Pastor Al Barth preached from John 4:1-30 about Jesus’ encounter one hot day with a foreign woman who had a checkered past. As it turns out, we have much in common with that woman and the same need for what Jesus had to offer her.
Jesus told his disciples how to handle not only adversity, but also prosperity, both of which require faith in God.
In answer to Habakkuk’s complaint about God using the wicked to accomplish his purpose, God declared that the righteous will live by faith.
The rejection of Jesus by many Israelites is God‘s plan for the salvation of the nations, and even of Israel itself.