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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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Samaritaness referred nei<strong>the</strong>r to His teaching, nor<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Holy Ghost, nor yet to faith, but to <strong>the</strong> gift <strong>of</strong><br />

that new spiritual life in <strong>of</strong> Him, which faith is but<br />

<strong>the</strong> outcome.<br />

If <strong>the</strong> bumble, ignorant Samaritaness had formerly<br />

not seen, though she had imperfectly guessed, that<br />

<strong>the</strong>re was a higher meaning in <strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> Him<br />

Who spake to her, a like mixture <strong>of</strong> illapprehension<br />

<strong>and</strong> rising faith seems to underlie her<br />

request for this water, that she might thirst no<br />

more, nei<strong>the</strong>r again come thi<strong>the</strong>r to draw.^ She<br />

now believes in <strong>the</strong> incredible; believes it,<br />

because <strong>of</strong> Him <strong>and</strong> in Him i believes, also, in a<br />

satisfaction through Him <strong>of</strong> outward wants,<br />

reaching up beyond this to <strong>the</strong> everlasting life. But<br />

all <strong>the</strong>se elements are yet in strange confusion.<br />

Those who know how difficult it is to lodge any<br />

new idea in <strong>the</strong> mind <strong>of</strong> uneducated rustics in our<br />

own l<strong>and</strong>, afber all our advantages <strong>of</strong> civilising<br />

contact <strong>and</strong> education, will underst<strong>and</strong>, how utterly<br />

at a loss this Samaritan countrywoman must have<br />

been to grasp <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>. But He taught,

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