POINTS FOR DISCUSSION

 

Note:  Do not attempt to answer all the questions.

 

1.            Sharing Christ with others

 

·         What opportunities have arisen that gave you opportunity to share about Christ with an unsaved person?  Share how you got on.

·         What was the most difficult aspect for you in speaking with an unsaved person about Christ?

·         Do you know a simple outline of the gospel that you could use?

·         Could you lead a person through the sinner’s prayer, lead them to Christ?

 

2.            Making use of the Opportunity  Read John 4:6-29

 

·         What was Jesus physical  condition like as he waited by the well?

·         Why do you think the woman came to draw water at the hottest part of the day when the rest of the village rested?

·         What attitude did Jesus reveal towards the woman?

·         Why was she so surprised by his initiating contact?

·         How did he turn the conversation towards spiritual matters?

·         When the woman’s interest in spiritual things were aroused how did he go about addressing the issue of personal sin and relationship failure? (v16 – 18).

·         Why did the woman try to divert the conversation away from her personal life and get onto another topic?  What topic did she raise?

·         How did Jesus bring the conversation around to the key issue? (21 – 24).

·         What stages of understanding about Jesus did the woman progress through?  (Vs 9,19,29).

·         What impact did Jesus Word of Knowledge have on her?  (Compare Vs. 18, 19, 29).

·         What place does the Holy Spirit have in the process of people coming to Christ?

a)            In setting up the opportunity

b)            In touching the person’s life

c)            In bringing about conversion

·         What impact did the woman’s conversion have on the city? (Vs.28, 39-41)

·         What does this story reveal about God’s attitude to broken rejected people?

·         What does this reveal about the potential impact of one of your friends coming to Christ?

 

3.            Priority of Evangelism

 

·         Why were the disciples so surprised to see Jesus speaking to the Samaritan woman?  (v27)

·         Why do you think they missed the opportunity totally and walked past a broken person ready to be saved?  (v8,9).

·         Why did Jesus start talking to the disciples about meat?  (v31 – 34).  What were they pre-occupied with?

·         What did Jesus command his disciples to do that would refocus their priorities?  (v35).

·         What 3 personal rewards did he reveal would come to people who made it their priority relate to the vision of our church?

 

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Personal Application

 

·         Begin to pray individually and as a group on a regular basis for the Holy Spirit to set up encounters with people who are already to harvest.

·         Start to look out each day with expectancy for opportunities to initiate contact with people and discuss spiritual matters.

·         Prepare a simple gospel outline and commit the scriptures to memory so that they can be shared easily and without feeling awkward.

·         Practice in the group leading one another through the sinners prayer.

·         Pray and plan a social event/outreach that you could invite unsaved friends to.