Going Deeper for Life Change
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude ~ Colossians. 2.6.7
Lesson From The Harvest Field
1. From our study, what can you discern that were the lessons that Jesus’
disciples learned about their Master, about themselves, the Samaritans,
and about their mission - as a result of Jesus’ divine appointment with
the Samaritan woman?
2. Many practical lessons on personal evangelism are present in this text.
Write down what these are.
3. Some applications that our lesson draw out for us to prayerfully
consider are:

Am I concerned enough about the need of those around me -
even strangers that I come in contact with, in regard to their
need for the gospel?

Do I consider some people to be outcasts , people that make me
uncomfortable, or undeserving of the gospel that I will not
proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ to them?

Am I doing something about the fact that there are ‘fields, that
they are white for harvest’ (v.35) all around me and in all parts
of our world?

Am I willing to make myself faithful to the Great Commission
as a sower or reaper?
Sorrow is our Sowing, Rejoicing is our Reaping
by Noah Ressler
Perhaps one of the greatest judgments on The Body of Christ is its neglect
of hearty evangelism – evangelism that works just as hard at sowing the
Gospel as it is at wanting to reap the fruit of the Gospel. Envy strikes at the
heart of many of God’s people as one church races to out-do another for
souls. It is always tempting to our human understanding to want to see
results of our efforts, but salvation is in the hand of the Lord to grant it.
The sower and reaper may be one and the same person, but many times,
reaping is the result of the hard toil of someone who faithfully testifies of
Jesus Christ before an unbelieving and wicked world. The psalmist in
126:5-6 states, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth
and weepeth bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.” Sorrow is our sowing, rejoicing shall be our
reaping. We must sow: we may have to sow in the wet weather of sorrow;
but we shall reap, and reap in the bright summer season of joy. Here we
have one of the Lord’s “shalls and wills”; it is freely given to workers,
servants, and weepers, and they may rest assured that it will not fail.
Charles Spurgeon says, “When a man’s heart is so stirred that he weeps
over the sins of others, he is elect to usefulness. Winners of souls are first
weepers for souls. As there is no birth without travail, so is there no
spiritual harvest without painful tillage. When our own hearts are broken
with grief at man’s transgression we shall break other men’s hearts: tears
of earnestness beget tears of repentance: “deep calleth unto deep.’”
Suggested Reading
Metzger begins with an examination of the content of the
gospel message, emphasizing God’s holiness and sovereignty as
well as His love. Then he considers how the gospel engages the
mind, moves the emotions, and challenges the will. He then
concludes with practical suggestions for communicating the
message of salvation.