Youth Ministry Object Lesson - Lessons for Evangelism of Youth - The Samaritan Woman

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Youth MinistryObject Lesson -

Lessons for

Evangelism ofYouth: The

Samaritan

Woman

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The background for this

passage involves the LordJesus Christ, leaving Judea

and traveling through

Samaria to Galilee. As he

travels through Samaria, He

stops at the city of Sychar,

near Jacobs well, to rest

and eat. At noon, he waits

beside the well for a divine

appointment, as hisdisciples go into the city to

buy food.




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The Masters Classroom

Interestingly, John records

that Jesus had to pass

through Samaria. It was not

an accident that Jesus went

through Samaria. There

were several roads leading

from Judea to Galilee: one

near the sea coast, another

through Perea, and onethrough Samaria.




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The road through Samariawas the least traveled, yet it

was the road Christ had

to travel. What the disciples

saw as an uncomfortabletrip, through a land of

people against whom Jews

had great prejudice, was

actually a divine

appointment.




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God will often put us in places

of personal discomfort as a

classroom for the greater

teachings of the Kingdom of

God. In this case He teaches

the disciples that there is not

room for barriers of any kind inthe Kingdom of God. The

gospel is a gospel for all

people. Manmade barriers of

prejudice, culture, and thelifestyles of people must not

block the divine flow of the

living water.




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The Masters Workshop

The Samaritan woman

came to draw watera

common act, done in

common way, but this

time to have uncommon

results. Unknown to her,

she had an appointment

with the Son of God.

Jacobs well becameChrists workshop for the

repair of her soul.




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We too need to discoverthe common activities of

youth that can be used as

platforms from which to

lead lost youth to a saving

knowledge of God. Any

contact with a lost youth is

an opportunity for sharing

the gospel if we would only

look.




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The most effective witnessing

occurs in those natural situations

where youth interact. A populartheology of today says let me

live a good life, and if you ask me

about God, I will take you to

church. How long would Christ

have had to sit at the well before

the woman would have noticed

his good life? Jesus took the

initiative and so should we.

Think of the opportunities wepass up daily. What

opportunities are you passing up

to reach out to youth?




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The Masters Methods

Get Acquainted

Jesus seeks to draw the

woman into a conversation by

asking her to draw Him a

drink of water. She recognizes

Him as merely a Jew andwonders about his request.

Never speak to a woman in

the street, even if she be thy

wife; Burn the words of thelaw rather than teach them to

a woman, were the great

maxims in Jewish society. 2


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Even so, Christs greatestconcern was the condition of

the womans soul. Because of

this, he would reach out to

her, even if it violated

custom. Manmade barriersmust not hinder the gospel.

In the customs of the day

there is another interesting

meaning to Christs requestfor a drink. In the East,




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the giving and receiving of a

drink of water is the seeking

and making of a covenant of

hospitality, with all that that

covenant implies it is like the

covenant of bread-sharing,

which makes a truce, for thetime being, between deadliest

enemies. 3By asking for water,

Christ was not only drawing

the woman into conversation,but disarming any defense that

she might put up concerning

his identity as a Jew.




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He was showing an interest in

her as an individual. Thewoman, the Samaritan, the

sinner, is placed over against

the Rabbi, the ruler of the

Jews, the Pharisee. 4Her

birth, her sex, and her lifestyle

were all barriers, but the

gospel knows no barriers. The

gospel sees only the need of

the individual. We should alsosee the individual needs of

our youth!




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Arouse InterestChrist offered the gift

of living water to the

Samaritan woman.

Notice that the livingwater is a gift received

by asking. The reason

men do not ask, is

because they do not

know that it exists. 5




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Samaritan woman did not

know the gift of God becauseher sight was focused on her

earthly condition and her

physical thirsts. Too often,

people miss the spiritualbecause they are focused on

the physical. Like Christ, we

must use their physical

needs and perceptions to

lead lost youth to aknowledge of the spiritual.




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The Samaritan womanthen calls Christ Sir. She

no longer sees Him as

merely a Jew, but a Jew

who deserves her

respect. She still does notunderstand that Christ is

speaking of the spiritual,

but proceeds with a

question about themethod by which Jesus

could obtain living water.




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Jesus is speaking of the

water of life; the woman isthinking of flowing water,

so much more desirable

than the flat water of

cisterns. 6Jacob had to dig

a well for water. Did Christ

know a way of obtaining

running water? Canst

thou do more than dig a

well? was the meaning ofthe womans question to

Jesus. 7


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Indeed He could! Abraham

left them a well of

stagnant water, but Jesuswould give her a spring of

living water. To the

Samaritans, Abraham left

a religion, but Jesuspromised a growing

relationship with God.

Jesus does not say He is

greater than Jacob, but

suggests that He has

better water to give than

that which was in Jacobs

well. 8


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The well of Jacob was sodeep that it had already

lasted 1500 years and

was still being used. It

still exists today, though

much of it has been

filled. How much deeper

then is the love of God

for this woman.

(Ephesians 3:18-19)


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The Samaritan Womans

religion was only a dry well,

but Christ offered a living

relationship. The Samaritan

woman identified herself

with a religion which,

instead of leading her toGod, only supplied a

substitute for Him. 9The

gift of God is not dry

doctrine, but a living Being.10 Dry doctrine creates a

thirst, but Christ quenches

the thirst.


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Dry doctrine becomes foul

and corrupt over time, but a

relationship with Christ

refreshes and takes away

foulness and corruption. Dry

doctrine is stagnant, but arelationship with Christ is

active. Dry doctrine

evaporates, but the living

water is a spring to ourselvesas well as to others.




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Most men draw their supplies

from without; they are rich,

happy, and strong, only when

externals minister to their

strength, happiness, and riches."11 Christians draw their supplies

from their relationship with God.

From which do we drink? Do wedrink from our religious

practices and doctrines or do we

continually seek refreshment

from a vital relationship with theSavior. When we present the

gospel to youth, do we present a

religion and a system of beliefs

or do we introduce the Savior?


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Gently Confront Sin

When a river becomesobstructed the water

stagnates and foul and

decaying things are

collected. One solution is to

clear away the

obstructions, but the same

would only reoccur in a

matter of time. The best

solution is clear away theobstructions and then

increase the water flow.




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When Jesus asks about her

husband, He is seeking toclear away the

obstructions. The woman

says that she has no

husband. Instead ofwringing the rest of the

confession from the

woman, Jesus makes it for

her.


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It is a touch of His gentleness

with the sinner. 12The

conversation had passedfrom the small-talk to the

personal. 13 Notice that

Christ made the most of an

ignorant sinners wordsinstead of attacking. We

would be wise to do the

same with youth. We must

allow the confrontation of

the sinner to be with Christand the gospel, not anything

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She then calls Jesus a

prophet and sidesteps the

conversation from herself to

the location of worship. It is

very natural for someone to

cover their eyes when abright light is flashed. It is

natural for a person walking

from darkness into the

brilliant light of the Son of

God to shade their eyes.



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The Samaritan woman

was no different. Her painis too great not to shade

the eyes of her heart lest

it be blinded. Yet Jesus is

too compassionate toleave her in such a state.

He answers her

diversionary question then

returns to crux of the

conversationthe gospel.



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Answer Legitimate

Questions but ConfrontSinners with who Christ is

Christ answers her

question, but instead of

giving her religion Christ

confronts the woman with

who He is and thus opens

the door for a personal

relationship. Jesus words

are, literally: I am, whospeak to you.14



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Jesus is literally saying that

He is God using a term thewoman would be familiar

with from Exodus 3:14.

Notice the progressing

realization of the woman

concerning the identity of

Christ. He first was a Jew,

then was to be compared

with Jacob, then he was a

prophet, and then he wasthe Messiah, and finally he

became her Messiah.



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When she realized Christ was

the Messiah, she left her water

pot and went to tell everyoneof Him. When Christ truly

becomes Lord, He becomes our

first priority. John does not say

the woman forgot the waterpot nor does he say that she

purposely left it. Either way,

now that she had come face to

face with Christ, the water pot

was of little or no importanceto her. Her focus was no longer

on the physical, but instead

was on the spiritual.



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As the woman went to tell

others, the living water which

the woman received from Jesushad certainly become an

overflowing fountain in her life,

and others were coming to

share the refreshment that shehad begun to enjoy. 15John

points out that many believed

because they had heard for

themselves through the

testimony of the Samaritanwoman. We must also bring

youth to a personal knowledge

of Jesus Christ.





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The Masters Message

If Christ had began with her

sin, her heart would have

been hardened, had he

began announcing Himselfas the Christ she would have

been skeptical, had He

approached her as

Nicodemus she would have

been puzzled.



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Instead he uses that which

she knows well to lead her toa deeper spiritual

understanding.He takes

water for his text to this

water-carrier. In a picture

lesson unfolds the truth.

Ours are blind eyes if they do

not see texts in the

commonest things, where

from we may preach thegospel of the kingdom. 16

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Christ did not preach

sensational sermons, but

sermons which created asensation.17 Christs objective

was the person, not the method

or the message. The message

was aimed at reaching the

person. Do we deliver

sensational messages to youth

or do we deliver messages to

reach youth. Are the words we

speak our focus, or the youths towhich we speak? Do we care for

lost youth as Christ cared for the

lost?





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