John 7:1-44
Key Verse: 7:38

“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”

* MY TIME HAS NOT YET COME (1-9)

1. Read verses 1-5. What in Judea made Jesus stay away? What was the Feast of Tabernacles? (Lev 23:33-43) Why did Jesus’ brothers urge him to go? Why does the author say that Jesus’ brothers did not believe in him? (5)

2. Read verses 6-9. What did Jesus mean by “the right time for me”? What was the result of trying to please God instead of pleasing his brothers? (7-9) Why did he go to Jerusalem later?

* JESUS TESTIFIES THAT HE CAME FROM GOD (10-36)

3. Why were the Jews watching for Jesus in Jerusalem? (11) What was the controversy about him? (12,13) Why were they amazed at his teaching? (14,15; Mk 1:27)

4. Read verses 16-18. What did Jesus say about the source of his teaching? How does one’s choice reveal his inner motive? What difference does one’s choice make? (See also Heb 11:24,25) What was the result to Jesus of choosing to do God’s will?

5. Read verses 18-20. What shows that Jesus is a man of truth? Read verses 21-24. How does Jesus expose the hypocrisy of the Jews and reveal the shepherd heart of God? How did Jesus’ shepherd heart cause him to be persecuted?

6. What was Jesus’ testimony about himself? (28-29) What did others say about him? (25-27; 30-32) What shows that Jesus is the Christ? To what do verses 33-34 refer? Why did God send Jesus? Why didn’t the Jews understand? (35,36)

* JESUS THE STREAMS OF LIVING WATER (37-44)

7. What was Jesus’ proclamation on the last day? Of what might his words remind them? (Ex 17:6; 1Co 10:4) How does Jesus’ teaching reveal their real problem? (37-39) How is Jesus the answer?