Grace Community Chapel

THE WOMAN AT THE WELL DRINKS THE LIVING WATER                                                        
In our society today, racial-prejudice is considered totally unacceptable.  Back in Jesus' time, however, it was a different story.  You see, not far from where Jesus lived and ministered, there was a region called Samaria.  The people who lived in Samaria were called Samaritans, and because the Samaritans were a mixed-race, the Jews tended to despise them.  Another aspect of Jesus' time and culture was that women were often considered beneath men and treated as such.  Now one day Jesus and the disciples were traveling through Samaria, and Jesus, being tired (don't forget He was fully human), wanted to stop to rest and get a drink.  As Jesus is resting by this well, a Samaritan woman comes up to get some water, and Jesus asks her for drink.  No big deal, right?  Wrong.  Continue reading…