Waggoner on the Gospel of John - Ellet J. Waggoner

congregation to make it worthwhile, He would
speak to them on some very important truths, but to
this single individual He proceeded to make known
His work and character. She did not seem a very
hopeful subject, living in sin, her mind set on
temporal advantages, only seeking the water of life
if it would save her the trouble of coming to the
well to draw water, and so far as one could judge
from her trivial, irrelevant interruptions, entirely
unresponsive to the deep spiritual truths which
Jesus was unfolding to her. Yet this woman was
among the very few to whom Christ explicitly
stated that He was the Messiah. His words at last
reached her heart. Spiritual things prevailed; she
recognized in Christ the One whom she needed,
and now, leaving her water pot, she sought to bring
her neighbors and friends into contact with the
Saviour.
The woman of Samaria is representative of the
great majority to whom the word of the Lord
comes. Earthly things engross the mind to the
exclusion of the things which belong to our peace.
The Lord is anxious to reveal Himself to us, but
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