Oakwood Church
The Best Evangelist - John 4:7-14
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 7:00 AM
How to reach people who are far from God:
1. Listen to the Spirit’s leading
“He left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria.”
John 4:3-4
1. Listen to the Spirit’s leading
“He left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria.”
John 4:3-4
How to reach people who are far from God:
2. Don’t hide your human weakness
“Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well.”
John 4:6
2. Don’t hide your human weakness
“Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well.”
John 4:6
How to reach people who are far from God:
2. Don’t hide your human weakness
“Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’”
John 4:7
2. Don’t hide your human weakness
“Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’”
John 4:7
How to reach people who are far from God:
3. Engage with the people you “Bump into”
“How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?”
John 4:9
3. Engage with the people you “Bump into”
“How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?”
John 4:9
How to reach people who are far from God:
4. Transition to Spiritual matters
“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… [for] living water.’”
John 4:10
4. Transition to Spiritual matters
“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… [for] living water.’”
John 4:10
How to reach people who are far from God:
5. Point to Jesus as the Answer
“Are you greater than our father Jacob?”
John 4:12
5. Point to Jesus as the Answer
“Are you greater than our father Jacob?”
John 4:12
How to reach people who are far from God:
5. Point to Jesus as the Answer
“Whoever drinks the water I give him will never be thirsty again.”
John 4:14
5. Point to Jesus as the Answer
“Whoever drinks the water I give him will never be thirsty again.”
John 4:14
How to reach people who are far from God:
6. Gently introduce Sin as the problem
“Go, call your husband and come here.”
John 4:16
6. Gently introduce Sin as the problem
“Go, call your husband and come here.”
John 4:16
How to reach people who are far from God:
6. Gently introduce Sin as the problem
“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.”
John 4:17-18
6. Gently introduce Sin as the problem
“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.”
John 4:17-18
How to reach people who are far from God:
7. Navigate through the Smokescreens
“Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain…”
John 4:19-20
7. Navigate through the Smokescreens
“Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain…”
John 4:19-20
How to reach people who are far from God:
8. Make Jesus the issue
“‘I know that Messiah is coming…’ Jesus said to her, ‘I who speak to you am he.’”
John 4:25-26
8. Make Jesus the issue
“‘I know that Messiah is coming…’ Jesus said to her, ‘I who speak to you am he.’”
John 4:25-26
How to reach people who are far from God:
9. Remember the best evangelist is the Normal Believer
“Just then the disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman.”
John 4:27
9. Remember the best evangelist is the Normal Believer
“Just then the disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman.”
John 4:27
How to reach people who are far from God:
9. Remember the best evangelist is the Normal Believer
“Come, see a man who told me all I ever did. Can this be the Messiah?”
John 4:29
9. Remember the best evangelist is the Normal Believer
“Come, see a man who told me all I ever did. Can this be the Messiah?”
John 4:29
How to reach people who are far from God:
9. Remember the best evangelist is the Normal Believer
“They went out of the town and were coming to him… Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony.”
John 4:30,39
9. Remember the best evangelist is the Normal Believer
“They went out of the town and were coming to him… Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony.”
John 4:30,39
How to reach people who are far from God:
10. Believe that people are Ready to respond
“Lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.”
John 4:35
10. Believe that people are Ready to respond
“Lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.”
John 4:35
How to reach people who are far from God:
11. Go back to step one
“It is no longer because of what you said that we believe… we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”
John 4:42
11. Go back to step one
“It is no longer because of what you said that we believe… we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”
John 4:42