Following the Living Way - Jesus Christ

Evangelism from John 4

John 4 contains many lessons on how Jesus did evangelism, at least in Samaria.

v. 4 tells us that Jesus went through Samaria, despite the animosity between Jews and Samaritans. Many Jews would travel around Samaria, just to avoid "those people." Jesus did not. As Christians, we must not avoid people just because we or others "don't like them."

v. 6 says Jesus was tired. How often God will use our ordinary humanness to get us in the right place. The dry cleaners, Starbucks, the grocery store -- all are potential places for God to use us.

vs. 7-9. Jesus broke his cultural conventions by asking the woman for a drink. What cultural conventions keep us from intervening in someone else's life? Silence in an elevator. Avoiding eye contact on the sidewalk. That kind of stuff.

Look at how Jesus started by asking for a drink - an earthly type of question. Then he moved on to spiritual matters, using a similar topic (well water & Living Water) to make it relevant.

More later...

posted by Rob @ 12:36 PM