The Fields Are Ripe For Harvest (118 downloads)
John 4:27-42
Key Verse 4:35 “Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.”
1. When Jesus revealed himself as the Messiah, what effect did this have on the Samaritan woman? (25-26; 28-29)
2. What was Jesus’ food and how was it different from the kind of food the disciples were thinking about? (31-34)
3. What common saying about the harvest did Jesus quote and how does it reflect our attitude toward preaching the gospel? (35) What is Jesus’ challenge to his disciples and to us?
4. What do sowing and being ripe for harvest mean? In quoting the saying, ‘One sows and another reaps,’ how does Jesus emphasize the importance of working together in preaching the gospel? (36-38)
5. How did many more Samaritans come to believe in Jesus? (39-41) Why is it important for us to personally believe that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world? (42)