(God`s Assurance Policy)

John 3:1-8

1 Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish council.

2 He came to Jesus one night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that God has sent you as a teacher. No one can perform the miracles you perform unless God is with him.”

3 Jesus replied to Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

4 Nicodemus asked him, “How can anyone be born when he's an old man? He can't go back inside his mother a second time to be born, can he?”

5 Jesus answered Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

6 Flesh and blood give birth to flesh and blood, but the Spirit gives birth to things that are spiritual.

7 Don't be surprised when I tell you that all of you must be born from above.

8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you don't know where the wind comes from or where it's going. That's the way it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD

VERY BRIEFLY WITH THE HELP OF THE

LORD AND THE GUIDIANCE OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT AND THE PRAYERS OF THE

SAINTS

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY)

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

AS WE LOOK BACK OVER THE

DAYS OF OUR LIVES

WE ALL HAVE DISCOVERED THAT

IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN

ELEMENTS IN LIFE

THAT WE MUST HAVE VARIOUS

TYPES OF INSURANCE

WE HAVE INSURANCE FOR LIFE

AND INSURANCE FOR DEATH

AND EVEN THOUGH THESE

INSURANCES CAN TAKE MONTHS

AND WEEKS

BEFORE THE POLICY GO INTO

EFFECT

IT CAN BE CANCELED OR REVOKE

IN A MATTER OF MINUTES OR

SECONDS

AND THE REASON WHY IS

INSURANCES HAS STIPULATIONS

BUT THIS MORNING /EVENING I

WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A

ASSURANCE POLICY THE GIVES

YOU UNLIMITED BENEFITS

IN THIS LIFE AS WELL THE ONE TO COME

IT`S A POLICY THAT HAS

GUARNTED ACCEPTANCE

NO MATTER HOW YOUNG OR OLD

YOU ARE

IT`S A POLICY THAT GIVES YOU

COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE AS SOON AS YOU ENROLL IN IT

AND YOU DON`T HAVE TO WORRY

ABOUT A WAITING PERIOD BECAUSE JESUS BLOTTED OUT

THE WAITING PERIOD

WHEN HE DIED ON AN OLD

RUGGED CROSS FOR THE SINS OF

THE WORLD

YOU SEE _____________

INSURANCE IS MAN MADE

BUT GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY IS

GOD OBTAINED

INSURANCE IS COSTLY

BUT GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY IS

FREE TO WHOSOEVER WILL

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IN THE TEXT BEFORE

JESUS HAS A ONE-ON-ONE

ENCOUNTER WITH NICODEMUS

YOU KNOW NICODEMUS

A MAN WITH A PHD IN BIBLE

TIMES BUT HE DID`NT KNOW WHO

JESUS WAS

A MEMBER OF THE SANHEDRIN

COUNSEL

MAN OF THE PHARISEES

RULER OF THE JEWS

–THE MASTER TEACHER OF

ISRAEL

WHO CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT

WITH COMPLIMENTS CONCERNING

HIS TEACHING AND MIRACLES

BUT JESUS LOOK BEYOND THE

COMPLIMENTS AND SHARES WITH

NICODEMUS ABOUT GOD`S

ASSURANCE POLICY

HE SHARES WITH NICODEMUS

ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE

POLICY ----

THE PROCEDURE OF THE POLICY

AND THE POSSIBLITY OF THE

POLICY

VERY BRIEFLY LETS TAKE A LOOK

AT THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY

THAT FOUND IN VERSE 3

JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS

THAT THE NEW BIRTH IS A NECESSITY IF HE WANTS TO

ENROLL IN GOD`S ASSURANCE

POLICY

FOR HE SAYS –EXCEPT A MAN BE

BORN AGAIN

THE WORD AGAIN MEANS

FROM THE BEGINNING—

COMPLETELY AND FULLY---A

REPEATED ACT

JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS

THAT

IN ORDER FOR A MAN TO BE

ACCEPTED INTO GOD`S

ASSURANCE POLICY

HE HAS TO BORN COMPLETELY

AND FULLY

ALL OVER AGAIN—

A COMPLETE AND FULL CHANGE

FROM ABOVE FROM GOD

ARE HE CANNOT SEE OR ENTER

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

HE MUST BE BORN AGAIN

IN OTHER WORDS

JESUS WAS LETTING NICODEMUS

KNOW HE WAS`NT IN NEED OF A

TEACHER

BUT WHAT HE NEEDED WAS A

SAVIOR

BECAUSE IT WAS`NT ANYTHING

MATERIALLY –PHYSICALLY— MORALLY OR RELIGIOUSLY THAT COULD GET HIM TO SEE OR ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD

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BUT NOT ONLY DOES HE TELL

NICODEMUS ABOUT THE PURPOSE

OF GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY

BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS

THAT HE TELLS HIM ABOUT THE

PROCEDURE OF THE POLICY

JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS

UNLESS ONE IS BORN OF WATER

AND THE SPIRIT HE CAN NOT

ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD JESUS LETS US KNOW THAT THE

PROCEDURE OF THE NEW BIRTH

IS WHEN A PERSON IS BORN OF

THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT

AND WHEN JESUS SAYS WATER

HE`S NOT TALKING ABOUT WATER

BAPTISIM

BECAUSE WATER BAPTISIM CAN`T

SAVE YOU

BECAUSE WATER BAPTISIM IS

ONLY SYMBOLIC

TO THE DEATH BURIAL AND

RESSURECTION

BUT HERE IN THE TEXT WATER

HAS REFERENCE TO PHYSICAL

BIRTH