Sermons on Yochanan 3:21:

The Pressures Off Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on May 7, 2008

2000 years ago a religious guy met Jesus and was told he was headed down the wrong road and needed to make a u-turn that led to a life where the pressure is off and was never the same again.

The Pressures Off Never The Same Again (8) I hope you are getting pumped up about taking the One Month To Live Challenge. NEXT WEEK – we will kick off the series with an Easter Message. AND THEN – things will really start to rock and roll the week of March 30th when we launch our One Month ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Light Has Come/Christmas Lights

Contributed by Ronald Keller on Dec 1, 2002

This Advent sermon uses some of the lights of the Christmas Season as illustrations to teach us how to get the most out of this Advent/Christmas.

INTRODUCTION Are you afraid of the dark? When I was a child I used to be afraid. My active imagination caused me to visualize all types of dreadful things lurking in the dark along the path to the out house, or next to my bed in the night. When we would come home at night, I would let my ...read more

Scripture: John 3:19-21

Denomination: Nazarene

How To Change For Good

Contributed by Greg Laurie on Nov 29, 2006

I suggest we don’t always know as much as we think we do. And sometimes we miss the obvious. Here in John 3, Jesus reveals something that that is an ESSENTIAL truth of life. So much so, that to miss it is to MISS EVERYTHING. If you don’t get this one rig

“How to Change for Good” John 3. There are certain things we ALL KNOW in life. You don’t Tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t Spit into the wind. You don’t tug on the mask of the old Lone Ranger AND? I suggest we don’t always know as much as we think we do. And sometimes we miss the obvious. Here ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-26

He Came To Be Our Deliverer

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Dec 7, 2006

What a mess we are in. And we aren’t even aware of it! The whole purpose of Christmas was to respond to our need for deliverance.

Passage: John 3:10-21 Intro: Someone has said, “Ignorance is bliss.” PP to which Thomas Gray responded, “If ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise.” PP Cater Burwell has continued the thread, “If not bliss, ignorance can at least be fun.” PP but Philip Wylie has ended the discussion for me: ...read more

Scripture: John 3:10-21

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Trick Or Treat

Contributed by J Bernard Taylor on Nov 18, 2008

Is Halloween itself a trick or a treat? Discover the truth about Halloween.

Trick or Treat Back in October 1988, my wife at that time and I paid a visit to Western Pa. We subsequently moved up there. But we were amazed at all the wild Halloween decorations. You have never seen such decorations as this. There were ghosts. There were goblins. There were pumpkins. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Light Of The World - Advent 4

Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 18, 2008

Just as Christ illuminates the entire world, He illuminates our souls; salvation is personal; Christ came for each of us.

Light of the World, John 3:16-21 Introduction The famed Congregational Preacher, Dwight L. Moody, once said, “The great trouble is that people take everything in general, and do not take it to themselves. Suppose a man should say to me, ‘Moody, there was a man in Europe who died last week, and ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-21

Denomination: Christian Church

God So Loved Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 25, 2008

God’s love has two sides—salvation / judgment… life / death… redemption / righteousness. He loves with a purpose—salvation. He loves with a consequence—judgment.

What was the first memory verse you ever learned? For most of us, it was John 3:16. I have a set of 6 books at the house that I bought a few years ago. They are by a man named Carl F.H. Henry. When Carl Henry died in 2003, the New York times called him the brain of the evangelical movement. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-21

Denomination: Baptist

Birth And Re-Birth

Contributed by Jerry Hoffman on Aug 13, 2007

Christ explains the way into his kingdom to Nicodemus.

In the days of the New Testament there were three levels of teacher in the Jewish community, the ḥâḵâm, the sôpçr and the ḥazzân. These levels were obtained not on the basis of academics but on the basis of morality in the person’s life. Nicodemus is thought to be of the highest ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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

See Jesus In Your Christmas Traditions!

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 26, 2007

Today we need to see Jesus in our Christmas traditions because the season points to His great gift of eternal life to us.

Christmas Eve Service “See Jesus in your Christmas Traditions!” Thesis: Today we need to see Jesus in our Christmas traditions because the season points to His great gift of eternal life to us. Introduction: Quotes: Christmas is the harvest time of love. Souls are drawn to other souls. All that ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Nic At Night

Contributed by Lee Henry on Nov 15, 2006

Nicodemus met Jesus at night and his life was changed forever. Our life will be changed too when we come face to face with Jesus.

Nic at Night John 3:1-21 Intro: Jesus had performed the miracle at Cana and his disciples believed in him. He followed this sign with others as he goes to Jerusalem for the passover. Many believed including many of the Pharisees. Nicodemus seems to have been one of them. Nicodemus was a ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Born Again

Contributed by Ed Wood on Nov 17, 2006

A message about the New Birth as Jesus confronted Nicodemus.

BORN AGAIN John 3:1-21 INTRO: Charles Colson emerged as a prominent figure of the Watergate scandal. He served as counsel to the president for Richard Nixon. Colson wanted power, and he was willing to do ruthless things to get that power. His actions sent him to prison, and in prison he realized ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Grace Pays The Bill

Contributed by John Harvey on Jul 30, 2007

There is nothign left to pay for the price of sin.

“Grace Pays the Bill” July 22, 2007 Me: Having dinner with Alana at Carabba’s when the waitress says someone has paid my bill. I am at a loss. It is a great feeling that someone else has paid the price for me. You: have you ever experienced such generosity? Have you ever had someone do ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-21

Denomination: Baptist

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

Make It Count

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Dec 25, 2005

THis is a Christmas Day Message encouraging us to make the gift of Jesus Christ count in our lives.

Make It Count GNLCC 12/25/2005 Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 John 3:16-21 How many of us today received gifts from other people. Our gifts are an indication that somebody loves us and somebody wants to invest our lives.. Many parents and grandparents and uncles and aunts and cousins and ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed