CBL SUNDAY SCHOOL GUIDE 30 November 2014 Title: “I Am the Messiah” Text: John 4:25-30 QUESTION 1: Did the Samaritans believe in the coming Messiah? 1. The Samaritans believed in the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deutoronomy 2. Both Samaritans and Jews were waiting for the Messiah to appear QUESTION 2: What is a Scepter? a) a staff or baton borne by a sovereign as an emblem of authority b) a staff or baton carried by rulers as sign of royal or imperial authority c) a staff or baton held onto by a ruler as a sign of sovereignty Some verses in the Pentateuch on the Coming Messiah: 1. OBEDIENCE OF NATIONS SHALL BE HIS Genesis 49: 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his. 2. A STAR WILL COME OUT OF JACOB Numbers 24: 17 “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth QUESTION 3: What did the Samaritans believe about the Messiah? John 4: 25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” The Samaritans believed that the coming Messiah will “tell them all things” a) The history of their lives b) The will of God c) God’s plan for mankind d) The political salvation of the Samaritans e) How their worship might be acceptable to God The New Testament is clear that the Messiah is from the nation of Israel and the Savior of the world. QUESTION 4: What did Jesus say about the Messiah? John 4:26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” QUESTION 5: Did the Samaritan woman believed that the man who sat before her is the promised Messiah of the Old Testament? John 4: 28-30 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” They came out of the town and made their way toward him. Read Isaiah 61:1-2 The Messiah means “The Anointed One” The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, QUESTION 6: What is the purpose why John wrote the passage about the Samaritan woman? What is the primary purpose why the book of John was written? JOHN 20:31 1. The primary purpose is to unveil who Jesus Christ is 2. The primary purpose is to declare that Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God 3. The primary purpose is to put Jesus on display: a. His humanity- He was so tired and thirsty b. His divinity- He knows everything about the life of the woman QUESTION 7: How did the book of John reveal that Jesus is the Messiah? 1. John the Baptist was a witness and proclaimed that Jesus is the Messiah 2. John and other disciples with Him where witnesses and proclaimed that Jesus is the Son of God 3. Jesus personally declared that He is the Messiah to the Samaritan woman QUESTION 8: Who did Jesus personally declared that He Himself is the Messiah? The personal declaration of Jesus that He is the Messiah was given to the woman at the well and not to any religious leader in Jerusalem or anywhere in Judea. Again, what was the background of the woman before she encountered Christ? 1. The Samaritan woman was an outcast from living an immoral life 2. The Samaritan was living a life of shame 3. The Samaritan was ignorant and had never heard about Jesus 4. The Samaritan was religiously indifferent, neutral and not a seeker in contrast to Nicodemus (a social elite, a theologian, a religious, a prominent leader, devout, a seeker and addressed Jesus as Rabbi) Something glorious happened had taken place in the life of the Samaritan woman after Jesus declared to her that He is the Messiah: 1. Her faith in Jesus flowed as she recognized the truth Jesus declared 2. The Samaritan woman trusted Jesus with all of her heart 3. The Samaritan woman experienced forgiveness MEMORY VERSE: John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. Song: ORDINARY PEOPLE Danniebelle Hall Just ordinary people God uses ordinary people He chooses people just like me and you Who are willing to do as He commands God uses people that will give Him all No matter how small your all may seem to you Because little becomes much as you place it in the Masters hand Just like that little lad Who gave Jesus all he had How the multitude was fed With the fish and the loaves of bread What you have may not seem much But when you yield it to the touch Of the Masters loving hand, yes, Then youll understand How your life could never be the same
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