Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 Reading Guide

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OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY School of Religion RG 102:08 Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ Jesus of Nazareth By William G. Johnsson Part 1 – Fill in the blanks: “Chapter 8: A Man for All People” 1. These four encounters, found only in the Gospel of John, occurred in Jesus’ ministry, probably between Passover AD ___________ and Passover AD __________ They provide unmatched insights into the ______________ and values of Jesus, the matchless __________ for all people. 2. On two counts, __________________ was one of the most powerful men in ________________; he was a ________________ and a member of the ruling council, the __________________. 3. The ______________, scrupulous in their observance of both written and oral regulations, were the religious ____________. Although the ______________ controlled the high _____________, the Pharisees dominated in _____________ affairs. 4. The second feature that made Nicodemus one of Jerusalem’s _______________ was his membership in the ______________. This, the highest ________________ body of the Jewish people, was a group of seventy-one drawn from the ___________ (Sadducees), ______________ of the law (Pharisees), and lay elders of the _____________. 5. The word translated “____________” in Jesus’ declaration ______________ , had dual meanings: “a second time” or “_________________” and “from above.” 6. A lonely __________________ came to the ________________ in the middle of the day to draw ______________. Her life revolved around ________________ and _______________. 7. ____________ and ________________ find women at the ___________ or well; they avoid the ______________ of the day. When they gather together in Dr. Donna M. Roper-Roach Page 1

OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY School of Religion RG 102:08 Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ fulfillment of their daily ___________, they find relief in sharing _______________ and _______________ from their simple lives. 8. Yet here she was, approaching the well at __________________ with her ________________. She doesn't expect to find ____________________; she doesn’t want to find anyone. She is a person whose _______________ has become _________________ to all the people in the town. When she ______________ by in public, heads ____________, and tounges __________. So she _______________ meeting people, choosing to perform the ____________ tasks of drawing water in the heat of the day. 9. As Jesus did with everyone He _________________, he _____________the woman where she was. Her life was _____________and _______________; He talked with her about water and men rather than being ____________ from above, a snake on the pole, or the incredible ____________ of __________that sent His Son into the world. _______________ and ______ were simple and basic. Yet through these two items around which the woman's life revolved, Jesus led her, step by step, to __________ and the new ___________ life made available through the gift of the _____________. 10. In this ______________ encounter, found in John 4:46-54, Jesus meets another powerful _____________. This man isn’t a ______________ leader but a _________ official. But like Nicodemus, he seeks out Jesus, traveling from his home in _____________ to Cana. He comes with an urgent request: his ____________ is dying, and he begs Jesus to come ___________l him. 11. But there is a _______________ with his attitude toward the _____________. He has made up his mind that he will decide for or against Jesus on the basis of how Jesus ____________. If Jesus ______________ his son, he will accept him. If not, he will not ______________ in Him. 12. Ellen G. White commenting on the royal official's attitude observes: Dr. Donna M. Roper-Roach Page 2

OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY School of Religion RG 102:08 Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ Not because we _____ or __________ that God ____________ us are we to believe. We are to ______________in His promises. When we come to Him in __________________, every __________ enters the heart of God. When we have asked for His______________, we should ____________ that we receive it, and _______________ Him that we have received it. Then we are to go about our ________________, assured that the blessing will be realized when we _______________ it most. When we have _____________ to do this, we shall know that our prayers are answered. God will do for us "_________________," "according to the riches of His glory," and "the ______________of His mighty power." Eph. 3:20,16, 1:9. 13. This story strikes us as _________________. In its suggestion that the moving of the water could be a means of __________, and especially the idea that the first one in the ___________ gets the __________ – pure _______________! – it does not comport with the Bible elsewhere teaches about God and His ways. 14. The oldest __________ of the Gospel of John do not contain verse __________. Apparently, some scribe copying the New Testament inserted the statement about an _________ stirring up the water. That the people by the pool believed an ____________l came down from time to time was no doubt so. That is why they were there. And that the water of the pool periodically __________ up is likewise true, but the case was probably an ____________ spring – not an ______. 15. The God of the Scriptures always acts out of ____________ and _________________. He isn’t capricious; God is absolutely ___________. He is the one whom we know through his revelation of Jesus, His Son. This Jesus didn’t offer the _____________ help in getting into the pool. He cuts through all the _______________ that had grown around the stirring of the waters. He simply said to the invalid, "_______________ up! Pick up your Dr. Donna M. Roper-Roach Page 3

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