The Way of Salvation
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God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!
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Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man. Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
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Jesus Cleansed the Temple
Christs Penetrating Insight
Christs Penetrating Insight
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
Many trusted in his name
A Great Prophet
The Messiah
Not all Faith is saving Faith
True surrender of your hearts required
Belief in the Word of Jesus even when there is no sign
But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
Jesus did not consider them as true believers
Jesus knew the hearts of everyone he came into contact with
Example of Christs Penetrating Insight
Example of Christs Penetrating Insight
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Nicodemus (Greek name meaning: Victor of the People) - Ruler of the Jews (Jewish Man)
Religious Party Affiliation and Position
Party of the Pharisees
Member of the Sanhedrin ( A Scribe - professional student, interpreter & teacher of the law)
Established under doctrine of Divine Decree, mans moral accountability, immortality & eternal state
Major Flaw: Externalised Religion
Man made rituals
Man made laws
women not looking in mirror on sabbeth (lest they pull grey hairs)
allowed vinegar for sore through, but not to gargle on sabbeth
Wealthy - John 19:39
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”
He came to Jesus by Night
“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him”
The Way of Salvation
The Way of Salvation
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Jesus Answer’s Nicodemus unspoken question
What good thing must I do to be close to God, or for eternal savation?
Jesus’ answer must have sounded like a riddle
“Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of heaven”
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
How can an old man enter a second time into his mothers womb and be born?
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Jesus explains
Born of water (Baptism) & Spirit (Cleansing work of the Holy Spirit)
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Sinful human nature produces sinful human nature
The Holy Spirit prodces the sanctified human nature
Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
Nicodemus - used to salvation by law-works
It is essential to be born again by the Spirit
Missions error - Believers prayer
Repentance and determination of a change of life
Baptism & Receipt of Holy Spirit
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Wind is unseen and uncontrolled by man
Its purpose and ultimate destination is unknown to man
The Holy Spirirt purpose is soverign, incomprehensible and mysterious
Salvation by Faith as a Gift of the Holy Spirit, not my Works
Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”
Nicodemus knew the scriptures, but lacked the fundamental knowledge of Salvation
Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
Jesus confronts Nicodemus’ failure to understand scripture
Old Testament
Teachings of John the Baptist
Yet the truth of God’s Word has failed to penitrate his mind
Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
Jesus points to Nicodemus and the Sanhedrin rejection of the Gospel
Their hearts were cold to the Word of God
If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
You reject what God has clearly revealed within the sphere of man’s experience
How will you understand heavenly matters such as God’s eternal plan of redemption or other spiritual mysteries
He lacked the assurance of salvation
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
The only one who can truely are those who were present in God’s throne room when decisions were made
Jesus affirms that he is the Son of Man
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness
Judgement of fiery serpants amongst the people
Moses made a serpant of brass, under God’s instruction
Those who looked upon it were healed
So must the Son of Man be lifted up
Whoever believes in Him may have eternal life
Next Time - The Reason for Salvation
Next Time - The Reason for Salvation
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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