The Necessity of Spiritual Birth
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John 2:23-3:10
The Necessity of Spiritual Birth
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Dead faith (vv. 23-25)
A. The foundation of dead faith (v. 23)
B. The rejection of dead faith (vv. 24-25)
II. Dead faith confronted (3:1-10)
A. The man – Nicodemus (v. 1)
1. A Pharisee
2. A ruler of the Jews
B. The issue defined (vv. 2-3)
1. What Nicodemus recognized (v. 2)
2. What Nicodemus needed to recognize (v. 3)
C. The issue explained (vv. 4-8)
1. Nicodemus’ reaction (v. 4)
2. Jesus’ explanation (vv. 5-8)
a. The necessity of spiritual birth (v. 5)
b. The impossibility of spiritual birth (v. 6)
c. The simplicity of spiritual birth (v. 7)
d. The mystery of spiritual birth (v. 8)
D. The response (vv. 9-10)
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