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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
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Jesus shares with Nicodemus the need to be born again as the basis for righteousness, spirtual perception, and eternal life.
VERSES 1-2 A Visit at night Nicodemus approaches Jesus by night. We need to remember that in the days before electricity people did not usually run around at night. There are only two assumptions we can make about Nicodemus visiting Christ at night and both of them are reasonable. First, that ...read more
Scripture: John 3:1-21
Denomination: Baptist
If we are to be true Christians we must change from our old self into something new. This transformation takes place when we are born again by water and spirit. Its not enough just to say we are Christians we must be born again.
If we are to be Christians we are called to change from our old self into something new I want to read a few scriptures about that change before we get into our sermon text for today. Ephesians 4:22-24 (NASB) in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being ...read more
Scripture: John 3:1-8, Ephesians 4:22-24, 2 Corinthians 5:17
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Explore what God means to be a Christian.
Intro *What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “born again? “Freak,” Cult,” “Crazy,” “Weirdo.” * Lady whose mom said, “Oh no! Please tell me you are not one of those born agains!” * “Born again” has been done a great ...read more
Scripture: John 3:1-16
What does it mean to be "born again?"
Born Again!!! John 3:3-8 Nicodemus came to Jesus in the dark. When Jesus told him that "Ye must be born again" it blew his mind, because he was in the darkness. He could not understand. 2000 years later, do we understand any better? Do we really understand what it is to be "Born again"? We are ...read more
Scripture: John 3:3-8
The message is about being born again saved, redeemed, regenerated, whatever we may call salvation.
Born Again John 3:1-17 1. Root of Born Again • Born again originates from God’s mercy • 1 Peter speaks of being born anew by God’s great mercy • Born again originates as a result of the fallen nature corruption and sin corrupted the image that we were created in. Created in the image of God ...read more
Scripture: John 3:1-17
Denomination: Methodist
Jesus says we must be born of water and the spirit.
Born Again John 3: 1 - 8 Intro: 3 men died and were standing at the pearly gates. St. Peter asked, “What have you done to deserve heaven?” The 1st man, a police officer said, “I enforced the law and fought crime.” St. Peter said, “OK, go on in.” The 2nd was a wealthy man who said, “I used my ...read more
Scripture: John 3:1-8
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
People are confused on what it means to be "born again." The understanding of it can literally determine whether one enters heaven or hell!
John 3 (NIV) 1 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 ...read more
Jesus tell a religious man in order to enter eternal life he must be Born Again.
Being Born Again John 3:1-17 1. It appears in the text Nicodemus is searching for what it means to be born again • He is searching mainly because of what Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.A" • Perhaps what Nicodemus needs to ...read more
Explores the transformative power of God's love and the spiritual rebirth that occurs when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior.
Welcome, brothers and sisters, to this glorious gathering of God's faithful. It's a joy to see you all here today, eager and ready to receive the word of the Lord. We are here, not as mere spectators, but as participants in the grand narrative of God's love and redemption. Today, we are going to ...read more
Topics: Renewal, Baptism, Born Again
Jesus spoke about the work of the Holy Spirit that makes it possible for us to spend eternity with God in heaven.
An older man was talking with a graduating high school senior. He asked, "So, what will you do now?" The young man said he planned to attend college and major in business. The older man asked, and then what? The young man said he would start his own business, marry, and have a family. ...read more
What is being Born again?
John 3:6, That which is born of the flesh is flesh. The flesh here is the physical or biological part of humanity. Jesus was born into 1st Adam. 1st Adam was earthly, sinsual, develish. As we are all born into 1st adam we all die in the flesh. ...read more
Scripture: John 3:6
Denomination: Pentecostal
Most common and obvious hindering factor in our spiritual growth is when you do not have life to begin with
Barnabas C. Park barnabaspark@gmail.com 4 most common hindrances for Spiritual Growth. 1st Factor: Being born again Romans 8:29: For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren; Beginning today on, I ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:29
Is there a difference between saying one is saved and saying one is born again?
“There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ...read more
Scripture: John 3:1-7
A four part series inspired by 1 John 5, it goes over the four proofs of our belief in God. This is Proof 1, Being Born Again
Do You Believe? (Part one) (A four sermon series from 1 John 5) Are You Born Again? 1 John 5 How do you know that you really believe in God? Last week we talked about false teachers and false doctrine. How can we look at others and see if they truly believe? We are going to spend the next ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 5:1-21
Practically every person you ask will claim that they believe in God. Most people claim to believe in God and have some idea in their minds about what God is like. So how can we tell if we really believe in God?
Tonight, we continue our study in 1 John. We have seen through this study that there are many misconceptions about God. We’ve looked at three of them. We took seven tests that proved if we really knew God. We just finished six tests that prove that we really love God. Now we take four ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 5:1-5
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