The Greatest Truth – John 3:1-20

Study Outline

• John 3:1-12
  • Nicodemus is a Pharisee
    • Pharisees = study the first 5 books of the Old Testament (Pentateuch)
  • Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night. (Seeking light in darkness)
  • Rabbi = teacher
  • Jesus tells him the greatest truth in the Bible, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN
  • Jesus talks spiritual, but Nicodemus looks at it in the natural.
  • Born of water and spirit:
    • He is talking about salvation
      • Water- cleansing of sins.
      • Spirit- gives power not to sin again.
  • Jesus can tell Nicodemus was having a hard time believing Him.
  • Nicodemus was holding onto tradition.
  • Jesus did not give up on Nicodemus, He gives him example of the wind:
    • Wind in Greek is pneuma
      • Hebrew is ruach
    • Spirit in Greek is pneuma
      • Hebrew is ruach
    • Wind and the Spirit are the same!
    • Affect of wind, we don’t see the actual wind, same thing with the Spirit.
• John 3:13-16
  • No man ascended to heaven before Jesus.
  • Jesus fulfilled scripture.
    • Eph. 4:7-16
    • Do not fall for denominational walls.
    • Gifts within the body are for edification.
    • Everyone has their own measure of faith.
  • Through Jesus only we have everlasting life
• John 3:17-20
  • Jesus was sent not to condemn the world, but to save the world.
  • We were not called to be condemned but saved through the Blood of the Lamb!
  • Unbelievers are condemned.
  • Jesus is light, unbelievers are in darkness and do not like the light because it exposes their darkness.
    • John 1:4 Jesus is the light of men!
  • Have you fully surrendered to the Light of Men? Do you have any secret sin you are still trying to hide?