Section 8
go through that region. The Lord knew that at noontime an immoral woman would be at the well.
THE SAVIOR CAME TO THE SINNER'S TRADITIONAL
RELIGIOUS INHERITANCE—
JACOB'S WELL
Let us read verses 5 and 6: "So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph; and Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied from the journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour." Tell me, who was the first to come to Jacob's well, the sinner or the Savior? How mar velous it is that the Savior came there first! When I read this chapter in earlier years, I became very excited with many of the points. Later, in my gos pel preaching, I gave a long message about the Samaritan woman, including all the details. At that time I saw that the Lord Jesus had to go to the well ahead of that fallen, immoral Samaritan woman. He went to the well and waited for her.
The Lord was sovereign and wise. Before the woman came, He found a good excuse to send all of His disciples away. If any of the disciples had been there, it would not have been so good.