The Gospel Project� for Adults

POINT 1 THE SON GIVES LIVING WATER (JOHN 4:7-14).

7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. “Give me a drink,�
�� Jesus said to her, 8 because his disciples had gone into town
to buy food. 9 “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink
from me, a Samaritan woman?” she asked him.
For Jews do not associate with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered,
“If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you,
‘Give me a drink,’ you would ask him, and he would
give you living water.” 11 “Sir,” said the woman,
“you don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep.
So where do you get this ‘living water’?
12 You aren’t greater than our father Jacob, are you?
He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons
and livestock.” 13 Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks
from this water will get thirsty again. 14 But whoever drinks
from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again.
In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water
springing up in him for eternal life.”

Explain:

Point out the town of Sychar in Samaria on Pack Item 2: Jesus’s
Early Years Map as the location for the events addressed
in this session;

Verses 7-12 (the bold words fill in blanks

Jesus spoke to a Samaritan woman
about the physical need for water
to explain how, through Him,
our spiritual need for eternal life is fulfilled.

Discuss:

• With what types of people might we find it difficult to share
  the good news of Jesus?
• (the homeless;
• gang members;
• prisoners;
• Muslims;
• the neighbor who puts trash in his yard;
  the employer who yells or takes credit for your work)

Explain:

Verses 13-14 (the bold words fill in blanks in the DDG):

Jesus is greater than Jacob because His gift is greater—one sip
from the water that Jesus offers is enough to never thirst again.

Transition:

Jesus revealed to the Samaritan woman that she was looking
for the fulfillment of her desires in all the wrong places.
Her thirst for satisfaction would not be quenched
by chasing after the desires of her flesh but only in the “living
water” that Jesus has to offer. This “living water”
brings eternal life and satisfaction in God alone. Next,
Jesus taught her what the true worship of God entails.

SAMARITAN

Samaritans were looked down on by Jews because they
only believed in the authority of the Pentateuch, the first five
books of Scripture from Moses. They worshiped God
on Mount Gerizim in Shechem because that was
where the patriarchs worshiped. Their hope in a prophet/Messiah
was derived solely from Deuteronomy 18:18,
where God promised to raise up a prophet like Moses.
Jews and Samaritans were generally hostile toward each other.�
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VOICES FROM THE CHURCH

“Because Jesus treated this stigmatized woman as
someone worth talking to, she became a witness to Jesus,
and all of Sychar was brought to him.” 2

– Samuel Ngewa