meeting the christ at the well

MeetingChrist

at theWell

John 4:1-42约翰福音 4:1-42, 新约圣经 p. 166-168

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these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ

John 20:31约翰福音 20:31, 新约圣经 p. 205

而记载这些事的目的是为了使你们相信耶稣就是基督

these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ

John 20:31约翰福音 20:31, 新约圣经 p. 205

而记载这些事的目的是为了使你们相信耶稣就是基督

None so blind as those that will not see.

— Matthew Henry

Give mea drink.

“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to

you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to

you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”Gift of God

“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to

you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”Gift of God

What blinded her to seeing the Christ?

Thinking only physically.

Are yougreater thanour father

Jacob?Gift of God

Are yougreater thanour father

Jacob?Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

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Are yougreater thanour father

Jacob?Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

What blinded her to seeing the Christ?

Thinking only of the past.

Go, call your husband, and come here.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Go, call your husband, and come here.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

I have no husband.

Go, call your husband, and come here.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

I have no husband.

You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband.

What you have said is true.

What blinded her to seeing the Christ?

Sinfulness.

What blinded her to seeing the Christ?

Sinfulness.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

Prophet

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

Prophet

Our fathersworshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem

is the place where people ought to worship.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Prophet

Woman, believe me, the hour is

coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will

you worship the Father.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Prophet

You worshipwhat you do not know; we worship what we know, for

salvation is fromthe Jews.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Prophet

But the houris coming, and is now here, when

the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to

worship him.

What blinded her to seeing the Christ?

Thinking about traditions.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Prophet

I know thatMessiah is coming

(he who is called Christ).When he comes, he will tell

us all things.

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Prophet

I know thatMessiah is coming

(he who is called Christ).When he comes, he will tell

us all things.

Messiah, Christ

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Prophet

I know thatMessiah is coming

(he who is called Christ).When he comes, he will tell

us all things.

Messiah, Christ

I who speak to you am he.

Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did.

Can this be the Christ?

Gift of God

Greater than Jacob

Prophet

Messiah, Christ

Savior of the world

Will today be the day you decide

to go toheaven?

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Stories of the Christ

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Meeting the Christ at the WellJohn 4:1-42

Compiled and Presented by:Dave Stewart2014 June 1

www.churchofchristmiranda.com

Synopsis: The woman of Samaria meets a stranger at the well. Their conversation reveals to her that this man is the Christ but also reveals why many of us are blinded to recognizing him.

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

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