SATURDAY,
AUGUST 27, 2022
TEXT:
John 3:1-15
1.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
2.
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a
teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is
with him.”
3.
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he
cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4.
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a
second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and
the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit
is spirit.
7.
Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
8.
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know
where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the
Spirit.”
9.
Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”
10.
Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not
understand these things?”
11.
Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what
we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
12.
If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe
if I tell you heavenly things?
13.
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of
Man.
14.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be
lifted up,
15.
that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
(English
Standard Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN
Nicodemus was a
well-respected Jewish teacher in Jesus’ day. So, for a man of his status to be
seen favorably disposed to Jesus regarding eternal life must have drawn
ridicule from the public and probably the wrath of the Jewish ruling council.
It is therefore not
surprising that he went to see Jesus at night. Although Nicodemus merely
affirmed that Jesus was a teacher sent from God as attested to by the miracles,
Jesus knew what his problem was.
So, Jesus addressed the
issue head-on: “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless
they are born again” (verse 3). To see the Kingdom of God means one becomes a
child of God and Jesus noted that this is a spiritual exercise attained by
faith in him: “Everyone who believes may have eternal life in him [Jesus
Christ]” (verse 15).
There is no physical
equivalent to how one becomes a child of God just as we cannot explain where
the wind that blows comes from and where it is going.
QUESTION:
If you are not born again, will you like to become a child of God now? Then
study John 1:12, 3:16 and Romans 10:9-10.
PRAYER:
Thank You, dear Jesus, for through You and by faith in You I have become a
child of God, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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