John 3:1 – 21

Summary
Today’s reading tells of a certain Pharisee named Nicodemus who came to Jesus affirming him as a teacher from God. Jesus speaks with him, detailing requirements of being born again which prompted several questions from Nicodemus. He did give extensive answers, how one must believe in His name as the only begotten son of God, and He being the light which came to the world and through his love, save and give man eternal life.

Life Application
It is by the sufficient grace in God’s love that we have been given eternal life through Jesus, the only begotten son of God. Therefore no matter the phase of your life right now, you are redeemable! Hope is never lost; God had you in mind when he made a way for reconciliation. Every life’s cross road or situations presents an opportunity to choose the option of grace and not stress, accept His love and His son.

Personal Declaration
I believe the begotten son of God- Jesus Christ. I have eternal life through him who loves me. I am of the spirit of truth!

Reading – John 3:1 – 21

3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. ² He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”

³ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.^[a]”

⁴ “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

⁵ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. ⁶ Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit^[b] gives birth to spirit. ⁷ You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You^[c] must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”^[d]

⁹ “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

¹⁰ “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?¹¹ Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. ¹² I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? ¹³ No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.^[e]14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,^{[f] 15} that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”^[g]

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ¹⁸ Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. ¹⁹ This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.²⁰ Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. ²¹ But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

Footnotes:

1. John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.
2. John 3:6 Or but spirit
3. John 3:7 The Greek is plural.
4. John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
5. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
6. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
7. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.