If Nicodemus was in the dark, then any of us can be.  A member of the Jewish ruling council, Nicodemus had discovered the only thing that any of us could ever need.

Jesus.

And so, knowing in his heart that Jesus WAS NOT A FRAUD, he paid Him a visit at night.

All of us are like this.

We get confirmation.  We KNOW that we KNOW that we KNOW.  And yet, we sneak off in the dark to get JUST ONE MORE CONFIRMATION.

John 3 1Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He 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.” 3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”  4“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” 5Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8The 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.”  9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.  10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11Very 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. 12I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”  16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

We are on a collision course with the grave.  It is one of the ONLY things that we can truly be sure of.

But the other thing that we can be sure of is this:  Jesus Christ came to save the world.  Not to condemn it—but to save it.

Not to condemn me, but to save me.

And not to condemn you, but to save you.

Are you BORN AGAIN?

In John 1, John says to those who would receive Him, He gives the right to become children of God.

Have an encounter with the Lord, TODAY … and then pass it on to someone else.

It will change the world.

As followers—we must—

Figure It Out

Go Forth—and make disciples of all nations.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J