Please
Read John chapter 3
Key
Verse:
Jesus
answered and said to Nicodemus, “Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless
one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” John 3:5
For many
it would be shocking that a man so steeped in religion as Nicodemus was cannot
get into the Kingdom of God except by new birth. Nicodemus was a renowned
religious teacher in Israel but this was something totally foreign to him. How
could someone enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born a second
time and yet this is the one pre-requisite that Jesus says is necessary to
enter into God’s Kingdom? Jesus was speaking about a spiritual rebirth and not
a physical rebirth.
The
Bible teaches that man has a spirit that has been separated from God through
sin. The Bible says that the human spirit is dead towards God unless it is born
again. The spirit is that part of man that is intuitive, conscience and was
originally created to have communion with God. When the human spirit is made alive
again by the Holy Spirit man’s relationship with God is restored.
Later in
this chapter Jesus reveals that God’s love and the sacrifice of Jesus is the
only basis for new birth. By actively trusting in Jesus and leaning on Him
alone we find new life and salvation.
Questions:
As you
read through John chapter 3 what words or phrases are used that describe the
person who has been born again?
What
part of man is “born again”?
What
single verse in John chapter 3 tells more about God and His plan for this world
than any other verse in the Bible?
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