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“Divine Appointments”John 4:1-14

5/29/11

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JUDEA

SYCHAR

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1. Geographically2. Divinely

1. The same wording is used elsewhere in the New Testament: Matt.16:21; Luke 2:49; 4:43; John 3:7, 14, 30; 9:4; 10:16; 12:34; 20:9; in all of these examples, it is translated as "must" in the ESV

Jesus Had to Go…

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• The people of Samaria are called Samaritans• Samaritans were considered "half-breeds;" they were in

between the Jews and Gentiles in status• 2 Kings 17:24-31 tells us how the King of Assyria brought

foreign people to settle in the land (722 BC). • There was intermarriage between those foreigners and

some of the Jewish people who remained.• Only used the Pentateuch (first 5 books of OT), not the

prophets and writings that were available in Jesus' day.• Had their own place of worship (Mt. Gerizim).

Samaria

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We can live for His glory so that we don't have to

live for our own.