Why was Jesus’ declaration of his divine nature to Nalda significant, and how did it impact her understanding and actions?
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Q. Why was Jesus’ declaration of his divine nature to Nalda significant, and how did it impact her understanding and actions?
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- By Monica Kemp2. His reply of "I who speak to you am he" was important as the Revelators explain to us why...(1614.2)This was the first direct, positive, and undisguised pronouncement of his divine nature and sonship which Jesus had made on earth; and it was made to a woman, a Samaritan woman, and a woman of questionable character in the eyes of men up to this moment, but a woman whom the divine eye beheld as having been sinned against more than as sinning of her own desire and as now being a human soul who desired salvation, desired it sincerely and wholeheartedly, and that was enough.So we see that this is his FIRST statement declaring his Godliness and was made to a woman, who was not well-regarded by many...Gosh, such a great question! Impact on her understanding? I would say that as he spoke to her and knew all about her life, because he is Jesus! although he did not actually state it, she felt he had gone into her mind to reveal much of her "wifely" past...and ran off to tell whoever she could about this man of God!I like to think she "changed her ways" after that meeting...in fact! The first sentence in the the next section tells us how it impacted her actions!143:6.1 (1615.2)On the evening that Nalda drew the crowd out from Sychar to see Jesus, the twelve had just returned with food, and they besought Jesus to eat with them instead of talking to the people, for they had been without food all day and were hungry. But Jesus knew that darkness would soon be upon them; so he persisted in his determination to talk to the people before he sent them away.
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Women's Corps SFN Monica Kemp - 150:1.1 Of all the daring things which Jesus did in connection with his earth career, the most amazing was his sudden announcement on the evening of January 16: "On the morrow we will set apart ten women for the ministering work of the kingdom."