THE MYSTERY OF THE NEW BIRTH (69 OF 70)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: John 3:1-8
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The Mystery of the New Birth (69 of 70)
And The Word Became Flesh
John 3:1-8
Pastor Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to John, chapter 3. We are going through John verse by verse. And tonight, we hit a very important chapter in Scripture, John, chapter 3. Genesis, chapter 3 tells us about the fall of man. And John, chapter 3 tells us about the redemption of man.
Well, everyone knows the name Benjamin Franklin. He was a key person in the 1700's, one of our founding fathers. He did a lot of work with electricity. He invented the lightening rod. He was a contemporary of the evangelist George Whitfield. And Whitfield and Franklin were friends, although, to my knowledge, Benjamin Franklin never put his faith and trust in Christ. Whitfield would talk to him about the Lord. And one day he sent him a letter, George Whitfield said to him, "As you have made such progress in investigating the mysteries of electricity, I urge to give diligent heed to the mystery of the new birth. It is a most important and interesting study and when mastered, will richly repay you for your pains." He wanted him to study the mystery of the new birth. That's what I've entitled my message tonight, The Mystery of the New Birth, because Jesus is going to have an encounter with the teacher of Israel, the teacher of the law, a man named Nicodemus, and He's going to talk to him and introduce this concept of the new birth, being born again.
I don't think there's a Christian around who hasn't heard the phrase, "born again." Even non-Christians have heard the phrase "born again." I remember when I was a young Christian. I was watching TV with my dad, and it was a commercial, or something, and it said, "There's only one kind of Christian and that's a born-again Christian." My dad reacted to that, and said, "That's not true." He didn't know what it meant to be born again, but he had heard the term, and he rejected it. And maybe you're here and you've heard the term, but you don ...
And The Word Became Flesh
John 3:1-8
Pastor Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to John, chapter 3. We are going through John verse by verse. And tonight, we hit a very important chapter in Scripture, John, chapter 3. Genesis, chapter 3 tells us about the fall of man. And John, chapter 3 tells us about the redemption of man.
Well, everyone knows the name Benjamin Franklin. He was a key person in the 1700's, one of our founding fathers. He did a lot of work with electricity. He invented the lightening rod. He was a contemporary of the evangelist George Whitfield. And Whitfield and Franklin were friends, although, to my knowledge, Benjamin Franklin never put his faith and trust in Christ. Whitfield would talk to him about the Lord. And one day he sent him a letter, George Whitfield said to him, "As you have made such progress in investigating the mysteries of electricity, I urge to give diligent heed to the mystery of the new birth. It is a most important and interesting study and when mastered, will richly repay you for your pains." He wanted him to study the mystery of the new birth. That's what I've entitled my message tonight, The Mystery of the New Birth, because Jesus is going to have an encounter with the teacher of Israel, the teacher of the law, a man named Nicodemus, and He's going to talk to him and introduce this concept of the new birth, being born again.
I don't think there's a Christian around who hasn't heard the phrase, "born again." Even non-Christians have heard the phrase "born again." I remember when I was a young Christian. I was watching TV with my dad, and it was a commercial, or something, and it said, "There's only one kind of Christian and that's a born-again Christian." My dad reacted to that, and said, "That's not true." He didn't know what it meant to be born again, but he had heard the term, and he rejected it. And maybe you're here and you've heard the term, but you don ...
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