THE DISCIPLES REJOIN JESUS

John 4:27-38

27 Just then His disciples returned

And were surprised to find Him talking with a woman.

But no one asked, 'What do you want?' or

'Why are you talking with her?'

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 CHRIST?'

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 Do you not say, ’Four months more and then the harvest’?

I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields!

They are ripe for harvest.

36 Even now the reaper draws his wages,

Even now he harvests the 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.'

(John 4:27-38)

COULD THIS BE THE CHRIST?'

Yes, this was and is the Christ

That the most of the World Ignores today.

All but those whose names are written

In the Lamb's Book of LIFE.

Christ Jesus had Food that the disciples knew nothing about,

And today those who Know Him,

Have Food that the Unbelieving know nothing about;

Even the Word of God and the Indwelling Holy Spirit.

For those who Know Christ Jesus,

Their Food is to do the Will of Him Who saved them,

And to Finish that work until God calls them Home.

Like the disciples of Christ Jesus,

We Reap what others have worked hard for;

We Reap the benefits of their Labor.