If there is one thing to learn from Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well, it was that Jesus did not care about public perception. If the culture said one thing, Jesus did not follow that. His primary and even only concern was is it in God's will. If it is in God's will then Jesus did that. If it was not in God's will, Jesus would not go along with it.
In John 4:7, Jesus is at a well with a Samaritan woman and tell her to give him a drink. She was surprised by this because Jews thought Samaritans were cursed and did not deal with them. Jesus is breaking so many man made rules here by speaking with a woman in public as he is a Rabbi. A rabbi would not even speak to his own wife in public. He also, as seen in verse 18, was speaking with a woman known to have numerous husbands. She had sex with 5 other men in addition to the one she was living with at that time that was not her husband. Jesus knew this and spoke with her anyway. Jesus knew that their nationalities did not mix, but he was far more concerned with sharing living water with her.
In breaking cultural man made barriers Jesus was able to share living water (John 4:10-15) which is the Spirit of God. Have you ever been on fire for God? In other words there is a passion that cannot be extinguished fueled by the Holy Spirit to serve God. What that passion is aflame you don't need anything else. That desire to serve God overwhelms your whole being. There is no other need that surfaces. With water that you drink, you will need another drink again. But living water fulfills forever. When we look past the skin we have more opportunities to give the living water of the Father.
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