Sermon Tone Analysis

The Book Of John - The Transformation

Let’s Get To The Point

John 1:

Key Words (Found in verse 1)

Pharisee:

- The Pharisees and the Sadducees were both religious sects within Judaism during the time of Christ.

- Both groups honored Moses and the Law, and they both had a measure of political power.

- The Sanhedrin, the 70-member supreme court of ancient Israel, had members from both the Sadducees and the Pharisees.

- The differences between the Pharisees and the Sadducees are known to us through a couple of passages of Scripture and through the extant writings of the Pharisees.

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- Sadducees were more conservative in one doctrinal area: they insisted on a literal interpretation of the text of Scripture;

- Pharisees, on the other hand, gave oral tradition equal authority to the written Word of God.

- If the Sadducees couldn’t find a command in the Tanakh, they dismissed it as manmade.

- The Pharisees believed that by virtue of being a member of their group they had the right of entrance into the kingdom of the Messiah

The Pharisees believed that by virtue of being a member of their group they had the right of entrance into the kingdom of the Messiah

Ruler of the Jews:

- Nicodemus was a member of the Sanhedrin, which was the ruling body of the Jews.

- Each city could have a Sanhedrin, which functioned as the “lower courts.”

Under Roman authority in the time of Christ, the Jewish nation was allowed a measure of self-rule, and the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem was the final court of appeals for matters regarding Jewish law and religion

Rabbi:

- Jewish teacher and scholar recognized for expertise in interpreting the Jewish Scriptures

The differences between the Pharisees and the Sadducees are known to us through a couple of passages of Scripture and through the extant writings of the Pharisees.

Religiously, the Sadducees were more conservative in one doctrinal area: they insisted on a literal interpretation of the text of Scripture; the Pharisees, on the other hand, gave oral tradition equal authority to the written Word of God.

If the Sadducees couldn’t find a command in the Tanakh, they dismissed it as manmade.

faˈstidēəs

Jewish teacher and scholar recognized for expertise in interpreting the Jewish Scriptures

“Truly, truly” - Believe Me

“Kingdom Of God” - Jesus knows how to meet us right where we are.

Jesus knows what we VALUE!

When Jesus breaks us down!

Nicodemus had a belief system of what he thought the kingdom of God was about.

He answers was from a fleshly and earthly perspective!

“How can a man be bor when he is old?

Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born.”

Jesus was dropping and old testament bomb on a person who considered himself to be a spiritual person.

Ezekiel 36

John 3:

Marvel: To wonder.

To be amazed.

Nicodemus should have known this already

Nicodemus should have known this already

Acts 2:

Jesus Wants To Meet You Where You Are

Acts 9

“Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?”

John 3:13-18

Nicodemus had one perspective of the kingdom of God but Jesus changed his perspective.

Jesus knows how to meet you right where you are.

Jesus know how to