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How can a man be born again?
Entice: We understand waiting for a birth.
We know the process.
Several months ago: conception.
Then a long process of anticipation, happiness, concern, cravings and morning sickness.
We know this process.
We know the results.
It's all natural.
So when Jesus shocks Nicodemus by saying another birth, a different birth is necessary, Nick is puzzled.
More than 20 centuries late many still share Nicodemus questions and confusion.
More than 20 centuries late many still share Nicodemus questions and confusion.
happiness, concern, cravings and morning sickness.
We know this process.
We know the results It's all natural.
So when Jesus shocks
John 3.1-21
Nicodemus by saying another birth, a different birth is necessary, Nick is puzzled.
More than 20 centuries late many still share Nicodemus
questions and confusion.
Engage: We cannot approach this text without acknowledging the great decision it is seeking from us.
It tells the truth about Jesus and tells the truth about our natural, fallen, sin-stained selves.
The best we have to offer, the pinnacle of natural, human expressions of goodness and purity fall short.
When natural man confronts un-natural revelation and un-natural expectations the best we can do is to be confused.
The remedy to that confusion is in the text:
You must be born again.
ou must be born again.
Expand: Some of the most favorite, quoted passages in the whole Bible are in our text today.
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The lingering question, however is one of obedience and acceptance.
Excite: My goal is not teach you the lesson of the text or to help you learn to quote famous verses.
My task today is to put the question:
Have you been born again?
We are born-again, from above: It is God’s work.
Explain:
1 An Unnatural Birth 1-10
▾ 1 An Unnatural Birth 1-10
1.1 Purpose.
1-3
A New Kingdom requires a new birth.
1.2 Process.
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1.2.1
Not like the old…based upon the human process of conception-gestation-birth-hence Nicodemus' confusion.
1.2.2
Again/from Above
1.2.3 Water & Spirit vs. Flesh & Blood.
1.3 Parameters.
6-7
• 1.3 Parameters.
Flesh begets flesh…Spirit, Spirit.
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Flesh begets flesh…Spirit, Spirit.
1.4 Principle.
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▾ 1.4 Principle.
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Gods movement through His Holy Spirit is not of this world
1.5 Paradox 9-10
Have you undergone this new birth?
Have you gone through the process of obedience where the water of submission meets the spirit of renewal?
2 Unnatural Belief.
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2.1 Saving faith is Son-Focused.
11-15
2.1.1
We focus on Jesus because He is the "revealing witness" to God's purpose.11-12
2.1.2
We focus on Jesus because He has been sent to us and crucified for us.
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2.2 Saving faith is God-Gifted .
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3 Unnatural Behavior.
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3.1 You have to break the natural cycle of darkness.
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Hating the light
Avoiding the light
Fearing the Light
3.2 You have to practice the un-natural, cycle of light.
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3.2 You have to practice the un-natural, cycle of illuminated living.
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Doing the truth
Approaching the Light
Operating in God
You Must be Born Again
It.
Is.
Un-natural…There is nothing natural about saving faith in Christ.
There is nothing natural about our commitment to Him.
You and I must submit our fallen, human will to the regenerative power of God's Holy Spirit.
We must walk in the Light.
We must believe on the one sent to save us.
There are lots of Nicodemus’ in our world.
People who wish to be good but think that they are capable of pleasing God without the regenerative power of the Spirit.
and I submitting our fallen, human will to the regenerative power of God's Holy Spirit.
Nicodemus puzzlement is shared by all those who like
There are lots of Nicodemus’ in our world.
People who wish to be good but think that they are capable of pleasing God without the regenerative power of the Spirit.
Nicodemus puzzlement is shared by all those who like their religion to be nothing more than an enhancement of human codes of morality and ethics…an extension of the first birth of our mutual human experience.
If our first birth was sufficient then incarnation and ministry, sacrifice and cross and resurrection were all wasted resources.
their religion to be nothing more than an enhancement of human codes of morality and ethics.
Nicodemus puzzlement is shared by all those who like their religion to be nothing more than an enhancement of human codes of morality and ethics…an extension of our first birth our mutual human experience.
If our first birth was sufficient that incarnation and ministry, sacrifice and cross and resurrection were all wasted resources.
Jesus came to tell us the truth and empower the birth and pose the question....
Have you been born again?
Have you been born again?
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