45 Days To Read The Gospel Challenge – Gospel of John Chapter Four: Jesus Christ is a God of all Nations – Regardless of Race John 4:23
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Overview of The Gospel of John:
The Gospel of John is written by one of Jesus Christ’s disciples, John, the son of Zebedee. This Gospel is 21 Chapters long. John is described as the “Disciple of Whom Jesus loved”. It has been determined by biblical scholars that John wrote The Gospel of John (also known as “According to John”).
It was written around A.D. 80-90, about 50 years after he witnesses Jesus’ earthly ministry under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and as an eyewitness in composing the gospel. He is not John the Baptist. However, in this book, John the Baptist is discussed.
The Gospel of John explains who Jesus Christ is before creation. It establishes his deity as Creator of the World, The Father (I AM), and is the long-awaited Messiah, the Son of God in the flesh. Its purpose is to explain that even though Jesus is the Creator and God (I AM), believers are to understand that Jesus is the Son of God that came in the flesh and yet while we were sinners, died for our sins and rose again to become Savior of the World-reconnecting us to God. That is why we pray to the father in Jesus Christ’s name.
Defeating death and sin by the shedding of his blood and life, Jesus gives the gift of everlasting life with repentance. That by believing you may have life in his name (20:31) John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God is omnipresent meaning he can be in more than one place at the same time. He can be on earth (flesh) and in heaven (spirit) at the same time.
Revelation 19:6 “And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thundering, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.”
Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son, is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
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45 Days To Read The Gospel Challenge – Gospel of John Chapter Four: Jesus Christ is a God of all Nations – Regardless of Race John 4:23
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Overview of Chapter Four
In the Fourth Chapter in the Gospel of John, Jesus demonstrates his predestine character, he talks to a race of people that Jews did not speak to. He explains believers should worship the father and that God looks for these types of believers. Jesus heals the sick to show his power and glory. Jesus was at a well and did not bring anything to draw water with. He asked a Samaria woman at the well to give him water to drink. He told her about her relationships without her telling him. She had five husbands in her past and her present man was not her husband. She belonged to a race of people that the Jews did not mingle with. He told her if she had asked he would have given her living water. He was offering her the holy spirit and salvation.
Therefore, if you ask, salvation is yours. This passage supports the fact that Jesus did not discriminate by race in offering salvation. Jesus is a God of all nations. He offers salvation to everyone that believes in him, to the ones that pray in his name. Jesus judges us all without bias and prejudice because he made us all. He explains the type of worshipper the Father seeks. Jesus heals a nobleman’s son to show the glory of God and to gain believers so they may tell others.
45 Days To Read The Gospel Challenge – Gospel of John Chapter Four: Jesus Christ is a God of all Nations – Regardless of Race John 4:23
Time: 45 minutes to complete lesson: 30 minutes to read the entire post and take the interactive quiz, additional 15 minutes to read the bible chapter.
Objectives Chapter Four (What you will learn)
Objective 1. Racism existed among Jews and Samaritans when Jesus walked the earth.
Objective 2. Learn the definition of the term “Living Waters.”
Objective 3. Jesus Christ’s salvation is for all nations and all people.
Objective 4. How to worship the Father (God)
Outline for Chapter Four:
1. Jesus converses with a woman of Samaria, and his disciples marvel.
2. Many of the Samaritans believe in him.
3. Jesus explains how to worship the Father.
4. Jesus departs into Galilee and heals a nobleman’s sick son at Capernaum.
Reflection (Something to think about)
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Chapter Highlights of Gospel of John – Chapter Four (KJV)
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Highlights of Chapter Four
Jesus asks the Samaria women for a drink of water at the well. He tells her about “living waters”.
KJV, 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.
10Jesus 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?
12Art 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:
14But 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.
15The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
16Jesus saith unto her, Go call thy husband and come hither.
17The woman answered and said, I have no husband, Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
18For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; in that saidst thou truly.
19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. (Note: The living waters that Jesus speaks of is the “Holy Spirit”)
(Reference: John 7: 37-39KJV) In38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) (Reference: John 7:38-39)
True worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23But the hour cometh, and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24.God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
25The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he comes, he will tell us all things
26Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee he.
27And upon this came his disciples, and marveled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or Why talkest thou with her?
The second miracle so they may believe: Jesus heals.
46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, who was sick at Capernaum.
47When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
48Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
50Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
51And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him. Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
53So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
54This is again the second miracle that Jesus did when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
Interactive Quiz.
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#1. Given the scripture John 4:9 KJV, Identify the scripture written as True or False. The scripture tells of racism between the Jews and Samaritans.9Then 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. 10Jesus 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.
#2. Given the scripture John 7: 37-39 KJV (in Highlights below), select your answer below to the following question. What does the term "living waters " mean?
#3. Given the scripture, John 4: 23-24 KJV (in the Highlights Section below), select your answer to the following question by selecting the corresponding letter below. What type of worshippers does the Father seek?
#4. Given the scripture, John 4: 50-54KJV (in the Highlights Section below), select your answer from below to the following question: What was the second miracle that demonstrated the power of God that made a nobleman and his whole house believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God--the long-awaited Messiah?
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Call to salvation:
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Romans 10:9-10 9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
John 3:5-6 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.
Do you agree or disagree that Jesus extends salvation to all races of people?
So far this is my favorite lesson. I started yesterday and it was easy to catch up. Jesus doesn’t care what your nationality is. It breaks the ideas that I use to have about Jesus Christ.
I use to think that everyone else was always better off than me when something did not work out but I learned that I did not apply myself as I should have or other things. Once I took more responsibility for myself, things worked out. I prayed a lot and believe that I received spiritual guidance. I know that God died for everyone who receives the gift. There are no partialities.