Giduc Mienh Ziux Goux Giduc Mienh Ziux Goux Mienh Nyei Fiem-FingxMienh Nyei Fiem-Fingx

Christian Care Attitude Christian Care Attitude Toward OthersToward Others

Meih se zeix daaih weic Meih se zeix daaih weic Jiu TongJiu Tong

1.Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux Tin-Hungh.1.Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux Tin-Hungh.

2.Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux ganh mienh2.Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux ganh mienh

3. Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux meih ganh.3. Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux meih ganh.

Caring is Bringing a Caring is Bringing a Broken Heart to the Broken Heart to the Presence of God …Presence of God …

Ziux goux nyei jauv se dorh fai tengx hnyouv mun nyei mienh daaih lorz Tin-Hungh fai taux Tin-Hungh nyei nza’hmien.

… … so that it so that it may be may be whole again! whole again!

Bun ninh Bun ninh aengx haih aengx haih duqv longx duqv longx daaihdaaih

… … so that they may see the True Light, so that they may see the True Light, experience the Living Water, receive the experience the Living Water, receive the Bread of Life; that is, to experience the Bread of Life; that is, to experience the Love of Christ. Love of Christ.

Ninh mbuo aengx haih duqv buatc Ninh mbuo aengx haih duqv buatc nzunc Zien Njang, aengx haih duqv seix nzunc Zien Njang, aengx haih duqv seix Ziangh Maengc Wuom, duqv zipv Ziangh Maengc Wuom, duqv zipv Ziangh Maengc nyei Njuov; se hnangv Ziangh Maengc nyei Njuov; se hnangv naaic aqv, duqv haiz Giduc nyei Hnamv.naaic aqv, duqv haiz Giduc nyei Hnamv.

A Case Study:A Case Study:Woman at the Well (John 4)Woman at the Well (John 4)44 But He But He needed toneeded to go through go through Samaria. Samaria. 55 SoSo He came to a city of He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.his son Joseph.66 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well.journey, sat thus by the well.It was about the sixth hour. It was about the sixth hour. 77 A woman A woman of Samaria came to draw water ….of Samaria came to draw water ….

Jesus’ Meeting with the Samaritan Jesus’ Meeting with the Samaritan WomanWoman

Occasion:Occasion: An unscheduled appointmentAn unscheduled appointment(Jesus needed to or had to)(Jesus needed to or had to)

Place:Place: Through SamariaThrough Samaria Sychar Sychar Jacob’s WellJacob’s Well

Time:Time: 66thth hour (noon) hour (noon) People:People: Jesus, the caregiver;Jesus, the caregiver;

The woman, the care-receiverThe woman, the care-receiver Result:Result: A divine encounterA divine encounter

John 4:7-9John 4:7-9

Jesus said to her,Jesus said to her,

““Give Me a drink.”Give Me a drink.”

ForFor His disciples had gone away into His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.the city to buy food.

Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,

““How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?”drink from me, a Samaritan woman?”

ForFor Jews have no dealings with Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.Samaritans.

Issues to ConsiderIssues to Consider

Obvious Issues:Obvious Issues: Gender DifferenceGender Difference: Jesus was : Jesus was

alone with the woman.alone with the woman. Racial DifferenceRacial Difference: A Jew and a : A Jew and a

SamaritanSamaritan Social DifferenceSocial Difference: Jews had no : Jews had no

dealings with Samaritansdealings with Samaritans Hidden Issues:Hidden Issues:

Values, moral, etc.Values, moral, etc.

The SessionThe Session

The Sense of Mission: Jesus had to …The Sense of Mission: Jesus had to … The Needed Perception:The Needed Perception:

She was She was alonealone drawing water drawing water at at noonnoon

Verbal & body language, facial Verbal & body language, facial expression, etc.expression, etc.

A Harmless Initiation QuestionA Harmless Initiation Question To gain understandingTo gain understanding To grab attentionTo grab attention To clarify motiveTo clarify motive

John 4:10-12John 4:10-12

Jesus answered and said to her,Jesus answered and said to her,““If you knew the gift of God, and who it If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”have given you living water.”

The woman said to Him,The woman said to Him,““Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”sons and his livestock?”

John 4:13-15John 4:13-15

Jesus answered and said to her,Jesus answered and said to her,““Whoever drinks of this water will thirst Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”springing up into everlasting life.”

The woman said to Him,The woman said to Him,““Sir, give me this water,Sir, give me this water,

that I may not thirst,that I may not thirst,nor come here to draw.”nor come here to draw.”

Getting to the Felt NeedGetting to the Felt Need

More Q & AMore Q & A Gaining attentionGaining attention Gaining trustGaining trust Getting thereGetting there

An obvious shiftAn obvious shift from the problem to the problem from the problem to the problem

solversolver from the past to the presentfrom the past to the present

John 4:16-18John 4:16-18

Jesus said to her,Jesus said to her,““Go, call your husband, and come here.”Go, call your husband, and come here.”

The woman answered and said,The woman answered and said,““I have no husband.”I have no husband.”

Jesus said to her,Jesus said to her,““You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ for you have had five husbands, and the for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”husband; in that you spoke truly.”

Getting to the Real ProblemGetting to the Real Problem Going BeyondGoing Beyond

From the Superficial to the From the Superficial to the ActualActual

From the Felt Need to the From the Felt Need to the Real Need Real Need

Attitude NoticedAttitude Noticed Confronting without accusingConfronting without accusing Revealing without judgingRevealing without judging

Why didn’t Jesus judge this Why didn’t Jesus judge this woman having 5 husbands?woman having 5 husbands?

What kind of a woman who has 5 What kind of a woman who has 5 husbands?husbands? A traditional answerA traditional answer An alternative answerAn alternative answer

Either way, a care-giver should Either way, a care-giver should not be judgmental towards the not be judgmental towards the care-receiver.care-receiver.

John 4:19-20John 4:19-20

The woman said to Him,The woman said to Him,““Sir, I perceive that You are a Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.prophet.Our fathers worshiped on this Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”ought to worship.”

Possible ScenarioPossible Scenario Minimize the problemMinimize the problem Denying the problemDenying the problem Avoiding the problemAvoiding the problem

A SwiftA Swift From personal experience to national From personal experience to national

historyhistory From straight forward to From straight forward to

controversialcontroversial From specific to generalFrom specific to general

John 4:21-24John 4:21-24

Jesus said to her,Jesus said to her,““Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”in spirit and truth.”

Go with the flow, but stay with Go with the flow, but stay with the issue.the issue.

John 4:25-26John 4:25-26

The woman said to Him,The woman said to Him,

““I know that Messiah is coming I know that Messiah is coming (who is called Christ). When He (who is called Christ). When He comes, He will tell us all things.”comes, He will tell us all things.”

Jesus said to her,Jesus said to her,

““I who speak to you am He.”I who speak to you am He.”

Doubt:Doubt: If there is an answer …If there is an answer … We don’t have the answer NOW!We don’t have the answer NOW!

Caring:Caring: There is an answer … andThere is an answer … and Jesus is the answer now!Jesus is the answer now!