Separating Historical Fact from Interpretive Tradition   When preachers and Bible teachers discuss the story of the woman at the well in John 4, a familiar claim often emerges: "In the first century, Jews hated the Samaritans so much that they would cross the Jordan River and travel down the eastern side (Perea) just to avoid setting foot in Samaria."   This interpretation has become so widespread and repeated with such authority that it has achieved the status of accepted hi

Romans 8:9 “But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.”   This statement is universal. The phrase “if anyone” includes all people without exception. Therefore, no one belongs to Christ without possessing the Spirit of Christ.   Who Is the Spirit of Christ?   To understand this phrase, we compare Scripture with Scripture. In 1 Peter 1:11 , Peter spoke of “the Spirit of Christ” who was in the prophets, revealing beforehand the sufferings of Chr

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