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
YOU SEE THERE ARE 5 DIFFERENT
BIRTHS IN THE BIBLE
1ST The soil birth was when Adam was formed from the dust of the ground
2ND The surgical birth was when God made Eve from a rib out of Adam .
3RD The sac birth is when a babe is bora from the water sac of the mother.
4TH The fourth birth is the Savior's birth when Christ was born of Mary which is called the virgin birth.
The fifth birth is the Spirit birth which is the new birth when a person comes to Christ and is saved.
IN OTHER WORDS
JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS
THAT A MAN CAN BE BORN ONCE
AND DIE TWICE
OR A MAN CAN BE BORN TWICE
AND DIE ONCE
BECAUSE THE WORD BORN
MEANS – TO BEGOTTEN OR CAUSE TO BE
THE WORD AGAIN MEANS –FROM
ABOVE OVER AGAIN
IT IS USED IN THE TERM THINGS
THAT COMES FROM THE GOD OF
HEAVEN
JESUS REVEALS TO NICODEMUS
THE IMPORTANTS OF THE
SPIRITUAL BIRTH
WHICH IS THE BIRTH OF REGENERATION
FOR HE SAYS "Verily, verily"
WHICH SUGGEST TO US THAT THE
SPIRITUAL BIRTH IS IMPORTANT
IF WE WANT TO SEE OR ENTER
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND THE REASON WHY IS
BECAUSE THE SPIRITUAL BIRTH
IS WHAT GIVES US SPIRITUAL LIFE
IT`S A LIFE THAT IS IMPARTED TO
US FROM GOD----CALLED
REGENERATION
JESUS ALSO REVEALS TO
NICODEMUS
THAT THE NEW BIRTH IS A
MIRACLE
IT`S A MIRACLE BECAUSE WE
EXPERIENCE AN INSTANTANEOUS
CHANGE IN OUR NATURE
WE ARE NO LONGER CONTROLED
BY THE PHYSICAL BUT BY THE
SPIRITUAL
YOU SEE____________________
THE PROCEDURE OF THE POLICY
IS WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CHANGES OUR NATURE
BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH IN JESUS
CHRIST THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
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WELL NOT ONLY DID JESUS
REVEAL THE PURPOSE AND THE
PROCEDURE OF GOD`S
ASSURANCE POLICY
BUT HE ASLO REVEALS TO
NICODEMUS THE POSSIBILTY OF
GOD`S ASSURANCE POLICY
IN VERSE 7 OF THE TEXT HE SAYS
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
JESUS WANTED NICODEMUS TO
KNOW THAT THE NEW BIRTH WAS A POSSIBLITY
BUT IT WAS ALSO A MYSTERY
FOR HE TELLS HIM IN VERSE 8
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
BUT NOT ONLY IS IT A MYSTERY
BUT IT`S HEAVENLY IN IT`S ORGIN
AND IT`S OPERATION
AND EVEN THOUGH WE CANNOT SEE THE WIND
BUT WE CAN FEEL IT AND SEE
THE RESULTS OF IT`S PRESENCE AND EVEN THOUGH WE CAN`T SEE
THE NEW BIRTH AS IT HAPPENS
BUT WE CAN FEEL IT DOWN ON
THE INSIDE WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN
YOU SEE
THE EFFECTS OF THE WIND CAN
BE SEEN
THE SOUND OF THE WIND CAN BE
HEARD
YET THE WIND IS NOT SEEN
NOR DO WE KNOW WHERE IT
GOES
AND WHEN YOU HAVE GOD`S
ASSURANCE POLICY
THE SINFUL BECOMES HOLY
AND THE INDECENT BECOMES
PURE
THE CRUEL BECOMES MORAL AND THE MORAL BECOMES
CHRISTIANS
THE PRAYERLESS BECOMES
PRAYERFUL
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE GOD`S
ASSURANCE POLICY
WE ARE REDEEMED FROM OUR
SINS
AND ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY
OF GOD
CLEANSED FROM OUR
UNRIGHTEOUS
AND SHELTERED IN THE ARMS OF
JESUS
I SAY WHEN YOU HAVE GOD`S
ASSURANCE POLICY
YOUR NAME IS RECORDED IN THE
LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE
AND WE ARE TRUSTING IN THE
GRACE OF GOD
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE GOD`S
ASSURANCE POLICY
YOU GOT ALL YOU NEED
IN OTHER WORD YOU HAVE
EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z
YOU HAVE
A –BECAUSE HE IS OUR ASSURANCE
B-HE IS OUR BATTLE AXE
C-HE IS CARING
D-HE IS OUR DELIVERER
E – HE IS EVERLASTING
F—HE IS FAITHFUL
G –HE IS GRACIOUS
H- HE IS HOLY
I -HE IS OUR I AM
J – HE IS JUST
K- HE IS KING OF KINGS
L- HE IS LORD OF LORDS
M – HE IS THE MESSIAH
N –HE WILL NEVER FAIL YOU
O- HE IS OMNIPOTENT—
OMNINEICENTS
--AND OMNIPRESENT
P –HE IS POWERFUL
Q- HE IS QUICK AND POWERFUL
R-HE IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
S-HE IS OUR SAVIOR
T- HE IS THE TRUTH
U -IN HIM WE HAVE UNITY
V—IN HIM WE HAVE VICTORY W—HE IS OUR WISDOM
Y-- HE IS OUR YOKE BREAKER
Z –HE IS OUR ZEAL
AND THE REASON WHY IS
BECAUSE
WHEN HE STEP OUT OF ETERNITY
INTO TIME
LEFT HEAVEN GLORY AND STEP
INTO EARTH SHAME
GOT ON HEAVENS ELEVATOR
AND CAME DOWN THROUGH 42
GENERATIONS
AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS A
VIRGIN NAMED MARY
BORN IN ANOTHER MANS STABLE
REARED IN ANOTHER MAN TOWN
BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN RIVER
TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS OWN
LED UP A MOUNTAIN CALLED
CALVARY
NAILED TO AND OLD RUGGED
CROSS
PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB
BUT EARLY ---I SAY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING HE GOT UP
EVEN THOUGH I WAS`NT THERE I BELIEVE HE GOT UP WITH ALL POWER
-------ALL POWER------
A--L--L P—O--W-E-R
IN HEAVEN AND EARTH WAS IN
HIS HAND
AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
IF YOU KNOW HE`S ALRIGHT WHY DON`T YOU GIVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR A HIGH 5
AND TELL THEM
I`M GLAD THAT I GOT ASSURANCE
POLICY
AWE – YOU TOLD THE WRONG
NEIGHBOR
LOOK AT THE PERSON BEHIND
YOU LIKE THEY ARE
SAVED ----SANTIFIED AND FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST
AND THE TELL THEM
I`M GLAD I GOT GOD`S
ASSURANCE POLICY
AND IF YOU REALLY GOT THE
POLICY
YOU OUGHT TO GIVE GOD SOME
PRAISE
