YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN

JOHN 3:1-3

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. WHO WAS NICODEMUS? [v. 1-7]

1. He was a Man [v. 1, Genesis 1:27]

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

2. He was a Religious, Moral Man [v. 1]

3. He was a Confused, Ignorant Man [v. 2-4]

Four times in Exodus [7:11, 22, 8:7, 18] it says something similar to “now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments”. The Anti-Christ and the False prophet will do miracles in the Tribulation.

4. He Was a Lost Man [v. 3-7]

 

II. HOW DID NICODEMUS COME TO JESUS? [v. 2-3]

1. He Came by Night Under Conviction [v. 2-3, 6:44, Rev. 22:17]

-No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

- And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.

2. He Came Sincerely, in Humility [v. 2-3] He was a Pharisee, ruler of the Jews [v. 1] and a Master of Israel [v. 11] yet came to an itinerant teacher of less than 3 years

3. He Came Seeking the Answer to an Important Question [v. 2-3]

-Like the Philippian Jailer, “What must I do to be saved?” [Acts 16:30]

-Like the Greeks, “Sir, we would see Jesus” [Jn. 12:20-21]

 

III. HOW DID NICODEMUS LEAVE JESUS?

1. He Left Knowing the Importance of the New Birth [v. 3-8]

2. He Left knowing the Incarnation of the Saviour [v. 9-14]

3. He Left Knowing the Invitation to be Saved [v. 15-21]

4. He Left Knowing the Saviour Intimately [John 7: 43-53, 19: 38]

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.