Brookfield Church of Christ
Jan 11, 2026 Sunday School - John
Study in the Book of John
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John 3:16–21 ESV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”Question #1What was God's primary purpose in sending His Son into the world, as stated in John 3:17?Question #2What is the consequence for those who do not believe in the Son, according to John 3:18?Question #3How does John 3:19 describe the judgment that has come into the world?John 3:22–25 ESV After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized (for John had not yet been put in prison). Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification.John 3:26–30 ESV And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.’ The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. He must increase, but I must decrease.”Question #4What is John the Baptist's response when his disciples tell him that Jesus is also baptizing and drawing many people (John 3:26-27)?Question #5How does John the Baptist describe his relationship to Christ in John 3:29-30, using the analogy of a bridegroom?John 3:31–36 ESV He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.Question #6What does John 3:31 say about the one who comes from above?Question #7What is the significance of receiving Jesus' testimony, as mentioned in John 3:33?Question #8How does John 3:34 describe how God gives the Spirit to the one He has sent?Question #9What is the consequence for whoever believes in the Son, according to John 3:36?Question #10What is the consequence for whoever does not obey the Son, according to John 3:36?John 3:16–21LEB
Hebrews 2:14–15LEB
Romans 6:23LEB
John 3:22–25LEB
John 2:6LEB
Matthew 3:11LEB
Mark 10:38LEB
1 Corinthians 3:13LEB
John 2:6LEB
Matthew 3:11LEB
Mark 10:38LEB
1 Corinthians 3:13LEB
John 2:6LEB
Matthew 3:11LEB
Mark 10:38LEB
1 Corinthians 3:13LEB
John 2:6LEB
Matthew 3:11LEB
Mark 10:38LEB
1 Corinthians 3:13LEB
John 2:6LEB
Matthew 3:11LEB
Mark 10:38LEB
1 Corinthians 3:13LEB
John 1:33LEB
Acts 2:17LEB
Acts 2:1–4LEB
Acts 2:38LEB
2 Timothy 3:16LEB
Mark 16:16LEB
Matthew 28:18–20LEB
Acts 2:38LEB
Ephesians 4:5LEB
John 3:26–30LEB
John 3:31–36LEB
- Brief History of SamariaNorthern Kingdom defeated by Assyria in 722 BC (2 Kings 17:6)Jews taken and were integrated with other nations and eventually became a mixed race people (Jewish/Gentile)Assyrian King resettled conquered Jews in Samaria - capital Northern Kingdom (2 Kings 17:24)
John 4:1–6 ESV Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.Question #1What was the relationship between Jews and Samaritans?AnswerHated each otherWorshipped at BethelAccepted only Genesis – LeviticusRejected ProphetsRejected by JewsLuke 9:51–56 ESV When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” But he turned and rebuked them. And they went on to another village.John 4:7–9 ESV A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)Question #2Why was the Samaritan woman surprised by Jesus talking with her (vs. 9)?John 4:10 ESV Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”John 4:11–14 ESV The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”Knowing Jesus = Knowing Truth = Obtaining Living WaterNatural water satisfies temporarily, it is earthly, natural, and temporal.Living water satisfies completely and without end.Whoever drinks natural water will eventually die, it only keeps him alive for so long. Whoever drinks the spiritual living water will never die.Jesus is the Living Water We drink Him in by believing and obeying His Word.John 4:15–24 ESV The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”Question #3What was Jesus’ method in witnessing to the Samaritan woman?AnswerContact - He found a way to enter into the conversation by asking for waterChallenge - Jesus seized on the opportunity to talk to her about the "living" water.Confirmation - Demonstrating the proof of what he was talking aboutConversation - He conveyed the good newsQuestion #4Explain John 4:24Answer John 4:1–6LEB
Luke 9:51–56LEB
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