An advent of peace

Study Guide

The following may help you reflect further on the message
(the points could also be used as a discussion guide at fellowship groups)

1. Read John 20.30, 31. What levels of meaning does John distinguish?
2. What are John’s writing aims? When we read his gospel, what do you think he wants us to gain by it?
3. What useful ways have you found for experiencing life while hearing/ reading the scriptures?
4. Please read Philippians 4.6,7, Paul makes a similar point to John. What does Paul encourage us to have? How are we to gain “no anxiety”? How do we receive God’s peace?
5. Maybe with one person as Jesus, another as the narrator, another as the Samaritan woman, another as the disciples and yet another as the Samaritans, please read John 4:1-42. This chapter describes Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman.
6. What do you understand by the phrase in verse 6, “It was about the sixth hour?”
7. What picture of the Samaritan woman is painted in verses 6-25?
8. How is Jesus described in verses in 6-26?
9. Describe the effect on the woman and her community due to her and their encounter with Jesus, verses 28-30, 39-42.
10. Reflect on your life, what can you receive from God to help in your situations/ relationships?