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.

1. Meeting
Christat the
Well
John 4:1-42
约 福音 4:1-42, 新约圣经 p. 166-168
the

2. these are written so that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ
John 20:31
约 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

3. these are written so that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ
John 20:31
约 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

4. None so
blind as
those that
will not see.
— Matthew Henry

5. Give me
a drink.

6. “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.”

7. “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

8. “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

9. What blinded her to seeing the Christ?
Thinking only physically.

10. Are you
greater than
our father
Jacob?
Gift of God

11. Are you
greater than
our father
Jacob?
Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob

12. SYCHAR
• Joseph buried nearby
• Jacob
— Covenant
— Father of 12 tribes
— Well
• Mt. Gerizim
— Blessings
— Temple

13. Are you
greater than
our father
Jacob?
Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob

14. What blinded her to seeing the Christ?
Thinking only of the past.

15. Go, call your
husband, and
come here.
Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob

16. Go, call your
husband, and
come here.
Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
I have no
husband.

17. 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.

18. What blinded her to seeing the Christ?
Sinfulness.

19. What blinded her to seeing the Christ?
Sinfulness.

20. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Sir, I perceive that
you are a prophet.

21. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Sir, I perceive that
you are a prophet.
Prophet

22. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Sir, I perceive that
you are a prophet.
Prophet
Our fathers
worshiped on this mountain,
but you say that in Jerusalem
is the place where people
ought to worship.

23. 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.

24. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Prophet
You worship
what you do not know; we
worship what we know, for
salvation is from
the Jews.

25. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Prophet
But the hour
is 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.

26. What blinded her to seeing the Christ?
Thinking about traditions.

27. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Prophet
I know that
Messiah is coming
(he who is called Christ).
When he comes, he will tell
us all things.

28. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Prophet
I know that
Messiah is coming
(he who is called Christ).
When he comes, he will tell
us all things.
Messiah, Christ

29. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Prophet
I know that
Messiah 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.

30. Come, see a man who
told me all that I ever did.
Can this be the Christ?

31. Gift of God
Greater
than Jacob
Prophet
Messiah, Christ
Savior of the world

32. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?

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34. Stories of the Christ
#05
Meeting the Christ at the Well
John 4:1-42
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
2014 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.
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