- Pray for safety while traveling, the economy, and continued religious hatred and leaders' wisdom in Yugoslavia. Also pray for courage of evangelists. - The document discusses four portraits of Jesus from the Book of John: Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, Jesus' ability to sympathize with humanity, and how Jesus fully entered human existence. - It compares the stories of Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman and emphasizes that Jesus was able to fully understand all people regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, education, or reputation.

1. Prayer Items
• Give thanks for the Christmas Party and
Candlelight Service
• Safety while traveling
• Economy
• Yugoslavia
1) Pray for the religious hatred that continues to go on between
ethnic groups.
2) Wisdom of local/international leaders
3) Courage of evangelists
• Others?
(Michael W. closing)

2. Storage
Piano
Room
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College
Ji-K L-N
Career
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A/V Cart (first names)

4. Scale of 1 to 10 . . .

5. Rate how scary you find
talking to a stranger.

6. FOUR PORTRAITS
of Jesus
advent 2008

7. Purpose
“Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the
presence of his disciples, which are not
recorded in this book. But these are written
that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and that by believing you may
have life in his name.”
-John 20:30-31

8. Nicodemus

9. John 2:23-3:2

10. Night
“As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he
went out. And it was night.”
-John 13:30

11. John 3:3

12. John 3:4

13. John 3:5-8

14. John 3:9-15

15. John 7:45-51

16. John 19:38-40

17. Education alone does not
guarantee of saving faith.

18. Lack of education is not necessarily
a hindrance to saving faith.

19. Samaritan Woman

20. John 4:1-6

22. John 4:7-10

23. Living Water
“My people have committed two sins: They
have forsaken me, the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns, broken
cisterns that cannot hold water.”
-Jeremiah 2:13

24. John 4:11-14

25. John 4:15-26

26. John 4:39-42

27. Significance

30. Samaritan
Nicodemus
Woman
Gender male female
Ethnicity Jew Samaritan
Religion orthodox folk
Schooling much little
Reputation good bad

31. Samaritan
Nicodemus
Woman
Gender male female
Ethnicity Jew Samaritan
Religion orthodox folk
Schooling much little
Reputation good bad

32. Samaritan
Nicodemus
Woman
Gender male female
Ethnicity Jew Samaritan
Religion orthodox folk
Schooling much little
Reputation good bad

33. Jesus fully enters into
our existence.

34. Able to Sympathize
“For we do not have a high priest who is
unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted in
every way, just as we are—yet was without
sin.”
-Hebrews 4:15

35. Unexpressed Words
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our
weakness. We do not know what we ought to
pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for
us with groans that words cannot express.”
-Romans 8:26

36. One of Us
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home.

38. Samaritan
Woman

39. Samaritan
Woman Nicodemus

40. We too must aim to
fully enter into the
existence of others.

41. “Though I am free and belong to no man, I make
myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.
To those under the law I became like one under the
law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to
win those under the law.
To those not having the law I became like one not
having the law (though I am not free from God’s law
but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not
having the law.
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.

42. I have become all things to all men so that by all
possible means I might save some.
I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share
in its blessings.”
-1 Cor 9:19-23

44. Announcements

45. Announcements
• No Friday Night Bible Study on 12/26 or 1/2

46. Announcements
• No Friday Night Bible Study on 12/26 or 1/2
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