stst andre ws baptist church welcome to. real life
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Real life
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Mentioned 3 times in John’s Gospel:
> John 3
> John 7:50-51
> John 19:38-42
What happened to Nicodemus that made him change?
Conversations with God: Nicodemus
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Nicodemus’ Profile
> Pharisee > Esteemed Leader > Teacher of Law > Member of the Sanhedrin > Believed to have been a prominent theologian
Nicodemus was curious – wanted to ask questions
Conversations with God: Nicodemus
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Conversations with God: Nicodemus“He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know you are ateacher who has come from God. For no-one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.’”
John 3:2
Nicodemus has missed the point – Jesus is not just a teacher, he’s God himself!
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Nicodemus comes with own agenda
But Jesus challenges it!
“I tell you the truth, no-one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
John 3:3
Conversations with God: Nicodemus
“How can a man be born again when he is old?… surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born?”
John 3:4
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Nicodemus struggled to understand
Conversations with God: Nicodemus
“I tell you the truth, no-one can enter the kingdom of God unlesshe is born of water and the Spirit…”
John 3:5
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Water
Conversations with God: Nicodemus
John the Baptist baptised with water
John’s baptism signified repentance!
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Spirit
Conversations with God: Nicodemus
Happens after true repentanceYou are given the gift of the Holy Spirit
“[God] set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.”
2 Corinthians 1:22
The water is repentance – the spirit is new life – and that’s being born again!
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Conversations with God: Nicodemus
“How can this be?”John 3:9
“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
John 3:14-15
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Conversations with God: NicodemusNumbers 21:4-9 : > Israelites were complaining > Snakes sent into camp > People realised they’d sinned > Asked Moses to pray to God and help them > God told Moses to form bronze serpent and place it on a pole > When people looked at it, they were healed
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“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16
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