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YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN (1)

by Scott Maze

Scripture: John 3:1-15
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Title: You Must Be Born Again (1)
Series: Let's Get Real-Answers to Life's Big Questions
Author: Scott Maze
Text: John 3:1-15

I read about a young man in 6th grade who was so good at his particular sport that former professionals came to his games. This young man was soon playing varsity when everyone else was dealing with their acne. Can you imagine playing varsity when you were in middle school?

Find John 3, and thank you for joining us in a series entitled "Let's Get Real: Answers to Life's Biggest Questions."

Jesus jumps into a varsity-level religious conversation with a man, Nicodemus. Everyone knew how good Nicodemus was, but was Jesus ready for the varsity league? In a varsity-level religious conversation, Jesus turns the clock back to talk about birth.

Today's Scripture

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him." Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?" Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our ...

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