In John Chapter 3:1-21, Nicodemus approached Jesus at night, acknowledging that God had sent Him due to the miracles Jesus performed. “We experience a fascinating conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus his wonderful witness of a teachable spirit. How wonderful to have been given a bird’s eye view into the teaching of the new birth given to Nicodemus. Jesus responded by saying that unless a person is “born from above,” they cannot understand the kingdom of God. Being Born Again, Nicodemus was puzzled, wondering how someone could be born again when they are old. Jesus clarified that being born again involves both water (symbolizing cleansing) and God’s Spirit (spiritual rebirth). God’s Love and Salvation, Jesus emphasized God’s love for the world by giving His one and only Son (Himself) to save humanity. Whoever believes in the Son (Jesus) will have eternal life and not perish. God did not send His Son to condemn the world but to save it. Nicodemus Response to Light and Truth. Jesus lets Nicodemus know that some people loved darkness because their deeds were evil, avoiding the light. Those who practice truth come to the light, revealing their righteous deeds done in God’s presence. Nicodemus declared righteousness by faith in Jesus. Talk to the Lord Jesus about your sin and forget it as He does. If you sin against someone, you have to ask them to forgive you for what you have done. Move on walking with Jesus in freedom. Eternal Salvation is forever with Jesus, not man.
It reads in John Chapter 3:1-21 EASY> There was a Pharisee called Nicodemus. He was one of the Jewish leaders. He came to speak with Jesus at night. He said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we know that God has sent you to us. We have seen the miracles that you are doing. Nobody could do these things unless God was with him.’ Jesus replied, ‘I tell you this: Unless a person is born from above, they cannot understand the kingdom of God.’ Nicodemus asked, ‘How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot return to his mother’s body. He cannot be born a second time.’ Jesus explained, ‘I tell you this: Unless a person is born by water and by God’s Spirit, he cannot come into the kingdom of God. People give birth to what is human. But God’s Spirit gives birth to spirit. I said to you, “You must be born from above.” What I said should not surprise you. When someone is born by God’s Spirit, it is like the wind that blows. The wind blows wherever it chooses to blow. You can hear it. But you do not know where it came from or where it is going.’ Nicodemus asked, ‘How can this happen?’ Jesus replied, ‘You are an important teacher of people in Israel. You ought to understand these things! I tell you this: We speak about things that we know. We tell you about what we have seen. But even then, you people do not believe our message. I have told you about things that happen in this world. And you do not believe me. But now I am telling you about things that happen in heaven. So I do not think that you will ever believe me about those things. The Son of Man came down from heaven. Nobody else has gone up to heaven except him. Long ago Moses lifted up the metal snake in the wilderness to save his people. In the same way, people must lift up the Son of Man on a cross. As a result, everyone who believes him will be able to live forever with God. God loved the people in the world so much that he gave his one and only Son to save them. As a result, everyone who believes in the Son will not die. Instead, they will live forever with God.’ God did not send his Son into the world because he wanted to punish people. He sent his Son to save the people in the world from punishment. God will not punish anyone who believes in his Son. But if people refuse to believe in the Son, God has already decided that he must punish them. They have not believed in God’s one and only Son. God’s Son has brought light into the world. But some people did not love the light. They loved the dark instead. That was because they were doing evil things. That is why God has decided to punish those people. Everyone who does evil things hates the light. A person like that will not come to the light because he is afraid. He does not want the bad things that he has done to show clearly. But anyone who does what is true will come to the light. The light will show clearly that he has been doing what is right. Everyone can see that he has been obeying God.