• Hans The Tailor

  Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2009 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  John 4:1-29

  Tags:  Evangelism The Lost

HANS THE TAILOR

Consider the story of Hans the tailor. Because of his reputation, an influential entrepreneur visiting the city ordered a tailor-made suit. But when he came to pick up his suit, the customer found that one sleeve twisted that way and the other this way; one shoulder bulged out and the caved in. He pulled and managed to make his body fit. As he returned home on the bus, another passenger noticed his odd appearance and asked if Hans the tailor had made the suit. Receiving an affirmative reply, the man remarked, "Amazing! I knew that Hans was a good tailor, but I had no idea he could make a suit fit so perfectly for someone as deformed as you." (Richard J. Foster.)

In this portion of Scripture, Jesus deals with a deformed, depraved and dehydrated life; the Woman at the Well.

(From a sermon by Nathan Johnson, A Deeper Well, 10/23/2009)