Why should we want to invite someone to church? Let’s
look at John 4:28-41, and what happened after Jesus’ encounter with the
Samaritan woman at the well.
28 Then,
leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the
people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever
did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the
town and made their way toward him. 31 Meanwhile his
disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”32 But he said to
them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 Then
his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”
34 “My
food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to
finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still
four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields!
They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps
draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the
reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows
and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you
have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the
benefits of their labor.”39 Many of the Samaritans from that
town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I
ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they
urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And
because of his words many more became believers.
You
see people who meet Jesus are so moved by him that they want to introduce Him
to those they care about. The woman in story cared about the other people in
her town.
Do you
care about those in your community?
Always
share Jesus with those around you. Amen?
