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YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN
John 3
\\ /3:1 //There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, /
/a ruler of the Jews.
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/2// 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.”/
/3// Jesus answered and said to him, /
/“Surely, I say to you, /
/unless one is born again, /
/he cannot see the kingdom of God.”/
/4// Nicodemus said to Him, /
/“How can a man be born when he is old?
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/Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb /
/and be born?”/
/5// Jesus answered, “Surely, I say to you, /
/unless one is born of water and the Spirit, /
/he cannot enter the kingdom of God./
/ 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, /
/and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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/7// Do not marvel that I said to you, /
/‘You must be born again.’/
/8// The wind blows where it wishes, /
/and you hear the sound of it, /
/but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes.
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/So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”/
/9// Nicodemus answered and said to Him, /
/“How can these things be?”/
/10// Jesus answered and said to him, /
/“Are you the teacher of Israel, /
/and do not know these things?
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/11// Most assuredly, I say to you, /
/We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, /
/and you do not receive Our witness.
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/12// If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, /
/how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
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/13// No one has ascended to heaven /
/but He who came down from heaven, /
/that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
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/14// And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, /
/even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, /
/15// that whoever believes in Him should not perish /
/but have eternal life.
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/16// For God so loved the world /
/that He gave His only begotten Son, /
/that whoever believes in Him should not perish /
/but have everlasting life.
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/17// For God did not send His Son into the world /
/to condemn the world, /
/but that the world through Him might be saved./
/18// “He who believes in Him is not condemned; /
/but he who does not believe is condemned already, /
/because he has not believed in the name /
/of the only begotten Son of God.
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/19// And this is the condemnation, /
/that the light has come into the world, /
/and men loved darkness rather than light, /
/because their deeds were evil.
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/20// For everyone practicing evil hates the light /
/and does not come to the light, /
/lest his deeds should be exposed.
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/21// But he who does the truth comes to the light, /
/that his deeds may be clearly seen, /
/that they have been done in God.”/
/—John 3:1–21/
How fascinating that a member of the “Who’s Who of Jerusalem”
should seek out Jesus, a traveling preacher.
Could He have anything in common with Nicodemus,
a man with perfect credentials?
John describes Nicodemus as /“a man of the Pharisees,”/
/ /which meant he was one of the separated ones,
an elite lay theologian dedicated to studying
and living out every jot and tittle of the law
and /“a ruler of the Jews,” /
meaning he was a member of the Sanhedrin,
that exclusive council which controlled
the religious life of Israel.
Nicodemus had come because of all that had been going on.
He said, /“No one can do these things that You do /
/unless God is with him.”
/
The dramatic cleansing of the temple
and the works that followed had created quite a stir.
Surely these happenings had become common gossip
on the streets of Jerusalem.
There is a humility in the way he comes.
He addresses Jesus as /“Rabbi,” /
a title of respect he would use only
because he believed he could learn something
from this new teacher.
He came /“by night.”
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Was he ashamed or fearful to be seen with Jesus by day?
Or were there too many people clamoring for Jesus’ attention
by day?
Perhaps if there were to be any chance for an honest,
uninterrupted conversation
it would have to be at night.
But the night is also a time of darkness.
And is this not where Nicodemus was living?
In darkness?
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