Title: Jesus and Nicodemus (1)
Series: Divine Encounters
Author: Jeff Schreve
Text: John 3:1-15
If you have your Bible, please turn to John chapter 3.
Now, as many of you know, I grew up Catholic. I was a good Catholic in those early years, baptized at about 2 weeks old. Obviously, didn't have anything to do with that, but my parents made sure I was baptized. Went to Catholic school. And in second grade I had my first communion. It was a big deal. I still remember getting to take communion for the first time as a second grader. When I was in fourth grade, I was an altar boy, and that was a big deal, you know, as you got to be part of the mass, the church service that they had in the Catholic church. I learned about prayer. I learned about God. I learned how to go to confession and what that was all about. I did all these things. But, you know, one thing I had a big question mark about as a kid growing up was, what would happen if I were to die? Would I go to heaven? Big question. And I remember as a kid growing up, and even as a young teenager, waking up in the middle of the night. I never liked waking up in the middle of the night because I would always invariably hear noises, and my mind starts to go. Who is that? Somebody is at my door. Who told Jason Voorhees where I live? Freddy Krueger is there, you know, some, some terrible, horrible monster guy, and you could get yourself so worked up, and you just think, I'm getting ready to die. And I remember as a kid, I would just constantly repeat this prayer. It was kind of a prayer, kind of just a chant, "I want to go to heaven, I want to go to heaven, I want to go to heaven." But I didn't know how to get there.
Well, we're beginning a new series today called "Divine Encounters." What happens to people when they meet the Master? And we're going to go through different stories in the gospels to see when people meet the Master, what is taking place, what is being said, and how ...
Series: Divine Encounters
Author: Jeff Schreve
Text: John 3:1-15
If you have your Bible, please turn to John chapter 3.
Now, as many of you know, I grew up Catholic. I was a good Catholic in those early years, baptized at about 2 weeks old. Obviously, didn't have anything to do with that, but my parents made sure I was baptized. Went to Catholic school. And in second grade I had my first communion. It was a big deal. I still remember getting to take communion for the first time as a second grader. When I was in fourth grade, I was an altar boy, and that was a big deal, you know, as you got to be part of the mass, the church service that they had in the Catholic church. I learned about prayer. I learned about God. I learned how to go to confession and what that was all about. I did all these things. But, you know, one thing I had a big question mark about as a kid growing up was, what would happen if I were to die? Would I go to heaven? Big question. And I remember as a kid growing up, and even as a young teenager, waking up in the middle of the night. I never liked waking up in the middle of the night because I would always invariably hear noises, and my mind starts to go. Who is that? Somebody is at my door. Who told Jason Voorhees where I live? Freddy Krueger is there, you know, some, some terrible, horrible monster guy, and you could get yourself so worked up, and you just think, I'm getting ready to die. And I remember as a kid, I would just constantly repeat this prayer. It was kind of a prayer, kind of just a chant, "I want to go to heaven, I want to go to heaven, I want to go to heaven." But I didn't know how to get there.
Well, we're beginning a new series today called "Divine Encounters." What happens to people when they meet the Master? And we're going to go through different stories in the gospels to see when people meet the Master, what is taking place, what is being said, and how ...
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