Nicodemus Risks the Pharisees Wrath

Nicodemus Meets With Jesus {John}

A Pharisee named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council, went to talk to Jesus at night (probably because the Pharisees opposed Jesus and Nicodemus didn’t want to be seen). Nicodemus said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher, come from God. No one could do the miraculous things you do without God.”

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

“How can a man reenter the womb when he’s grown?”

“To enter the kingdom of God, one must be born of water and the Spirit. The wind blows as it pleases. You hear it but neither know where it comes from nor where it goes. It is the same for those born of the Spirit.”

“I don’t understand,” Nicodemus said.

Personal Thought: I’m with him. All kinds of interesting interpretations come to mind and maybe that’s the point. The Spirit works with individuals, which means individualized advice and requirements, not one collective thought. We are all part of the church, but each part has a place no other part can replace.

God So Loved the World {John}

“I speak of earthly things,” Jesus said, “and you don’t believe me. So, will you believe me when I speak of heavenly things? No one has gone into heaven except the Son of Man, who came from heaven. God loved the world enough to give His one and only Son, so that those believing in him should not die but live forever. God did not send His Son to condemn the world, but to save it. Believe in his name to save yourself from condemnation. Don’t believe and stand condemned.

“Light has entered the world but men loved the darkness where they could hide their evil deeds. Those living by the truth, come into the light to plainly show that what they do is done through God.”