Session 6 John 4:11-26
the woman’s response to Jesus when her sin was exposed.
16 “Go call your husband,” he told her, “and come back here.”
17 “I don’t have a husband,” she answered. “
You have correctly said, ‘I don’t have a husband,’” Jesus said.
18 “For you’ve had five husbands,
and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”19 “Sir,” the woman replied, “I see that you are a prophet.
20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say
that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”
review John 3:16-17
discuss the ways Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman exemplified
the truth of these verses.
Emphasize the difference between exposing sin and condemning sin.
highlight the Samaritan woman’s response and her attempt to redirect the conversation.
Write the following quote from Augustine’s Confessions on the board or on a large sheet of paper:
Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord,
and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in you.
Augustine was right that our hearts can only find true rest in Jesus.
But to find that rest, we need to see our sin for what it is
and confess it to Him.
Sometimes, we are as guilty as the Samaritan woman
when it comes to ignoring our sin
or trying to “change the subject”
when things get too uncomfortable for us.