John 13: What Love Looks Like (The Gospel of John)

 

1.What would it feel like to have Jesus wash your feet?

 

 

 

2. What do you imagine Judas was feeling as Jesus washed his feet, then told the disciples that one of them would betray Him?

 

 

 

3. What makes it hard for us to serve each other?

 

 

 

4. Isn’t loving each other like Jesus loves us kind of impossible? Why would He tell us to do something He knows we really can’t do?

 

 

 




John 12: Jesus’ Last Message (The Gospel of John)

 

1. Do you think it was kind of dumb for Mary to pour $68,000 worth of perfume on Jesus? Didn’t Judas have a point?

 

 

 

2. Why did the religious leaders want to kill Lazarus? Wasn’t it a little late for that?

 

 

 

3. Why do you think the disciples didn’t understand why Jesus rode a donkey until after He was glorified? What do you suppose they did think when He got on the donkey?

 

 

 

4. Why do you suppose we tend to be more anxious to get people saved than Jesus was?

 

 

 




John 11: Lazarus, Life & Death (The Gospel of John)

 

1. Who is the person who has died that you miss the most, and why?

 

 

 

2. How would you live differently if you knew you would never physically die?

 

 

 

3. Why do you think Jesus was crying?

 

 

 

4. Where does your belief come short of where you wish it was?

 

 

 




John 10: Jesus, Good Shepherd (The Gospel of John)

 

1. What first attracted you to Jesus?

 

 

 

2. Why do you think many people don’t associate freedom with following Jesus?

 

 

 

3. What are some of the possible appeals to following a hireling instead of a shepherd?

 

 

 

4. Why did most of the people who heard from Jesus, the Good Shepherd, end up rejecting Him?

 

 

 




John 9: Blindness to Light (The Gospel of John)

 

1. How aware are you of disabled people around you and what is your attitude toward them?

 

 

 

2. How aware are you of people around you who have spiritual blindness and what is your attitude toward them?

 

 

 

3. What was motivating the Pharisees in this story?

 

 

 

4. What kinds of things are standing in the way of you letting your light shine?

 

 

 




John 8: Why the People Judge (The Gospel of John)

 

1. Why did the Jews bring the adulteress woman to Jesus? Why was it His problem?

 

 

 

2. What do you think Jesus wrote on the ground?

 

 

 

3. What are the main reasons why people reject Jesus today?

 

 

 

4. Has there ever been a time when you badly misjudged someone?

 

 

 

5. What do you like most about Jesus in this story?

 

 

 




John 7: Rivers of Living Water (The Gospel of John)

 

1. Has it ever been hard for you to reach your own family? If so, why?

 

 

 

2. Why does being gossiped about hurt so much?

 

 

 

3. Have you ever felt like you were surrounded by people who want you to fail?

 

 

 

4. How does the Holy Spirit help us to refresh others?

 

 

 




John 6: Feeding the 5,000 (The Gospel of John)

 

1. Why do you think Jesus fed a large crowd of people in such a miraculous way?

 

 

 

2. If you could choose between personally witnessing either the feeding of 5,000 or Jesus walking on water which would you choose and why?

 

 

 

3. Why do you think Jesus chose the metaphor of bread to describe Himself?

 

 

 

4. What does it mean to eat of Him?

 

 

 

5. Have you ever felt like you were following Jesus mostly for the fringe benefits?

 

 

 




John 5: Healing On the Sabbath (The Gospel of John)

 

1. What would it feel like to be healed after 38 years? What are the first three things you’d want to do?

 

 

 

2. Why were the Jewish leaders so mad about Jesus healing a guy on the Sabbath?

 

 

 

3. Why was it such a big deal to them that Jesus was claiming to be God?

 

 

 

4. Have you ever met people who have strong religious opinions but seem like they are missing God’s love?

 

 

 




John 4: The Woman at the Well (The Gospel of John)

 

1. What touches you most about the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman?

 

 

 

2. Why are we so pressured by time?

 

 

 

3. Why do you think so many people in the Samaritan village gave this woman credibility? What made her believable?

 

 

 

4. What are some ways that we could show more vulnerability to those around us who don’t know Jesus?