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John 4:9-10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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John 4:9-10. Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou being a Jew, asketh drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

See, then, the evil of spiritual ignorance, and see also how the chain of grace works, "If thou knewest . . , thou wouldest have seeked . . and he would have given." When God gives the knowledge of Christ to the soul, then there comes the spirit of prayer, and then consequent blessing.

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