Announcements –Announcements from sheet
Assistance next Sunday after the service to set up at Infinity Bay. What do we call you? Priest, reverend pastor. Your Supreme Holiness, kiss ring.
Living Love. – Main theme throughout.
–Nickolodeon – kids show – then they had a night program with old tv shows called Nic at Night.
Do you believe in Air?
READ SCRIPTURE
Vs. 1-2Nicodemus – Ruler of the Jews
Night. Why?
Pharisee qualifications…
Great Sanhedrin Qualifications… – 3,23,70
-Supreme religious body(local judge, two higher magistrates
-scholarship, modesty, respect, strong, courageous
-qualified documented lineage
- judged lawbreakers & religious matters, no lawyers
vs 3Gentile entered Judaism it was called a rebirth
No Jew needs a rebirth – They were born God’s people.
Unless one is or unless a person is born again. Not unless a gentile.
Nicodemus needed to understand that we aren’t saved by our family or our friends.
Are you a Christian?Yes, my parents were.Can you fly a plane?Dadpilot
Vs4Stuck thinking of physical. Messiah would overthrow Romans.
Vs5-6Is this referring to Baptism? No.
- Baptism is not a requirement for salvation. Thief on cross. Not anything we do. Every believer should do it as a public sign of a transformed life but baptism doesn’t save. Jesus does.
- Phillipian Jailer asks Paul: What shall I do to be saved?
- Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.
- This is organized in Hebrew Poetic form. – slide
Body SoulYou do not have a soul, you are a soul,you have a body
Born once (Physical Only) –––– Die Twice (Physical and Spiritual)
Born Twice (Physical and Spiritual) –––– Die Once (Physical only)
Vs 7-9Don’t be astonished that I said you must be born again.
The term rendered “wind” in John 3:8 is the Greek wordpneuma
– 386 times in the Greek New Testament, and it is never rendered “wind” except in this solitary instance.THE SPIRIT BREATHES (WIND ANEMOS)
Vs10-12Who is the Our Witness? In the Sanhedrin, at least two witnesses were required for any testimony. Son and Holy Spirit specifically.
Vs13-15Son of Man – favorite term, used for Messiah in OT
Moses lifted up snake in Wilderness.
–Israelites grumble – let’s go back to Egypt
–God sends Poisonous snakes bit Israelites.
Tells Moses to make a serpant of Bronze and put it on a standard
-Everyone who looks to the snake will be saved.
-Picture of Jesus –
- Snake, symbol of sin.Garden of Eden.He became sin
- Bronze – Altar – Brazen Altar fro sacrifices in Temple
- Lifted up just as Jesus would be on cross
- Look to the snake to be saved from Curse
Vs16-17Referencing story of Moses – Just as he loved his chosen people
God loved you so you would not perish but have everlasting life
Vs18-21Everyone born is in need of a Savior. Noone is good enough
Later on we see Nicodemus defended our Lord Jesus against his own fellow Pharisees.
John 7:50Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,51“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”52They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”
Nicodemus was there with Joseph of Arimathea, who was acounsellor, one of the JewishSanhedrim at the burial of Jesus.
John 19:38After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.39Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesusby night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five poundsin weight.40So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Closing – Train Bridge – 1920’s Bridge up