Jesus and Women

Jesus & Women Dieter Randolph In the midst of a culture where it was considered shocking for a man to speak publicly with a woman who was not a relative, Jesus acknowledged the pure Self of every soul. When the Canaanite woman – an outsider -- begged Jesus to heal her daughter, at first He seemed hesitant, but when she beseeched Him, He spoke the word for the daughter’s healing. I am willing to be healed because I am worthy. I am worthy to be healed because I am willing. Jesus’ Pharisee host was shocked when a woman of the city anointed Jesus’ feet at a banquet, but Jesus replied that she was forgiven because she loved so much. I am forgiven because I love. I love because I am forgiven. When Jesus asked a Samaritan woman – with whom Jews would ordinarily have had no dealings – to draw water from the well for Him, He told her about the living water of His Truth teachings. I seek Truth because Truth alone satisfies me. Truth satisfies me because I seek only Truth. When the scribes and Pharisees asked Him for a judgment about a woman caught in adultery, He said that the one among them who was without sin should cast the first stone. I do not condemn because only the Christ is innocent. Because the Christ is innocent, I am not condemned.