Crossroads
Study of John 4-6
June 14, 2009
IBC

Topics Covered Today
 Miracles of Healing (John 4:43-5:15)
 Samaritan Woman (John 4:1-42)

Miracles of Healing
Jesus heals a man who had been an invalid
for 38 years (John 5:1-15)
 Jesus heals the official’s son (John
4:43-54)

Do We Always Get What We Want?
 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will
find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7
 Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree
about anything you ask for, it will be done for you
by my Father in heaven. For where two or three
come together in my name, there am I with them.
Matthew 18:19-20
 Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the
city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he
went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves.
Then he said to it, \"May you never bear fruit again!\"
Immediately the tree withered. When the disciples saw
this, they were amazed. \"How did the fig tree wither so
quickly?\" they asked. Jesus replied, \"I tell you the truth,
if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do
what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to
this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it
will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever
you ask for in prayer.“ Matthew 21:18-22

Do We Always Get What We Want?
 Asking with the Right Intentions and Heart
 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the
Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me
for anything in my name, and I will do it. John 14:13-14
 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the
desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4
 Recognizing God’s Greatness and Sovereignty
 \"My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways
My ways,' says the Lord.
'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My
ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.\" Isaiah 55:8-9

What if God doesn’t answer our prayers
or provides a miracle?
Two Ultimate Questions:
 Is God good?
 Can you trust Him?

Discussion Question
Find Verses that Support these Two
Questions in the Positive:
 Is God good?
 Can you trust Him?

Verses on God’s Goodness
 Is God good?
 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His
love endures forever. Psalms 107:1
 Because of the LORD's great love we are not
consumed, for his compassions never fail. They
are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness. I say to myself, \"The LORD is my
portion; therefore I will wait for him.\" The
LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to
the one who seeks him. Lamentations 3:22-25
 For God so loved the world that he gave
his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For
God did not send his Son into the world to
condemn the world, but to save the world
through him. John 3:16-17

Verses on Trust
 Trusting Him
 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your
own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and
he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
 When I am afraid, I will trust in you. Psalms 56:3
 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast,
because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3
 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the
Rock eternal. Isaiah 26:4
 “But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose
confidence is in him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.\" Jeremiah 17:7-8

WARNING:
 This is what the LORD says:
\"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who depends on flesh for his strength and
whose heart turns away from the LORD.
-Jeremiah 17:5

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
 “He left Judea and went back once more
to Galilee.”
 Now he had to go through Samaria – John
4:4
 He came to the town of Sychar in
Samaria.

Jesus Shares
 #1 – Jesus reaches out to the Outcasts (asks for
water)
 #2 – Jesus tells the woman about the benefits of
what He has to offer (living water)
 #3 – Jesus shows the woman why she needs to
be saved - because of her sin, but does not
condemn her at the same time (many husbands)
 #4 – Jesus is able to answer difficult questions
(proper place to worship)
 #5 – The Samaritan woman believes and she
shares with her community and they become
believers!

Sharing Your Faith This Week
 Think of 3 people in your life right now,
who has not accepted the Living Water,
Jesus, as their Savior.
 Share them with your group.
 Pray for these people and for
opportunities/ways that you can reach out
to them.