SPEAKER Pastor Sam Shin (Bethel Presbyterian Church)
An Invitation… John 4-8

- People are very different from God – you can do 100 great things for someone, and yet they will focus all their attention on that one bad thing you did against them. With God, you could do an infinite amount of bad things, yet one good thing is enough to create celebration with God and his angels in heaven!
- With that in mind, there will be three stories of Jesus that will be discussed today.

John 4: Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
- Unlike what it says in the bible, Jesus did not have to pass through Samaria, because Jews were not supposed to speak and talk with Gentiles, especially those in Samaria.
- However, Jesus had an appointment with someone there.
- A lot of women went to the well to get water, but many of them excluded this one Samaritan woman who was believed to be an adulterer.
- Unlike those women, Jesus talked with the woman who went to the well alone, and she realized that he was the Messiah.
- The woman then shared the gospel to everyone she knew, even those that excluded her.
- There is something about Jesus that includes everyone into his relationship.

John 5: Jesus and the Invalid
- The pool at Bestheda was considered to provide healing to the first invalids who went into the pool whenever it was stirred by angels.
- An invalid who waited by the pool for over 38 years had an encounter with Jesus, who asked him “Do you want to get well?”
- The man declared that he had nobody to help him get into the pool, and Jesus poured his grace and love upon the man by healing him up.
- May nobody accuse you for not helping those that need help. Many Christians have been accused of being hostile because instead of caring, hugging and loving, we are going around picketing Christian beliefs that do not pertain largely with our salvation.

John 8: Jesus and the Adulterous Woman
- While Jesus was teaching people who were captivated by his every word, the teachers of the law and Pharisees brought an adulterous woman to his attention.
- They wanted to stone her for her actions, however Jesus said “If anyone of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw the stone at her.”
- The only man that could have thrown the stone was Jesus, and he did not throw it, but instead let her go.
- What would we do if we encountered a similar situation? What do we do with those that are homosexual?
- Jesus would tell them that he loves them, but that he hopes they will sin no more. Jesus teaches us to genuinely love others.

Invitation to be like Christ.
1) Invitation to teach others as Christ treats us.
2) Invitation to forgive as Christ forgives us.
3) Invitation to love ans christ loves us.