Sermons on San Juan 3:12:

The Politician And The Prophet

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Oct 22, 2007

This sermon examines the night-time meeting between Nicodemus and Jesus.

Title: The Politician and The Prophet Text: John 3:1-18 Date: 10/21/07 Location: Sulphur Spring Baptist Church Introduction: This is an election year. Next month will be electing a Governor. Then in November of 2008 we will be electing a New President. For some reason I’ve always been ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

What It Means To Be Born Again Series

Contributed by David Hodgin on Oct 26, 2007

To help people understand what it means to be "Born-Again".

Message Jn 2:23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name. Jn 2:24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. Jn 2:25 He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in a ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Part 2: Jesus And Nicodemus Series

Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Oct 28, 2007

Part 2: Jesus explains to Nicodemus that you can not explain salvation or the power of the Holy Spirit, only experience it.

The Great Commission Part 2 – Jesus and Nicodemus Pastor Bruce A. Shields House of Faith – www.PS127.org WELCOME INTRODUCTION TO SERMON † Jesus was called, baptized, filled with and the Holy Spirit † Resisted the Devils attempt to stop His ministry † Called many disciples to follow Him † Chose ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Bible Church

Look And Live Series

Contributed by David Lewis on Dec 20, 2006

Look to Jesus

In April 1988 the evening news reported on a photographer who was a skydiver. He had jumped from a plane along with numerous other skydivers and filmed the group as they fell and opened their parachutes. On the film shown on the TV, as the final skydiver opened his chute, the picture went berserk. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-36

Denomination: Congregational

Relationship Or A Religion

Contributed by James Powell on Dec 24, 2006

Is our religion just that, or do we each have a relationship with our God?

Relationship or Just a Religion Joh 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: Joh 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-15

Denomination: Holiness

Why Christmas? Series

Contributed by Doug Henry on Dec 28, 2006

A look at why Jesus came in the way that He did.

A daughter came home from college for Christmas and was in the process of helping her mother get ready for Christmas dinner. For as long as they can remember, her mother, and her grandmother before her, had always prepared a roast. Now, there was one thing that puzzled the daughter. Every year, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Born Again

Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Jan 27, 2007

To be born again means trusting God enough to leave the safety of our old life

“Very truly, I tell you, no-one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” Jesus always chose the words he used very carefully. To appreciate that this is true you only have to think about the stories he told to illustrate the message he was trying to get across. Think about the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-12

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Tell The Story

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Dec 11, 2007

A message which answers the 2 basic questions for every believer; "Why Should I tell the story?" and "How Do I tell the Story?"

TELL THE STORY John 3:3, 16 * Everyone loves someone who can “tell a story.” Now, I’m not talking about the person who can “reel off” untruths, but rather I’m talking about those people like my Evangelist Uncle James, who can spin a tale with the best. * Do you know what I’ve discovered? Everyone ...read more

Scripture: John 3:3-16

Denomination: Baptist

You Must Be Born Again Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007

Entrance into a saving relationship with Jesus must involve a re-birth

We have a few expectant mommies in our church family right now. They’re going through a lot of preparation and anticipation, so I wanted to share a little excerpt from a Dave Barry article to help us get started out this morning… From “The Pain of Childbirth”: The key to avoiding drugs, according ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Lifted Up Christ Series

Contributed by George Mansfield on Jan 10, 2008

We,like Nicodemus, must gaze at that the uplifted Christ if we would be drawn to him and have the promise of "eternal life."

THE LIFTED UP CHRIST John 3:9-15 We were recently discussing I Corinthians 1:23- “We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks.” Our lesson today may be the beginning of that attitude of Jews in regard to Jesus. Living with him, questioning him, arguing with ...read more

Scripture: John 3:9-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Salvation Made Simple Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Nov 4, 2007

This message deals with God’s plan for salvation as outlined in John 3. We will take a close look at the man Nicodemus. Uses a few ideas from Max Lucado’s book 3:16.

The Simple Life at Church “Salvation Made Simple” John 3:1-16 About a year ago a TV series had become fairly popular called “The Simple Life.” It featured Paris Hilton, millionaire, Hilton Hotel fame and Nicole Richey, also from a very wealthy family. Basically what you have are 2 spoiled kids. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Honest Conversations With God Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Dec 3, 2007

A man comes to Jesus with an open heart and mind. The Lord reveals to him some of the most amazing truths found in the Bible. Is it time you had a good, honest, talk with God?

Do you ever look for something so hard that you can’t find it? Maybe it’s just my age kicking in but sometimes I’ll lose something in the most obvious place possible. I think so hard about where I put it that I forget to look in the most likely place. I figure that I would have remembered easily if ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-36

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Ye Must Be Born Again

Contributed by W. Alderman on Jan 12, 2008

This is a salvation message taken from John 3.

“YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN!” TEXT: John 3:1-15; Romans 5:12; cf. Leviticus 12 W. Max Alderman The Lord as we sometimes say, “Got to the crux of the matter” when He said, “Ye Must be born again…” Today, we shall consider the importance of the new birth. The word “again” tells us much about the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Salvation Series

Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Feb 4, 2008

This is an overview of John chapter 3 the chapter, highlighting the requirement, the method and the results of salvation.

Salvation - John 3:1-17 William Dixon lived in England. He was a widower who had lost both his wife and his only son. One day he saw that the house of one of his neighbors was on fire. Although the elderly owner had been rescued, her orphaned grandson was still trapped in the fire. William Dixon ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God Loves You

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Feb 10, 2008

A sermon for Lent 2 based on John 3:1-17, emphasising what it means for us to be loved by God.

“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. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17 Martin Luther calls this the entire gospel in ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17

Denomination: Lutheran