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Jesus at Jacob’s Well
John 4: 9-15 (Full lesson vs.
9-26)
9 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.
10 Jesus 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?
12 Art 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.
14 But 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.
15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
Golden Text. — “Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” — John 4:14
The Lesson Story
About eight months after Jesus had talked
with Nicodemus, he and his disciples went from Judea into Galilee. On his way
through Samaria he came to a city called Sychar, and being weary with walking,
and hungry and thirsty, he sat down to rest upon the stones of a well, called
Jacob‘s well, because Jacob had built it a great many years before. His
disciples went into the city to buy food. While he sat there alone, a woman
came to the well, bringing a bucket and rope to draw water, and a jar on her
head, in which to carry it. Jesus said to her, “Give me to drink.”
She wondered at his asking her for water, and said, “How is it that you,
a Jew, ask drink of me, a woman of Samaria, for the Jews and Samaritans are not
friends.” Jesus said, “If you knew who it is that saith ‘give
me to drink,’ you would have asked of him, and he would have given you
living water.” The woman said, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with
and the well is deep; where do you get that living water, are you greater than
our father Jacob, which gave us the well?” Jesus said, “Whosoever
drinketh of this water shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him shall never thirst.” Then the woman said to him,
“Sir, give me this water that I thirst not.” She thought he meant
water for the body like that in the well, but he was speaking of water for the
soul — the Holy Spirit which comes from heaven and gives us eternal
life.
1. To what place did Jesus and his disciples come?
To the
city of Sychar.
2. Where did Jesus sit down to rest?
Upon the side of
Jacob’s well.
3. Who came to the well to draw water?
A woman of
Samaria.
4. What did Jesus first say to her?
“Give me to
drink.”
5. What did he afterward say to her?
I can give you living
water.
6. What did the woman say to this?
Where do you get that
living water?
7. What did Jesus then say?
If you drink the living water,
you shall never thirst.
8. What did Jesus mean by the living water?
The Holy Spirit
in the heart.
Lesson Hymn
There’s a stream from Calvary’s
mountain,
Flowing full and bright and free;
Life is offered at this
fountain,
Endless life for you and me.
Can You Say—
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold, I freely give The living water: thirsty one. Stoop down and
drink, and live”
The Living Water
A little Christian girl, by her bright
example and loving words, had led her father to be very sorry for his many
years of wickedness, but he had not yet found the Saviour and was very unhappy.
One day, seeing how worried he was about his sins, his little daughter said,
“Papa, if you were thirsty wouldn’t you go and get a drink of
water?” Then she told him what Jesus had said about the living water. He
saw at once what he needed. His soul was thirsty for Jesus, and he made up his
mind to go and get the living water, which had so long been waiting for him. He
went to Jesus and gave his heart to him, and got the living water, and ever
after this he was very happy. The home was also made very much happier, for the
man became more loving and kind.
Lesson Truth
Jesus gives the water of life.
119. What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
That God
would pardon our sins for Christ’s sake, and enable us to forgive those
who have injured us.
120. What is the sixth petition?
And lead us not into
temptation, but Deliver us from evil.
Pages 92 & 93
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