Title: Giduc Mienh Ziux Goux Mienh Nyei Fiem-Fingx Christian Care Attitude Toward Others
1Giduc Mienh Ziux Goux Mienh Nyei
Fiem-FingxChristian Care Attitude Toward Others
2Meih se zeix daaih weic Jiu Tong
- 1.Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux Tin-Hungh.
- 2.Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux ganh mienh
- 3. Meih maaih jiu tong nyei jauv caux meih ganh.
3Ziux goux nyei jauv se dorh fai tengx hnyouv mun
nyei mienh daaih lorz Tin-Hungh fai taux
Tin-Hungh nyei nzahmien.
Caring is Bringing a Broken Heart to the Presence
of God
4- so that it may be whole again!
- Bun ninh aengx haih duqv longx daaih
5 so that they may see the True Light, experience
the Living Water, receive the Bread of Life that
is, to experience the Love of Christ. Ninh mbuo
aengx haih duqv buatc nzunc Zien Njang, aengx
haih duqv seix Ziangh Maengc Wuom, duqv zipv
Ziangh Maengc nyei Njuov se hnangv naaic aqv,
duqv haiz Giduc nyei Hnamv.
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7A Case StudyWoman at the Well (John 4)
- 4 But He needed to go through Samaria. 5 So He
came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar,
near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his
son Joseph. - 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore,
being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the
well. - It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman of Samaria
came to draw water .
8Jesus Meeting with the Samaritan Woman
- Occasion An unscheduled appointment (Jesus
needed to or had to) - Place Through Samaria ? Sychar ? Jacobs Well
- Time 6th hour (noon)
- People Jesus, the caregiver The woman, the
care-receiver - Result A divine encounter
9John 47-9
- Jesus said to her,
- Give Me a drink.
- For His disciples had gone away into the city to
buy food. - Then the woman of Samaria said to Him,
- How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink
from me, a Samaritan woman? - For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10Issues to Consider
- Obvious Issues
- Gender Difference Jesus was alone with the
woman. - Racial Difference A Jew and a Samaritan
- Social Difference Jews had no dealings with
Samaritans - Hidden Issues
- Values, moral, etc.
11The Session
- The Sense of Mission Jesus had to
- The Needed Perception
- She was alone drawing water at noon
- Verbal body language, facial expression, etc.
- A Harmless Initiation Question
- To gain understanding
- To grab attention
- To clarify motive
12John 410-12
- Jesus answered and said to her,
- If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who
says to you, Give Me a drink, you would have
asked Him, and He would have given you living
water. - The woman said to Him,
- Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well
is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave
us the well, and drank from it himself, as well
as his sons and his livestock?
13John 413-15
- Jesus answered and said to her,
- Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,
but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. But the water that I shall
give him will become in him a fountain of water
springing up into everlasting life. - The woman said to Him,
- Sir, give me this water,
- that I may not thirst,nor come here to draw.
14Getting to the Felt Need
- More Q A
- Gaining attention
- Gaining trust
- Getting there
- An obvious shift
- from the problem to the problem solver
- from the past to the present
15John 416-18
- Jesus said to her,
- Go, call your husband, and come here.
- The woman answered and said,
- I have no husband.
- Jesus said to her,
- You have well said, I have no husband, for you
have had five husbands, and the one whom you now
have is not your husband in that you spoke
truly.
16Getting to the Real Problem
- Going Beyond
- From the Superficial to the Actual
- From the Felt Need to the Real Need
- Attitude Noticed
- Confronting without accusing
- Revealing without judging
17- Why didnt Jesus judge this woman having 5
husbands? - What kind of a woman who has 5 husbands?
- A traditional answer
- An alternative answer
- Either way, a care-giver should not be judgmental
towards the care-receiver.
18John 419-20
- The woman said to Him,
- Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
- Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you
Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one
ought to worship.
19- Possible Scenario
- Minimize the problem
- Denying the problem
- Avoiding the problem
- A Swift
- From personal experience to national history
- From straight forward to controversial
- From specific to general
20John 421-24
- Jesus said to her,
- Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you
will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem,
worship the Father. You worship what you do not
know we know what we worship, for salvation is
of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is,
when the true worshipers will worship the Father
in spirit and truth for the Father is seeking
such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those
who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
21- Go with the flow, but stay with the issue.
22John 425-26
- The woman said to Him,
- I know that Messiah is coming (who is called
Christ). When He comes, He will tell us all
things. - Jesus said to her,
- I who speak to you am He.
23- Doubt
- If there is an answer
- We dont have the answer NOW!
- Caring
- There is an answer and
- Jesus is the answer now!