Jesus calls His followers.

Two of John’s disciples left John to follow Jesus. One of them is named, Andrew, the other isn’t named, but many think it may have been the disciple John. Jesus really didn’t call them, they followed Him.

“The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him…”
Can you imagine being the one to evangelize Peter!!!

Jesus first recorded miracle was to turn water into wine. When Mary tells Jesus there is no more wine, it is clear she was expecting Jesus to take care of it. Because of the way Jesus responded to His mother, it is evident that He understood that she wanted something more of Him than just go buy some wine. She was expecting a miracle. Could have He already performed supernatural things at home that Mary had seen?

The master of the banquet says the bridegroom has saved the best for last. Why do we sometimes wait until everything else runs out to try God?

Jesus performed miraculous signs so that others would believe. The disciples at that point put their faith in Him.

Did Jesus baptize? Did He baptize with water?

When Jesus and the disciples left Judea and went back toward Galilee, did Jesus call Judas before they left? We know that Judas was from the villages of Cariot located about 23 miles south of Jerusalem in the Judea countryside.

The Samaritans were known by the Jews as half breeds and not true Israelites. Jews avoided traveling through Samaria. Jacob’s well was on property originally owned by Jacob. Wells were usually located along the main road outside the city. Women would come twice a day to draw water, in the cool of the morning and in the cool of the evening. This woman came in the heat of the day at noon, probably to avoid being seen by the other women. No respectable Jewish man would have spoken to her for several reasons: she was a Samaritan, she was living in sin, she was in a public place. Yet Jesus not only talks to her. He gives her the promise of “living water”. 

What is this “living water”?

Just as we should not deprive our bodies of food and water, we should not deprive ourselves of spiritual food and water, God’s Word. We receive spiritual nourishment from fellowship with Jesus, doing God’s will and telling others. Our food should be like that of Jesus to do the will of God. If Jesus received spiritual nourishment from doing God’s will, then shouldn’t we?

Many of the Samaritans believed in Jesus because of the Samaritan woman’s testimony. How many people will believe because of our testimony?