Неделя о Самаряныне

(Acts 11, 19–26, 29–30; John 4, 5–42) The fellow citizens of the Samaritan woman, after the Savior had stayed with them for two days, said to her: “We no longer believe because of your words, for we ourselves have heard and known that He is truly the Savior of the world, Christ” (John 4:42). And this happens to everyone. First, they are called to the Lord by an external word or, as with us now, by birth, and then, when they taste in action what there is life in the Lord, they no longer adhere to the Lord by external belonging to Christian society, but by their internal combination with Him. This is what all those born in Christian societies need to make a law for themselves, that is, not to limit themselves to just externally belonging to the Lord, but to take care to internally unite with Him, so that later they can constantly bear evidence within themselves that they stand in the truth. What is needed for this? We must embody the truth of Christ within ourselves. The truth of Christ is the restoration of the fallen. So, put off the old man, which is decaying in deceitful lusts, and put on the new man, created by God in righteousness and perfection of truth, and you will know within yourself that the Lord Jesus Christ is truly the Savior not only of the world, but also of you. You might be interested in: