The Greatest Life Ever Lived

A Study in the Incarnate Life of Jesus Christ

Gospels Lesson 25 : Nicodemus and the New Birth

JOHN 2:23-3:21 – CHAPTER 2 FLOWS INTO CHAPTER 3 WITHOUT BREAK – THE CROWD “BELIEVED IN HIS NAME” YET JESUS DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF TO THEM, KNOWING THEIR HEARTS – NICODEMUS COMES BY NIGHT – YOU MUST BE BORN “ANEW, AGAIN” OR “FROM ABOVE” – NO SIGHT OF SPIRITUAL THINGS WITHOUT NEW BIRTH – BORN OF “WATER AND THE SPIRIT” – NICODEMUS, A TEACHER OF THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES, SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING – SIGHT OF THE BRAZEN SERPENT – JOHN 3:16 – JESUS CAME TO SAVE NOT CONDEMN – MANKIND CONDEMNED WITHOUT FAITH IN CHRIST – MEN LOVE DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT