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God`s Assurance Policy
Contributed by Derrick White Sr on May 11, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: IT`S A POLICY THAT GIVES YOU COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE AS SOON AS YOU ENROLL IN IT AND YOU DON`T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A WAITING PERIOD
1 Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish council.
2 He came to Jesus one night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that God has sent you as a teacher. No one can perform the miracles you perform unless God is with him.”
3 Jesus replied to Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”
4 Nicodemus asked him, “How can anyone be born when he's an old man? He can't go back inside his mother a second time to be born, can he?”
5 Jesus answered Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.
6 Flesh and blood give birth to flesh and blood, but the Spirit gives birth to things that are spiritual.
7 Don't be surprised when I tell you that all of you must be born from above.
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you don't know where the wind comes from or where it's going. That's the way it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD
VERY BRIEFLY WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD AND THE GUIDIANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS
I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT
GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
AS WE LOOK BACK OVER THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES
WE ALL HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN LIFE
THAT WE MUST HAVE VARIOUS TYPES OF INSURANCE
WE HAVE INSURANCE FOR LIFE AND INSURANCE FOR DEATH
AND EVEN THOUGH THESE INSURANCES CAN TAKE MONTHS AND WEEKS
BEFORE THE POLICY GO INTO EFFECT
IT CAN BE CANCELED OR REVOKE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
AND THE REASON WHY IS INSURANCES HAS STIPULATIONS
BUT THIS MORNING /EVENING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A POLICY THE GIVES YOU UNLIMITED BENEFITS
IN THIS LIFE AS WELL THE ONE TO COME
IT`S A POLICY THAT HAS GUARNTED ACCEPTANCE
NO MATTER HOW YOUNG OR OLD YOU ARE
IT`S A POLICY THAT GIVES YOU COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE AS SOON AS YOU ENROLL IN IT
AND YOU DON`T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A WAITING PERIOD
BECAUSE JESUS BLOTTED OUT THE WAITING PERIOD WHEN HE DIED ON AN OLD RUGGED CROSS FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
INSURANCE IS MAN MADE
BUT GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY IS GOD OBTAINED
INSURANCE IS COSTLY
BUT GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY IS FREE TO WHOSOEVER WILL
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IN THE TEXT BEFORE
JESUS HAS A ONE ON ONE ENCOUNTER WITH NICODEMUS
YOU KNOW NICODEMUS
A MAN WITH A PHD IN BIBLE TIMES BUT HE DID`NT KNOW WHO JESUS WAS
NICODEMUS- A MEMBER OF THE SANHEDRIN COUNSEL –THE MASTER TEACHER OF ISRAEL
WHO CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT WITH COMPLIMENTS CONCERNING HIS TEACHING AND MIRACLES
BUT JESUS LOOK BEYOND THE COMPLIMENTS AND SHARES WITH NICODEMUS ABOUT GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
HE SHARES WITH NICODEMUS ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY ----THE PROCEDURE OF THE POLICY AND THE POSSIBLITY OF THE POLICY
VERY BRIEFLY LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY THAT FOUND IN VERSE 3
JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS THAT THE NEW BIRTH IS A NECESSITY IF HE WANTS TO ENROLL IN GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
FOR HE SAYS –EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN
THE WORD AGAIN MEANS
FROM THE BEGINNING—COMPLETELY AND FULLY---A REPEATED ACT
JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS THAT
IN ORDER FOR A MAN TO BE ACCEPTED INTO GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
HE HAS TO BORN COMPLETELY AND FULLY
ALL OVER AGAIN—A COMPLETE AND FULL CHANGE
FROM ABOVE FROM GOD
ARE HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD
HE MUST BE BORN AGAIN
JESUS WAS LETTING HIM KNOW HE WAS`NT IN NEED OF A TEACHER BUT WHAT HE NEEDED WAS A SAVIOR
BECAUSE IT WAS`NT ANYTHING MATERIALLY –PHYSICALLY—MORALLY OR RELIGIOUSLY THAT COULD GET HIM TO SEE OR ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD
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BUT NOT ONLY DOES HE TELL NICODEMUS ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT HE TELLS HIM ABOUT THE PROCEDURE OF THE POLICY
JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS UNLESS ONE IS BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT HE CAN NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD
JESUS LETS US KNOW THAT THE PROCEDURE OF THE NEW BIRTH IS WHEN A PERSON IS BORN OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT
AND WHEN JESUS SAYS WATER
HE`S NOT TALKING ABOUT WATER BAPTISIM
BECAUSE WATER BAPTISIM CAN`T SAVE YOU
BECAUSE WATER BAPTISIM IS ONLY SYMBOLIC TO THE DEATH BURIAL AND RESSURECTION
BUT HERE IN THE TEXT WATER HAS REFERENCE TO PHYSICAL BIRTH
THE NATURAL BIRTH THAT BRINGS US INTO THIS SIN SICK WORLD BUT WILL NOT GET US INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD
