The Disciple Of John: The Bible In The Bible

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The Disciple named John is the author of the New Testament book John. This is the disciple whom Jesus loved, and he was prominent in the early church. John knew the Jewish life style very well and knew the hostility between the Jews and the Samaritans. John has appeared to reflect on what an eyewitness would see during the events that took place while Jesus was on this earth. In John chapter 4 he tells the stories of “Jesus and a Samaritan Women” and “Jesus Heals on Officer’s Son”.
Back then Jesus used the parables as a message for the people. With the women at the well he had a message for her. Jesus’ message was not only to the Jews, but to the world (which included the Samaritans). The women was the first one to believe that Jesus was her Savior, and there would be many to come after that day. Jesus said to her, if you knew the “gift of God” and who I was you would ask for “living water” and would receive it. The “gift of God” is plainly a reference to God’s promise of the Messiah and can also be the “gift” of his coming to and to bring the truth, the “living water”. Which in the bible the phrase “living water” is the message of salvation within Christ. Then the women responded like Nicodemus did to the Lord. She did not immediately understand who Jesus was. She said what was obvious to her, Jesus had nothing to give her water in from the bottom of the well. She did not understand the meaning of this so called “living water”, and wanted to know what the difference was from the ordinary water that everyone was drinking. She simply asked Him if He thought he was greater than the man who dug the well and was able to give her a greater source of water. Jesus answered her question by saying “Those who drank from the water in the w...

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...elieve in him. He has all kinds of prof, physical prof too. So why is it so hard for one person to believe that God is the one to follow and the one to believe in? It’s because we as people are now making up all kinds of religions that will make others believe in and follow. But in the end we will see who is right and who is wrong. But God is hoping that all the people who he made ahead of time, will follow him.
So we believers the prophets for God should send out the true meaning of Salvation and how we all can receive it. And it is really simple, is just believing in the one true God. The one who created the whole earth in six days, and created man. And the one who created a women from a man, there is no other way to go, and it is put out in front of us all and yet somehow we still stray. God just wants everyone to believe in the truth and not some made up lie.

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