Lesson 9
JESUS, THE SPRING OF LIVING WATER
John 4:1-26(27-30)
Key Verse
1. Where did this event take place? (5) How did Jesus come to this place? (1-5) What was Jesus' physical condition at that time? (6,8)
2. Who came to the well? (7a) What was unusual about a lonely woman coming to draw water in the heat of the day? What kind of woman was she? (17,18) How did Jesus begin a conversation with her? (7b) What can you learn from Jesus here?
3. What was the woman's first response? (9) What were the barriers between Jesus and this woman? What gift did he offer to give her? (10) cf. Ro 6:23b
4. What puzzled the woman about Jesus' offer? (11) With whom did she compare Jesus? (12) How is the water Jesus gives different from the water drawn from Jacob's well? (13,14) What is this living water? (Jn -39)
5. When Jesus talked about the living water, what request did she make? (15) How did her attitude toward Jesus gradually change? (9,12,15) At this time what did Jesus command her to do? (16) Why had he brought up such a painful subject? (1Jn )
6. How did she respond and how did Jesus receive her answer? (17,18) What did the woman recognize about Jesus? (19) What did she ask him? (20) Why? What did Jesus teach her about true worship: a time, the object of worship, attitude? (21-24)
7. For whom was she waiting for? (25) Why? How did Jesus reveal himself to her? (26) Why were the disciples surprised, and what did she do? (27,28) What was her testimony? (29,30) What shows her changed life?