You Must Be Born Again | Lesson 4 | 9-15-24

YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN

John 3:1 15 | Key Verse: 3

“Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.’”

I. WHO WAS NICODEMUS
V. 1, “Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.”

II. NICODEMUS’ PROBLEM
V. 2, “He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.’”

V. 3, “Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.’”

III. JESUS’ SOLUTION: BORN AGAIN
V. 3, “Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.’”

V. 4, “How can someone be born when they are old? Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

V. 5, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.”

1) Born of Water
Matthew 3:11, “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

2) Born of Spirit
2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

3) Worldly Success to Spiritual Renewal
V. 6-8, “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

IV. FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS

V. 9, “’How can this be?’ Nicodemus asked.”

V. 10-11, “‘You are Israel’s teacher,’ said Jesus, ‘and do you not understand these things?’ Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.’”

V. 12-13, “I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.’”

V. 14-15, “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”

Romans 10:9, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

ONE WORD: I must be Born Again