Water for Everyone

Tuesday, October 20, 2015
John 4:3-14 KJV 

3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria. 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey, sat thus on the well: [and] it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Where did Jesus go after leaving Judea and what did He do when He grew weary? (v.3-6)
2) Who did Jesus meet at the well and what did He ask that person? Why? (v.7-8)
3) How did the woman respond to Jesus? (v.9)
4) What was Jesus' response to her? (v.10)
5) What did the woman ask Jesus about the living water and about Himself? (v.11-12)
6) How did Jesus respond to her questions? (v.13-14)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) How do you quench your "thirst" for righteousness? 

LIFE LESSONS
8) The Lord has placed a longing in every human being to be good and to do good deeds.
9) Our desire to live righteously can only be filled in a relationship with Father God, through His Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit.

10) Our thirst to be "righteous" is continually filled as we "drink" the "living water" of God's word, which is Spirit and Life.