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John 4 · Grade 5

Worship in Spirit and Truth

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John 4 shows Jesus crossing walls that divided people. Jews and Samaritans had been enemies for centuries over worship and history. Jesus, weary and thirsty, waited at Jacob's well at noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus asked her for a drink, and she was astonished. Jesus was showing that His love reaches across every barrier.

He offered her living water. The water He gives becomes a spring welling up to eternal life. Jesus lovingly exposed her sin by asking about her husband. He did not do it to shame her, but to show her that He knew her and still offered grace. When she raised the old argument about which mountain was right for worship, Jesus said a time was coming when the Father would be worshiped in spirit and truth. God is spirit, and He seeks true worshipers. Then He revealed Himself plainly, I am he, the one who speaks to you.

The woman now ran to tell the people of her town. She left her water jar and said, Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done. Many believed because of her word, and many more because of His. They confessed that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world. Back in Cana, a royal official begged Jesus to come heal his dying son. Jesus said, Go your way. Your son lives. The man believed the word Jesus spoke and went home. His son had recovered at the very hour Jesus spoke.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Jesus ask the woman for at the well?

  2. Why did Jesus ask the woman about her husband?

  3. What does God seek, according to Jesus?

  4. How did the woman change after meeting Jesus?

  5. How did the official show faith?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Jesus sat by it, tired from walking.
  2. The townspeople said Jesus is the ____ of the world.
  3. Jesus asked the woman for one.

Down

  1. The woman at the well was one.
  2. Jesus offered ____ water.
  3. The woman left her water ____ behind.

Think About It

  1. Jesus knew everything about the woman and still loved her. How does it feel to know Jesus knows you completely and loves you?

  2. The woman told her whole town. What could you tell someone about what Jesus has done?

Memory Verse

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

John 4:14 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Jesus talked with someone others avoided. How can you show kindness to people who are different from you?
  • What would you tell others about Jesus?
  • Jesus said the fields are ready for harvest. Who around you might be ready to hear about Jesus?

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