1.―Hearing

“She heard of Jesus.” Tidings of this blessed Saviour reached her, and I tell you now of Jesus,―tell you He is the Saviour’s friend, and He has come down from the heights of glory, that He might unfold the wonderful news of the deep and eternal interest of God in man; that He is so holy, that sin must be judged, but so loving, that He gave His only begotten Son to bear the judgment of sin in His own blessed person, and to save you from its consequences.
This woman “heard of Jesus,” heard of His love. And have you not heard of Jesus? heard that He “came into the world to save sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15)? heard that “as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment; so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many” (Heb. 9:27-28)? heard that “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8)? These are the tidings, that the Son of God has come down into this world, and died for the sinner; that the guiltless One has suffered for the guilty, the Just for the unjust; that He has paid down on the treasury bench of eternal justice the price of your redemption, and all you have to do is to come to Him.