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NASB | Matthew 12:33 ¶ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:33 ¶ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is recognized and judged by its fruit. |
Subject: Good and Bad Fruit Out of Context? |
Bible Note: tumbleweed An example of an expository Bible Study. John 4:3-26, 39-42 History – the Samaritans were a people of mixed race; Jews and Assyrians. There was a war between them according to the Jewish historian Josephus. About 100 years before Jesus showed up in Samaria, a caravan of Jews were passing from Israel in the North and were going to Judea in the South and instead of going around Samaria, which was in the middle, they passed through Samaria. The Jews were attacked and killed, and because of that the Jews and Samaria had a short war. Samarians also worshipped the God of Israel and had the Torah, but they did not worship at Jerusalem in the temple, but up on a mountain. Therefore it was odd that Jesus would choose to go to Samaria as Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Grammar – John 3:7, 14, 30, 4:24, the Greek word “Edei” – you must, so must, John 4:4 He must needs go to Samaria – a divine imperative of a God ordained event – God ordained that Jesus would go to meet the Samaritan woman. Water is a dominant theme in John – water is symbolic of the Holy Spirit, of spiritual cleansing, and of eternal life – John 3:5, 4:10, 13. Literary – John 4:7-9 – give Me a drink – an unusual request for a Jew to make of a Samaritan. John 4:10 – Jesus speaks of His deity and a spiritual thing, and notes that the Samaritan woman does not recognize who he is. John 4:11, 12 She mistakes Jesus reference to living water as a spiritual thing and goes back to her cultural concern stating that Jesus is not greater than the father of Samaritans, Jacob. John 4:16-18 Jesus tells the woman He has a water that springs up to eternal life, the woman asks for this water. Jesus tells her all her personal sin business, and she calls Him a prophet, still not understanding who He is. John 4:19-24 She makes the point again that Jews worship differently than Samaritans. Jesus explains that soon no one will worship the way either group did, but that the Jews worshipped the right way in the right place and the Samaritans did not. He goes on to explain that God desires those who will worship in Spirit and truth. John 4:25-26 The woman says she knows Messiah is coming, Jesus, having wooed the woman to Him by asking for a drink and drawing her into a conversation about who He is, says to her I am He. John 4:39-42 The woman testified to the Samaritans and many believed, and they came to hear Jesus and even more believed. They told the woman that they no longer believed because she testified, but because of the words of Jesus they believed He was the Savior of the world. To Be Continued bowler |