Week 4 of 21 · John 4 · Thursday December 10
Living Water for a Thirsty Town
Jesus crosses every wall a man could build (race, religion, gender, shame) to offer living water that ends the soul’s thirst. He is the Messiah, the Savior of the world, who seeks true worshipers, and whose word alone is enough to give life.
“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”John 4:14
MondayRead John 4 twice and mark itMon Dec 7
TuesdayStudy notes and the Observe questionsTue Dec 8
WednesdayInterpret, Weigh the Teachers and ApplyWed Dec 9
Thursday eveningTogether: the film, the worksheet, prayerThu Dec 10
Season 1, Episode 8 · “I Am He”The woman at the well and the Samaritan town that believes (4:1–42).
Season 4, Episode 4 · “Calm Before” (optional)A healing of an official’s son that echoes 4:46–54, blended with the centurion of Matthew 8.
Read it against John 4
- John 4:3 says Jesus was traveling from Judea to Galilee. The episode has them going the other direction.
- The woman is named Photina in the show. That name comes from later church tradition; Scripture leaves her unnamed.
- In John 4:46–54 the man is a royal official whose son is healed from a distance at Cana. The show’s version mixes in a Roman centurion from Matthew 8. Compare the two accounts.
The Chosen is a drama, not Scripture. Watch it to picture the people and places, then test every scene by the text — “examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). God’s Word is the truth; where the film differs, the Word wins.