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THE LORD JESUS AS PROPHET
J. Renton
I desire, dear brethren, to say a short word about the Lord
Jesus as Prophet. We have the light of the Lord Jesus as
Prophet, Priest and King; we would hold tenaciously to that
truth; but the two persons in these chapters experienced the
Lord Jesus as Prophet; they spoke from experience, which is
deeper, fuller, and more important, than having light. It would
be good for every one of us to have experience of the Lord
Jesus as Prophet.
In chapter 4 we have a situation that we speak of as moral,
having to do with good and evil.
In the universe there is the problem of good and evil, which will
yet be solved. Good eventually will triumph and evil will be
confined to its own place. The problem of good and evil is
worked out in the universe, but it has to be worked out in the
soul history of every one of us. This is how the Prophet
appears in this beautiful incident at Sychar’s well. Sitting by
the well was the Lord Jesus and this woman came. He said to
her, “If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to
thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and
he would have given thee living water” (John 4: 10). He gained
her interest but had difficulty in gaining her confidence. No
matter what the Lord said, she had something to counteract it,
because to the woman He was a complete stranger. But
eventually the woman said, “Sir, give me this water”. Then,
“Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here”.
After setting before her so attractively the glad tidings of the
gift of living water He raised the moral question. “Go, call thy
husband, and come here”. “The woman answered and said, I
have not a husband”. Jesus said to her, “Thou hast well said, I