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b. Jesus’ nourishment: “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work,” 4.31-34.

c. The analogy of harvest, 4.35-38: the human lost as white fields, ready for the harvest, 4.34-35; and the apostles (and all soul winners) as sowers and reapers, 4.36-38

3. The harvest of the Samaritans, 4.39-45

a. The power of the Samaritan woman’s testimony, 4.39

b. Jesus’ presence in Samaria and the power of his own testimony, 4.40-42

(1) This would be like a White Southerner living among Blacks in segregated 1950’s, or apartheid South Africans living in ghettos in Soweto. (2) An example of demonstrating true revolutionary kingdom lifestyle: people take precedence over background, social custom, public opinion, or cultural taboos.

4. Jesus’ departure into Galilee and the welcome of the Galileans, 4.43-45

II. Jesus Heals an Official’s Son, John 4.46-54

A. The official of Capernaum and his son’s illness, 4.46-50

1. Jesus’ return to Cana in Galilee (where he turned water into wine), and the Capernaum official’s sick child, 4.46