The Gospel of John 4:36-38 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.” (John 4:36-38 KJV)

In these passages, the Lord Jesus, committed to finish His mission with urgency, is teaching His disciples that people should be diligent to gather the lost souls for salvation unto eternal life. He used the analogy of reaping. The reapers are rewarded along with the sowers. They both shall rejoice their rewards in eternity. The joy of God's harvest is when the wayward is found, the sinner turns away from sin, comes to Christ Jesus and believes.

The Lord also reminds His disciples and all who are redeemed and are born again by His grace through faith that we are all sent to reap the harvest fields that we didn't labor to sow. The disciples didn't work on the Samaritans to bring them to expect of the Messiah. When He said, "lift up your eyes, and see that fields are white for harvest" (John 4:35), He is stirring them and us that the right time to bring people into God's kingdom is now.

In their setting at the well, the Lord and the disciples were at the right place and time to gather and bring the Samaritans for the harvest of salvation. And, to us now in this real-time generation we are in, Apostle Paul reminds us in his exhortation to the believers in Corinth, as it is written: “For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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