Life’S Satisfying— The Need Of The Immoral
LIFE'S SATISFYING— THE NEED OF THE IMMORAL
In this booklet we shall consider the case of the Samaritan woman in John chapter four. This case is the second of nine cases. There is a great contrast between this case and that of Nicode mus in chapter three. Nicodemus was a moral, high-class man; the Samaritan woman was an im moral, low-class woman. The first case sets forth a man with superior attainments while the second sets forth a woman with dishonorable behavior. The man was a Jew whereas the woman was a Samaritan. The Jewish religion was very sound, proper, real, and genuine, but the Samaritan's religion was false and very decadent. It is also interesting to note that the Lord talked with the man at night, but that He talked with the woman at midday. In the nighttime the man came to the Lord; in the daytime the Lord came to the woman. The place where the Lord talked with the man was in a house or a building, but He talked with the woman in the open air.
In the case of Nicodemus the first need of man kind is covered. According to spiritual experience,