy degrees.  By the end of His time on Earth he was asking them to make disciples of all the nations, but only with the help of the Holy Spirit.  Christ himself had no need to start small.

 

Jesus is the Saviour of the whole world because he came to save all sinners, not just a select few.  The implications for all Christians is that we have to follow this instruction and not to be exclusive.

[SoiKosum]

(John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages? What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church’s mission? 

 

Jesus stayed in Samaria for two days at the urging of the Samaritans. It was also probably because He saw that the Samaritans were yearning to learn the truth and "the field" was ripe for the harvest - "And because of His words many more became believers" (John 4:41)

 

Jesus' stay in Samaria was an exception. He did not let traditions stop His ministry, even though it upset the Pharisees. Neither did He allow His own rules to prevent Him from ministering to the Samaritans even though this was not the main focus of Jesus' ministry.

 

Jesus is the saviour of the world. He is not only a Jewish Messiah or a Messiah to Americans or Europeans. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the

world, but to save the world through him." (John 3:16-17)

 

Therefore, the Great Commission is for us, and churches, to take the gospel to the ends of the earth.

 

 

 

 

[Commissioned]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages? What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church’s mission?

Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages because He had an appointment to reach the Samaritan.  His ministry was to reach all people because He is the Savior of the whole world.  The implications for our lives is to reach beyond our immediate borders and reach out to peoples of the world. The church’s mission is to reach the world for Christ.

[haar]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages? What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church's mission?
 

The time was ripe to extend salvation to the gentiles too. So he stopped to extend the grace to the Samaritans.

 

Jesus came to save the whole world,[ whoever believes]

 

 

We should therefore also have no boarders/ barriers for the Gospel

 

 

 

 

[quilter]

Jesus saw all the people the woman told and He stay that second day to tell them about his Father and who He was.

 

Jesus died on the cross for everyone not just certain people He is King of Kings and Lord of Lord. If you are a believer you will reign with him forever and ever. he is our eternal life.

 

Our church mission is is to get out and work and change peoples lives as He did for us

[PeteD]

As the notes state, Jesus was not at all hesitant to push back against the Jewish isolationist cultural norm when the situation required it. As was noted, John probably included this story to make the point that Jesus did come for the whole world - whosoever. So, for Him to stay an extra two days is no more surprising than the fact that he chose to go through Samaria and initiate a conversation with a Samaritan woman. The lesson for us is that we should be ready to go anywhere and not be hesitant to cross geographic and cultural barriers to bring the good news.

[Old Jerry]

Jesus stayed two days in Samaria because he saw the harvest is ripe. Even though he instructed the disciples not to witness to them, he saw that this crop was ripe and that he had a lot of work to do for the rest of the world.

The meaning that Jesus is Savior of the whole world means that he sacrificed his blood for everyone. All we have to do is accept this sacrifice. It means that we should support mission trips to the whole world.

[grace2free]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages?

Sychar villagers are like the lost sheep or souls and also compared as ripen harvest, this Samaritan town is ready to believed in Jesus Christ and according to the appointed time of God two days is sufficient enough for them to be saved. These people are called and elected by God to his belivers and followers.

 

What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world?

This is the promised of God,

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." (John 3:16-17)

 

What are its implications for our lives?

There will be souls that are ripe and ready to receive Christ and this is the reason why God made us, to minister to them.

 

For your church’s mission?

Outreach ministry in bringing the lost souls back to Christ

[Stanley Tavaziva]

Jesus stayed in Samaria because the people there were more receptive to his teaching than the Jews.

“Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world.”

Distance was no problem because Christ has mastery over space. We can never put so much space between ourselves and Christ that he can no longer help us.

We are planting churches in our communites our mission ares is to reach and win souls to Christ with spearheaded by our evengelism team.

[JoanG]

Jesus stayed in Samaria because he was able to see into the hearts of the people there. He knew that he would make a huge difference in that area with the hearts of the people. Jesus was trying to get the lost sheep of Israel back to God. However, it is impossible to turn your back on people that were so hungry for the truth. The whole world is looking for salvation and peace and love. Jesus is one that can provide that for them. We have to go to all corners of the world to open up the eyes, ears and hearts of all people to the things that are available through Christ for all of those that believe. This means that we have a lot of work to do. We have a lot of people to talk to.

[Joe_Applegarth]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages?  What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church's mission?

 

1) Even though they weren’t the main focus of His ministry he felt it important that He spend time ministering to them.  Tradition and prejudices were set aside as an example to every one of His disciples, to include those of us living in the 21^st century.  He’s still teaching and ministering to us two-thousand years later.  2)  It means that even though his main focus was the 1^st century Jews, Jesus is the Savior for everyone, Jew, Gentile, Black, White, etc.  3) For us as a family of believers, we are expected to do our own work well and never forget that it isn't all about us.  “Jesus' ministry built on that of John the Baptist, who stood in a long line of prophets who had preached repentance and faith even before him.”  Now it’s our task to carry on that ministry.  As we work to fulfill our personal mission, it will spill over into the church’s mission and we will be raising up the church as well.

[John6:68-69]

The Samaritans humbled themselves asking Jesus to stay. This led to many more to believe in Him because they got to hear HIs word vs just what the woman said. Jesus has given us an example & if we follow He will give us the harvest

[pickledilly]

Jesus came to earth as Messiah of the Jews. His primary focus of ministry was with them, and the salvation He would secure would be extended to the Gentile world after the work of redemption was accomplished. So He generally instructed His disciples not to preach to the Gentiles because it was a message of repentance for the Jews to prepare their hearts for the Kingdom of God.

 

I think of 2 possible reasons for Jesus to “break His own rule” and stay in Sychar for 2 days.

    First, I don't believe Jesus would ignore the flood of faith that broke loose there, beginning with the woman at the well. They were ready to know the Messiah, and He honored their openness and receptive hearts. He recognized that this field was “white for harvest”.

    Second, in pondering this question, I came back to the fact that these people were actually half-Jewish descendants of the tribe of Ephraim and half-tribe of Manasseh. While their beliefs were distorted and tainted with intermarriage and pagan influences, they had Jewish ancestors, they had the Scriptures of the Pentateuch, they worshiped Yahweh, they awaited the coming of Messiah. They were eager to hear all Jesus had to say and once they met Him for themselves they believed on Him. I think that Jesus may have come to them as descendants of the covenant, too – even though they were far from truth. The same could be said of the Jews in Jerusalem!  He came to bridge the divide between His own people, and then between His people and the entire Gentile world.

 

The completed work of redemption in Christ's death, burial, and resurrection accomplished salvation for the whole world, as the entirety of Law and First Covenant was fulfilled and ended in Him. In that, not only could the chosen people of God have a relationship with God, but every person in the world can become a child of God and know Him as Father. Jesus fully atoned for all sin once and for all. This grace is for everyone who will accept it.

 

The implication for our lives is that there are no exclusive rights for any particular people group in God's sight. The gospel message is for “every creature”. He came through the Jews, but He came for the whole world. We must have the mindset that Jesus offers salvation to everyone, even if they don't seem worthy to us. We can't be biased or prejudiced. May I be more like the Samaritan woman, who not only received Jesus with great joy, but went to tell everyone else about Him. Our job is simply to introduce people to Jesus so they can meet Him for themselves.

[RuthRW]

It also makes me ponder about what an incredible difference Jesus' 2 day stay made for the woman at the well. As many more became believers, no doubt she was able to become part of the town community, no longer fearing the judgment of the people as they themselves understood that they are sinners. No more collecting water at the hottest time of the day:-).

[Old Jerry]

I think that Jesus stayed two days in Samaria because he saw that the field was ripe and that it needed to be cultivated. He instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages because he knew that they weren’t ready to listen to the gospel. The meaning that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world is that he didn’t come just to save just one religious group of people, he came to save the whole world. The implication is that he is there for us all the time no matter who I am. So we should reach out to all people.

[Godswriter]

Q4. (John 4:39-42). Why do you think Jesus stayed two days in Samaria, when elsewhere he instructed his disciples not to preach in Samaritan villages? What does it mean that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? What are its implications for our lives? For your church’s mission?

I believe it's because it's because He knew that they were ready for Him to preach the word to them about salvation and so He chose to stay that long in order to convince of the need of salvation. It means that everyone needs to be saved regardless of their background. It means that we need to be willing to do what God sends to do in regards to making disciples. It means making disciples.