John 3:1-8
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
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THE WORD BORN MEANS – TO BEGOTTEN OR CAUSE TO BE
THE WORD AGAIN MEANS –FROM ABOVE OVER AGAIN
IT IS USED IN THE TERM THINGS THAT COMES FROM THE GOD OF HEAVEN
JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS THAT AFTER A PERSON HAS EXPERIENCED THE NATURAL BIRTH
WE HAVE TO BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT
IF WE ARE TO SEE OR ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND THE REASON WHY IS
BECAUSE THE SPIRITUAL BIRTH IS WHAT GIVES US SPIRITUAL LIFE
IT`S A LIFE THAT IS IMPARTED TO US FROM GOD----CALLED REGENERATION
BECAUSE ONCE WE ARE BORN OF THE SPIRIT –WE HAVE A SPIRITUAL NATURE
JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS THAT THE NEW BIRTH IS A MIRACLE
IT`S A MIRACLE BECAUSE WE EXPERIENCE AN INSTANTANEOUS CHANGE IN OUR NATURE
WE ARE NO LONGER CONTROLED BY THE PHYSICAL BUT BY THE SPIRITUAL
THE PROCEDURE OF THE POLICY IS WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CHANGES OUR NATURE
BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
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WELL NOT ONLY DID JESUS REVEAL THE PURPOSE AND THE PROCEDURE OF GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
BUT HE ASLO REVEALS TO NICODEMUS THE POSSIBILTY OF GOD`S ASSURANCE
POLICY
IN VERSE 7 OF THE TEXT HE SAYS
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
JESUS WANTED NICODEMUS TO KNOW THAT THE NEW BIRTH WAS A POSSIBLITY
BUT IT WAS ALSO A MYSTERY
FOR HE TELLS HIM IN VERSE 8
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
BUT NOT ONLY IS IT A MYSTERY
BUT IT`S HEAVENLY IN IT`S ORGIN AND IT`S OPERATION
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WE CANNOT SEE THE WIND
BUT WE CAN FEEL IT AND SEE THE RESULTS OF IT`S PRESENCE
AND EVEN THOUGH WE CAN`T SEE THE NEW BIRTH AS IT HAPPENS
BUT WE CAN FEEL IT DOWN ON THE INSIDE WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN
YOU SEE
THE EFFECTS OF THE WIND CAN BE SEEN
THE SOUND OF THE WIND CAN BE HEARD
YET THE WIND IS NOT SEEN
NOR DO WE KNOW WHERE IT GOES
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHEN YOU HAVE GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
THE SINFUL BECOMES HOLY AND THE INDECENT BECOMES PURE
THE CRUEL BECOMES MORAL AND THE MORAL BECOMES CHRISTIANS
AN THE PRAYERLESS BECOMES PRAYERFUL
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
WE ARE REDEEMED FROM OUR SINS AND ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD
CLEANSED FROM OUR UNRIGHTEOUS AND SHELTERED IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
I SAY WHEN YOU HAVE GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
YOUR NAME IS RECORDED IN THE LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE
AND WE TRUSTING IN THE GRACE OF GOD
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY YOU GOT ALL YOU NEED
IN OTHER WORD YOU HAVE EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z
YOU HAVE
A –BECAUSE HE IS ALMIGHTY
B-HE IS OUR BATTLE AXE
C-HE IS CARING
D-HE IS OUR DELIVERER
E – HE IS EVERLASTING
F—HE IS FAITHFUL
G –HE IS GRACIOUS
I- HE IS OUR I AM
J – HE IS JUST
K- HE IS KING OF KINGS
L- HE IS LORD OF LORDS
M – HE IS THE MESSIAH
N –HE WILL NEVER FAIL YOU
O- HE IS OMNIPOTENT—OMNINEICENTS--AND OMNIPRESENT
P –HE IS POWERFUL
Q- HE IS QUICK
R--HE IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
S-HE IS OUR SAVIOR
T- HE IS THE TRUTH
U -IN HIM WE HAVE UNITY
V—IN HIM WE HAVE VICTORY
W—HE IS OUR WISDOM
Y-- HE IS OUR YOKE BREAKER
Z –HE IS OUR ZEAL
AND THE REASON WHY BECAUSE
HE STEP OUT OF ETERNITY INTO TIME
LEFT HEAVEN GLORY AND STEP INTO EARTH SHAME
GOT ON HEAVENS ELEVATOR AND CAME DOWN THROUGH 42 GENERATIONS AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS A VIRGIN NAMED MARY
BORN IN ANOTHER MANS STABLE
REARED IN ANOTHER MAN TOWN
BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN RIVER
TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS
BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS OWN
LED UP A MOUNTAIN CALLED CALVARY
NAILED TO AND OLD RUGGED CROSS
PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB
BUT EARLY ---I SAY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING HE GOT UP
EVEN THOUGH I WAS`NT THERE
I BELIEVE HE GOT UP WITH ALL POWER-------ALL POWER------A--L--L P—O--W-E-R
IN HEAVEN AND EARTH WAS IN HIS HAND
AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
IF YOU KNOW HE`S ALRIGHT WHY DON`T YOU GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOER A HIGH 5
AND TELL THEM HE`S ALRIGHT
