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*Don’t Miss Out **John 3:1-10*
*Intro:*
· * How many of you enjoy missing out on something good?*
o Missing the *green light* and having to wait at the red because the person driving in front of you was going too slow
o Missing a *plane* by five minutes because you hit the snooze alarm one time too many
o Missing out on a *fun event* b~/c you didn’t even know about it
· If we think a bit—I’m sure we could all come up with plenty of times we regretted missing out on something just because of some silly reason
· *@ Dad’s best softball game*
o Championship— Airforce vs. Marines
o Dad was the pitcher
§ 21 batters—he struck out 19
§ 1 guy hit a pop fly to my dad
§ The other one hit a line drive to my dad and he threw him out at first base
§ In the bottom of the last inning—score 0-0, a man on second base—2 outs—my dad hit a long ball past the outfielders—the man on second scored and Dad pretty much single-handedly won that game
o I was nine years old—I missed seeing that
§ I was more engrossed with finding coke can tabs and climbing fences
§ And I missed out on what is probably still one of the greatest single sporting events of all time
· As good as that would have been—and as disappointing as it is that I missed it...*there is something FAR greater and FAR more important that is possible to miss out on*
o And with far greater ramifications than just simple regrets
o The grace of God!
· *Explanation of Grace*
o Every person ever born has a major defect—SIN
o That sin separates us from God so that
§ On earth—we don’t know Him and enjoy Him
§ At death—we are separated from Him forever in hell
o BUT...that’s not what God wants
§ know Him, enjoy Him, and live with Him forever
o So He took care of our sin problem by coming as Jesus Christ to die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin
§ We did nothing to deserve that action
§ That is grace!
o He then offers to each person the gift of salvation
§ Forgiveness of sins
§ Allows us to know, enjoy, and live with Him forever
· *It is possible to miss out on that gift as we see here today.*
o Please make sure you DO NOT miss out on God’s grace \\ \\
· How can a person miss out on God’s grace?
I.
Trust in Religion (1)
A. Nicodemus
*1. **A Pharisee*
a. History
(1) Jesus’ time — temple was run by wealthy and corrupt priests
(2) Average Jew did not feel close to the temple worship system
(3) Pharisees were for the common man
(a) Well-respected by the people for religious dedication
(b) Their basic belief was:
i.
We need to protect you from yourself
ii.
It is too easy for people to break God’s laws
iii.
So we will add all kinds of regulations that keep you from even getting close to breaking the Law
iv.
Eventually those regulations became as important as God’s Word
/b. /*/Matthew 5:20 - /*/For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven./
*2. **A ruler of the Jews*
a. Sanhedrin
(1) Made up of 71 religious leaders
(2) Influential Priests, family and tribal elders, and scribes (experts in law)
b.
A spiritual Leader to the Jews — “*The* teacher of Israel” (v.
10)
c.
As a Pharisee— Willing to stand up to the wealthy priests
*3. **Accepted Jesus as an equal*
a. “You are a Rabbi” – on the same par with Nicodemus
b.
A teacher from God – something special about you
*4. **Spiritual Insight*
a. Had seen Jesus’ signs (2:23-25)
b. Probably had seen or at least heard about the temple cleansing
*5. **Bottom Line – this was a good man*
a.
But we will see in a minute that it was all for nothing if he was trusting in those things to get into God’s kingdom
B. Application
1.
I have met very religious people
a. @ One guy told me not too long ago, “I’ve forgotten more about religion than most people will ever know.”
GOOD!
*b. **Because religion does nothing for us spiritually*
*2. **Difference between Religion and Christianity is Do vs. Done*
a. Religion says Do
b. Christianity says, “It’s been done” by Christ
3. Verses
/a. /*/Ephesians 2:8-9 - /*/8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not of works, lest anyone should boast.
/
/b. /*/1 Corinthians 15:3-4 - /*/3Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.
4He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.
//(NLT)/
4. If you want to miss out on God’s grace, just put your trust in what YOU can do.
\\ \\
II.
Refuse to be humble (3-4)
A. Nicodemus
1. Nicodemus was trying to be accepted based on his own merits
2. Jesus cut straight to the heart of the matter
a. “If you want to be accepted by God, you must be born again”
*3. **Born Again*
a. What is a birth?
It is the beginning
b.
So if you are born again it means what?
Go back to the beginning
c. @ *Marbles at the Fenton home*—you’re trying to get your 4 marbles around the board and back to home.
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