Leading Many Samaritans In The City

John 4:39


From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all the things that I have done."

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Samaritans were the outcasts from the Jewish people and thus they had
given up on worshiping the same God in Jerusalem. They had desires to
worship God the Father but the social barriers were too high for them to
climb over. They are the second citizens. Out of this setting many
Samaritans believe in God (their hearts were opened up) because of the
woman's testimony. And later in v. 42 the people's hearts were sealed
with God's love because they heard Jesus' message directly.

The woman's testimony was nothing more than "He told me all the things
I have done," which was all the "bad or "wrong" things she has done. Nothing
to boast about. But the fact that her story highlighted why she was able
to do that -- God freeing her from her past -- caught people's hearts. Likewise,
what my life exemplifies should be what God is allowing me to do, and not my
own accomplishments. And through it, I must encourage many "Samaritans" to
believe enough to come hear Jesus.