SAMARIA SYNDROME

1. JESUS CHRIST ministering to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well in Samaria is vintage one-on-one evangelism. The common denominator was water, “There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink” [John 4:7] The one thing we all have in common and hold dear above or else is”LIFE” represented by water. While the woman argued about which denomination was better, Jews or Samaritan, JESUS slipped in the matter of SIN and made Himself known, “For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. … The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he” [John 4:18,25-26] The woman believed and immediately went into the city, bearing witness of CHRIST and the people, hearing her testimony believed and came to JESUS, “And many more believed because of his own word; And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world” [John 4:41-42]

2. JESUS CHRIST was the foundation of the Church in Samaria yet the people faltered and fell into the hands of a charlatan; the SAMARIA SYNDROME, “… there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used SORCERY, and BEWITCHED THE PEOPLE of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God” [Acts 8:9-10] To “BEWITCH” is to manipulate through misrepresentation of the TRUTH. In this case Simon enchanted the people with spells, pretending to be a servant of God. In Galatia, Judaizers corrupted the Church misrepresenting obsolete rituals as PresentTruth, “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” [Galatians 3:1,3] SAMARIA SYNDROME is inevitable predicament of every generation that refuses to WATCH and PRAY. Therefore, it is written: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world” [1 Peter 5:8-9]

3. We may never know how long from encounter at Jacob’s Well, John 4:5-42 to emergence of Simon the Sorcerer in Acts 8:5-25. However, one thing is clear, it is almost 2,000 years since JESUS ascended to make ready the MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB and SAMARITAN SYNDROME has well set in, as foretold, “While the bridegroom tarried, they ALL SLUMBERED and slept” [Matthew 25:5] This Church is pressed beyond measure by Sorcerers masquerading as Ministers of the GOSPEL, casting spells on multitudes and working spirits of divination for filthy lucre. When they do make mention of JESUS, it is as a bait in the manner of the damsel at Philippi, “… possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation” [Acts men16:16-17] Perhaps, more ruinous to the flocks are the brood of vipers who mishandle the TRUTH, peddling material possessions as proof of godliness, “… men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS: from such withdraw thyself” [1 Timothy 6:5] One oppresses with Sorcery only to present themselves as “great power of God “. The other promises heaven on earth and themselves as portals to “prosperity”.

4. SAMARIA SYNDROME is better known as popular face of Christianity, shiny Cathedrals bursting at the seams with men and riches, which in reality are cesspools of grieving souls, “… which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness” [Matthew 23:27] God’s ears are filled with cry of the afflicted and as in Samaria is set to deliver His own out from the nest of vipers, “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” [Revelation 18:4] This is the ultimate Exodus, we are crossing the clouds to meet JESUS in the AIR but first, we shall be refreshed, strenghened and made ready by the LATTER RAIN. God surely has reserved the best for the end, the GREAT REVIVAL, an unprecedented outpouring of the Holy Ghost. The earth indeed is shaken as God’s end-time army is mustered at the sound of the MIDNIGHT CRY,  “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM” [Matthew 25:6] Beloved, we are going away in blaze of glory, this is translation season, time to pray earnestly for the LATTER RAIN, “Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field” [Zechariah 10:1]

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