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Wakefien: /* The Old Testament previewed the divine solution */

2023-08-16T13:57:04Z

‎The Old Testament previewed the divine solution

Wakefien: /* Jesus as God can solve our problem. */

2023-08-16T13:56:48Z

‎Jesus as God can solve our problem.

Wakefien: /* What we really need is a divine solution to our problem (9-15). */

2023-08-16T13:56:29Z

‎What we really need is a divine solution to our problem (9-15).

Wakefien: /* God loves you so much that he gives something better than a second chance, a sure thing (16). */

2023-08-16T13:54:16Z

‎God loves you so much that he gives something better than a second chance, a sure thing (16).

Wakefien: /* But in reality we need more than a second chance (5-8). */

2023-08-16T13:53:58Z

‎But in reality we need more than a second chance (5-8).

Wakefien: /* What we all need is a second chance (3-4). */

2023-08-16T13:53:40Z

‎What we all need is a second chance (3-4).

Wakefien at 13:52, 16 August 2023

2023-08-16T13:52:39Z

Wakefien: /* Historically, the family that named their Children Nicodemus was a very wealthy and powerful family. */

2023-08-14T17:49:33Z

‎Historically, the family that named their Children Nicodemus was a very wealthy and powerful family.

Wakefien: /* In fact, between 330 BC and AD 200 (a 500 year span) only 4 Palestinian Jews are known to have had the name Nicodemus and they all seem to come from the same familky. */

2023-08-14T17:49:12Z

‎In fact, between 330 BC and AD 200 (a 500 year span) only 4 Palestinian Jews are known to have had the name Nicodemus and they all seem to come from the same familky.

Wakefien at 20:16, 27 July 2023

2023-07-27T20:16:28Z

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 ====Just in case you missed the terence to Jesus as divine Jesus begins laying it out in verses 12 and 13. Jesus is God and is speaking with the authority of God.====
-===The Old Testament previewed the divine solution===
+===The Old Testament previewed the divine solution.===
 ====The OT story====
 =====In Numbers 21:4-9 the Israelites spoke out against God because of impatience.=====

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 =====No amount of money, power, influence, or religiosity could fix the problem that Jesus has shown.=====
 =====In fact, Nicodemus as someone who knew the prophets should have known that humanity needed a divine Savior.=====
-===Jesus as God can solve our problem.===
+===Jesus, as God, can solve our problem.===
 ====The use of "very truly" is an expression only spoken by Jesus which is equivalent to "thus says the Lord"====
 I have spoken of this in other sermons but the Greek here using the words ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι is as if Jesus is saying that he is giving His own word because there is nothing greater upon which he could base his statement. As God Jesus is able to give assurance simply using himself as his assurance.
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 =====But here I think it is more than that. As a member of the Trinity, Jesus can speak with plurality of things that only God can know.=====
 ====Just in case you missed the terence to Jesus as divine Jesus begins laying it out in verses 12 and 13. Jesus is God and is speaking with the authority of God.====
 ===The Old Testament previewed the divine solution===
 ====The OT story====

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 ===MTR: Take a second and praise God for more than just a second chance.===
-==What we really need is a divine solution to our problem (9-15).==
+==What we really need is a ''divine'' ''solution'' to our problem (9-15).==
 ===Our need to be born again is something we cannot do for ourselves.===
 ====In verse 9 Nicodemus, the rich, wise and powerful, is forced to admit that this is beyond him.====

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 ===MTR: Take a minute, and reflect upon the cross.===
-==God loves you so much that he gives something better than a second chance, a sure thing (16).==
+==God loves you so much that he gives something better than a second chance, a ''sure'' ''thing'' (16).==
 ===Image: What do you consider evidence of love?===
 What would you consider to be good evidence of love? Maybe getting flowers on Valentine's Day? How about a nice dinner? Those things are fun but are they really sufficient evidence of love? I want us to think about what love really is as we look at verse 16.

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 ===MTR: Evaluate yourself. Have you chosen to go around and do this thing called life the right way, or are you still still trying to land the airplane from an unstable approach.===
-==But in reality we need more than a second chance (5-8).==
+==But in reality we need ''more'' than a second chance (5-8).==
 ===More than a second chance, we need the right start.===
 ====Remember that Nicodemus had just asked how someone can enter into the womb. Jesus responds by painting a picture to show that he was not talking about physical birth.====
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 <p>The picture painted by these words is of more than just mere forgiveness of sins. In Christ we are given new life. We get far more than just a second chance in Christ. We get the right start in Christ and the promise of being Brough to glory as the sealing work of the Holy Spirit guarantees that we will be brought to glory. The promise of the Holy Spirit is a promise of both a second chance and a guarantee of success. Nothing else gets better than that.</p>
 ===MTR: Take a second and praise God for more than just a second chance.===
 ==What we really need is a divine solution to our problem (9-15).==

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 =Body=
-==What we all need is a second chance (3-4).==
+==What we all need is a ''second'' ''chance'' (3-4).==
 ===Our fallenness is beyond repair and so we must be born again from above.===
 ====The greek word ἄνωθεν (again) also means from above.====

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 '''Theological Proposition/Focus: God loves each and every one of us.'''
-'''Homiletical Proposition/Application:'''
+'''Homiletical Proposition/Application: Colossians 2:6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,'''
 =Introduction:=

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 ======In fact, between 330 BC and AD 200 (a 500 year span) only 4 Palestinian Jews are known to have had the name Nicodemus and they all seem to come from the same family.======
-======Historically, the family that named their Children Nicodemus was a very wealthy and powerful family.======
+======Historically, the family that named their children Nicodemus was a very wealthy and powerful family.======
 ====Nicodemus was likely a wealthy, powerful, popular, conservative, a '''Jew Par Excellence'''====

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 =====Nicodemus had the name Nicodemus.=====
 ======The name Nicodemus was a common Greek name, but not a common Jewish name.======
-======In fact, between 330 BC and AD 200 (a 500 year span) only 4 Palestinian Jews are known to have had the name Nicodemus and they all seem to come from the same familky.======
+======In fact, between 330 BC and AD 200 (a 500 year span) only 4 Palestinian Jews are known to have had the name Nicodemus and they all seem to come from the same family.======
 ======Historically, the family that named their Children Nicodemus was a very wealthy and powerful family.======
 ====Nicodemus was likely a wealthy, powerful, popular, conservative, a '''Jew Par Excellence'''====