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conversation. The great truth that He was the Messiah He reveals to this ignorant and sinful woman just as He had already revealed to her the great truth about God and the true method of worshipping Him. Many preachers and teachers of the Gospel today think they must withhold the greater truths from the ignorant and sinful; they would do well to learn from .the example of our Lord Himself. Ignorant as she was and sinful as she was, she was longing for the Messiah, and immediately she became an effective missionary, leading a whole city to Christ (vs. 28-42). OUTLINE Is thirst a symbol of the need of the soul ? Isa. 44:3. Is water a symbol of life ? Ezek. 47:9. Are the life-giving Word and the life- giving Water, one? John 6:63, Is Jesus the water of life> for thirsty souls? 1 Cor. 10:4; John 7:37*-39. Does living water satisfy? Isa. 49:10. What is the gift of God? Rom. 6:23. What does Paul call this gift? 2 Cor. 9:15. What good gift will the Lord give to all who desire it? Luke 11:13. What evidence is there that the woman drank of the water of life? vs. 28, 29; Rom. 1:16. What Scripture promise was fulfilled to If the chief end of man is to glorify God, What is the first essential for the man? John 17:3. What is the object of worship? Psa. 96:9. What is the ground of worship? Eph. 2:13. By whom have we access to God in wor ship? John 14:6. Does God reject will worship? Gen. 4:5. Who represents a true worshipper? Luke 18:13, 14 ( “mercy-seated” to me, a sinner). Where does the Lord receive worship? 1 Tim. 2:8. this woman ? Psa. 107:9. ( 3 ) W orship, vs. 24-26.
either the Authorized or Revised Version. When the woman had said, “I know that the Messiah cometh: He that is called Christ: when He is come, He will declare unto us all things,” Jesus immediately said, without any preliminaries, “I am He.” Then He added, to make it emphatic,, “The One talking to thee.” The word which we have translated “talking” is very frequently translated “speak” or “speaking” as it is here rendered in both the Authorized and Revised Versions, but it is the word that suggests the thought commonly expressed in English by “talking,” free and familiar LESSON ( 1 ) W ea ry S av io u r a n d W om an, vs. 5-9. Why must He needs go through Samaria? Luke 2 :49. Who were the Samaritans ? 2 Kings 17:5, 6 , 24. What historic events are associated with Sychar? (Schechem of the Old Testa ment.) Were the Samaritans instructed in the knowledge of the true God? 2 Kings 18:26; Isa. 8 : 8 . Had the Samaritans known that Jesus was returning from the feast, would they have received Him? Luke 9:51-53. Did Jesus count them as Gentiles? Matt. 10:5. Was the Lord Jesus subject to physical weariness? v. 6 ; Matt. 82: What was the time at which the women went to the well to get water? Gen. 24:11. What has always been the attitude to ward a fallen woman ? Luke 7 :37, 39. Did Jesus time His journey in order to meet the woman? Luke 19:10; Luke 19:5. How should we feel toward lost men and women ? Matt. 9 :36-39. Should we ever be too tired to do this work? Neh. 8:10. (2 ) Water o f L ife , va. 10-14. Could Jesus have obtained a drink with out the woman’s help ? Ex. 17:6. Is there a lesson here on the natural approach to a soul? 1 Kings 17:10-14.
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