John 3

Theme of John

A. Spirit and World

B. Darkness and Light

C. Life and Death

D. Truth and Wickedness

E. Believe and reject

Jesus came to give life

John 1:4 NRSV

in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

John 10:10 NRSV

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

John 20:30–31 NRSV

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

What Nicodemus hears

John 3:4 NRSV

Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?”

Slide of rainbow hair

Slide of born again

Don’t you have to ...

Accept

Repent

Believe

What Jesus Taught

Keys found in Nicodemus gets everything wrong

John 3:17 NRSV

“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 1:10–11 NRSV

He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.

Not Born Again but Born From Above

John 1:12–13 NRSV

But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:16 NRSV

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.