Conservative Friends Bible Study of The Gospel of John #9

John 4:14-45Jesus teaches that our spiritual life requires inward baptism and transformation beyond outward forms of worship.Understanding scripture requires seeking the spiritual sense behind the physical languageJesus breaks social barriers by speaking with a Samaritan woman at Jacob's wellThe woman recognizes Jesus as a prophet when he reveals knowledge of her complicated pastTrue worship happens "in spirit and truth" rather than at specific physical locationsJesus plainly declares "I am he" when the woman mentions the coming MessiahThe Samaritan woman becomes an evangelist, bringing her village to meet JesusBelievers ultimately testify: "We have heard for ourselves and know this is truly the Savior"Jesus teaches that his spiritual food is doing God's willThe fields are already "ripe for harvesting" as people come to believeThe hour is coming and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.A complete list of our podcasts,  organized into topics, is available on our website.We will be publishing video interviews with Conservative Friends on YouTube.  See our YouTube channel.  The first interview is with Susan Smith. To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), please visit  ohioyearlymeeting.org. Those interested in exploring the distinctives of Conservative Friends waiting worship should consider checking out our many Zoom Online Worship opportunities during the week here. All are welcome! We also have several Zoom study groups.  Check out the Online Study and Discussion Groups on our website.   Advices read in these podcasts can be found on page 29 in our Book Of Discipline.We welcome feedback on this and any of our other podcast episodes.   Contact us through our website.