Title: Loveology: Loving in the Every Day

Key Passages: John 4:19-24 NIV John 4:19-24 19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Matthew 8:1-4 NIV; Matthew 8:1-4 8 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy[a] came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. 4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

John 3:16 NIV, John 3:16  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 23:33-34 Luke 23:33-34 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[a] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

1. Samaritan Woman

• Represents hostility to Jesus’ culture and religious practices
• Jesus was positioned to meet this woman at the time He did.
• Our interactions with those whom we consider to be at odds with us may not be happenstance. You never know what God is trying to orchestrate through your interaction. He’s supposed to be able to depend on us for his daily use. 
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• Jesus responds to her in the following ways:
• Treats the woman with dignity by engaging her
• He communicates with her
• He offers her hope
• He doesn’t make the conversation about their differences nor does he agree with her about the things she’s saying.
• He engages her difference of theology without contentious debate. Instead, He offers truth. 

1. Man with Leperosy
2. Represents Jesus’ interaction with an outcast
3. The leper asks Jesus to do something only Jesus could do. 
4. Jesus responds to him in the following ways:

• He agrees to serve the man
• He breaks the proximity expectations
• He’s willing to help him without the attention and accolades of others 

1. Nicodemus 
2. Represents Jesus’ interaction with a person who “should know better” 
3. Nicodeums was a part of the religious elite. Someone who had all the answers but was curious beneath the surface. 
4. Jesus responds in the following ways. 

• He’s open to the conversation
• He discerns his curiosity
• He answers him truthfully without judgement

1. The Executioners at the Cross
2. Represents enemies of Jesus
3. Jesus responds by asking the Father to forgive them citing their inability to understand the gravity of who they are crucifying.
4. He asks for mercy for the people who are responsible for his greatest suffering.