John 1: ⁹The true light that shines on everyone was coming into the world.... ¹¹He came into his own world, but his own nation did not welcome him. ¹²Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God. ¹³They were not God's children by nature or because of any human desires. God himself was the one who made them his children. (CEV)
 1. Is there something about Jesus that makes you not recognize Him?

John 3: ³¹God's Son comes from heaven and is above all others.... ³²He speaks about what he has seen and heard, and yet no one believes him. ³³But everyone who does believe him has shown that God is truthful. ³⁴The Son was sent to speak God's message, and he has been given the full power of God's Spirit. ³⁵The Father loves the Son and has given him everything. ³⁶Everyone who has faith in the Son has eternal life. But no one who rejects him will ever share in that life, and God will be angry with them forever. (CEV)
2. With Jesus speaking about what He had seen and heard, why did no one believe Him?

John 4: ¹³Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. ¹⁴But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life." ¹⁵The woman replied, "Sir, please give me a drink of that water! Then I won't get thirsty and have to come to this well again." (CEV)
3. If this water will keep you from getting "thirsty," why do we experience unrest?

John 7: ³⁷.... Jesus stood up and shouted, "If you are thirsty, come to me and drink! ³⁸Have faith in me, and you will have life-giving water flowing from deep inside you.... (CEV)
John 4: ³⁵.... the fields are ripe and ready to harvest. ³⁶Even now the harvest workers are receiving their reward by gathering a harvest that brings eternal life.... ³⁷So the saying proves true, "Some plant the seed, and others harvest the crop." ³⁸I am sending you to harvest crops in fields where others have done all the hard work. (CEV)
4. What was so important about Jesus coming from Heaven to "harvest" people for eternal life?

Luke 5: ³¹Jesus answered, "Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do. ³²I didn't come to invite good people to turn to God. I came to invite sinners." (CEV)
Luke 24: ⁴⁶.... The Scriptures say that the Messiah must suffer, then three days later he will rise from death. ⁴⁷.... all people of every nation must be told in my name to turn to God, in order to be forgiven. So beginning in Jerusalem, ⁴⁸you must tell everything that has happened. (CEV)
5. Why weren't good people invited?

Romans 1: ¹⁶I am proud of the good news! It is God's powerful way of saving all people who have faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. (CEV)
6. Summarize the Good News in your own words.

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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