John
4:7-26 Woman at the Well
R E A P
R Relate
in the Natural Realm Most of us can strike up a conversation
with a stranger in the natural realm. It may be a friendly "How
are you doing?" or a warm "Good morning!" If the person
responds with a sense of warmth, we may then ask, "Do you live
around here?" and from there develop a conversation.
E Ease into the Spiritual
Realm
This will take courage. We may say something like, "Did you go
to church on Sunday?" or "We had a great Church service Sunday?"
If the person responds positively, the question "Do you have a
Christian background?" will probe his background. He may answer,
"I went to church when I was a child, but I drifted away from it."
Another simple way to swing to the spiritual is to offer the person
a gospel tract and ask, "Did you get one of these?" When he
takes it, simply say, "It's a gospel tract. Do you come from a
Christian background?"
A Ask:
W.
D. J. D.
W
Would you consider
yourself
to be a good person?
What
Did Jesus Do? (Luke 18:18 Rich Young Ruler)
D
Do you think you've kept the Ten
Commandments?
Use at lest laws 9,8,7 order 1-3.
1. Is God first in your life? Do you love Him with all of your heart,
mind, soul, and strength? Do you love your neighbor as yourself? Does
your love for your family seem like hatred, compared to the love you
have for the One who gave those loved ones to you?
2. Have you made a god in your own image, to suit yourself?
3. Have you ever used God's holy name in vain . . . substituting it
for a four-lettered filth word to express disgust?
4. Have you kept the Sabbath holy?
5. Have you always honored your parents implicitly?
6. Have you hated anyone? Then the Bible says you are a murderer.
7. (3)
Have you had sex out of marriage? Then you are a fornicator and cannot
enter Heaven. Have you lusted after another person? The Bible warns
that you have committed adultery in your heart.
8. (2)
Have
you ever stolen something (irrespective of its value)? Then you are
a thief.
9. (1)
If
you have told just one lie (even if you call it "white"),
you are a liar, and cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
10. Finally, have you ever desired something that belonged to someone
else? Then you have broken the Tenth Commandment that says You shall
not covet.
{Remember
that the "work of the Law [is] written in their hearts" and
that the conscience will bear "witness" (Romans 2:15). Learn
how to open up the spirituality of the Law and show how God considers
lust to be the same as adultery (Matthew 5:27,28) and hatred the same
as murder (1 John 3:15). Make sure you get an admission of guilt.}
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Judgment:
(Innocent or Guilty?)
If God judges you based on the Ten
Commandments would you be innocent or guilty?
[If they answer INNOCENT ask them why. They may say " I have Done
more Good than Bad" or "God has
forgiven me" or "I wount do it any more as much
Destiny? (Heaven or Hell?) So would you go to heaven or hell?)
1. He
may confidently say, "I don't believe in hell." Gently respond,
"That doesn't
matter. You still have to face God on Judgment Day whether you believe
in it or not. If I step onto the
freeway when a massive truck is heading for me and I say, 'I don't believe
in trucks,' my lack of belief
isn't going to change reality."
2. He
may say that he's guilty, but that he will go to heaven. This is usually
because he thinks that God is "good," and that He will, therefore,
overlook sin in his case. Point out
that if a judge in a criminal case has a guilty murderer standing before
him, the judge, if he is a good
man, can't just let him go. He must ensure that the guilty man is punished.
If God is good, He must (by
nature) punish murderers, rapists, thieves, liars, adulterers, fornicators,
and those who have lived in
rebellion to the inner light that God has given to every man. Then tenderly
tell him he has already
admitted to you that he has lied, stolen, and committed adultery in his
heart, and that God gave him a
conscience so that he would know right from wrong. His conscience and
the conviction of the Holy Spirit
will do the rest. That's why it is essential to draw out an admission
of guilt before you mention Judgment
Day or the existence of hell.
3. He
may admit that he is guilty and therefore going to hell. Ask him if that
concerns him. Speak to him about how much he values his eyes and how much
more therefore he
should value the salvation of his soul. (For the biblical description
of hell, see Revelation 1:18 footnote.) If
possible, take the person through the linked verses in this Bible, beginning
at the Matthew 5:21,22
footnote.
TRANSITION QUESTION: Do you know what Jesus did so you wouldn't
have to go to hell? Gospel: Died and paid the price for your sins. What
Jesus wants you to do is not just believe in Him but REPENT and TRUST
in Him-be born again.
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Present the Gospel
Fourth: Jesus revealed Himself to her (v. 26).
Once the Law has humbled the person, he is ready for grace. Remember,
the Bible says that God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble
(James 4:6). The gospel is for the humble (see Luke 4:18 footnote). Only
the sick need a physician, and only those who will admit that they have
the disease of sin will truly embrace the cure of the gospel.
Learn how to present the work of the cross -that God sent His Son to suffer
and die in our place. Tell the sinner of the love of God in Christ; that
Jesus rose from the dead and defeated death. Take him back to civil law
and say, "It's as simple as this: We broke God's Law, and Jesus paid
our fine. If you will repent and trust in the Savior, God will forgive
your sins and dismiss your case." Ask him if he understands what
you have told him. If he is willing to confess and forsake his sins, and
trust the Savior with his eternal salvation, have him pray and ask God
to forgive him. Then pray for him. Get him a Bible. Instruct him to read
it daily and obey what he reads, and encourage him to get into a Bible-believing,
Christ-preaching church.
1 Peter
3: 15But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to
give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope
that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
Romans 10: 13for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will
be saved."14How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed
in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And
how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15And how can they
preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are
the feet of those who bring good news!"
2 Timothy 215Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,
a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the
word of truth.
1 Corinthians 919Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself
a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible
John 168 When he comes (HOLY SPIRIT), he will convict the world of guilt
in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth."
John 14 6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 3 36 "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who
does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on
him."
John 3 16"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.
James 2:10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one
point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Romans 3 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 623For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Isaiah 64:6 …all our righteous acts are like filthy rags
Galatians 19…that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom
of God.
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