Sermons on Yochanan 3:12:

Wheelbarrow Faith

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 10, 2006

What we mean by faith is not what Jesus means by faith in Jn 3:16

Civic Service - New Romney 11-06-2006 John 3:1-17: You must be born again Story: An atheist was sitting under a tree one day smugly thinking: "God, I know you don’t exist but it you did you must really be stupid. You created a huge oak tree to carry this little acorn and such a puny plant to ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17

Denomination: Anglican

Being Born From Above

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 11, 2006

Being "born again" and being "born from above" are different sides of the same coin. Christ Jesus says, we cannot enter the kingdom of God without a dramatic, spiritual change. Putting it another way, we have to be born of the spirit from above.

Being Born From Above – John 3: 1 - 17 Intro: 3 men died and were standing at the pearly gates. “What have you done to deserve heaven?” asked Peter. The 1st man, a police officer, said, “I enforced the law and fought crime.” Peter said, “OK, go on in.” The 2nd was a wealthy man who said, “I ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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

Real New Beginning

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 8, 2006

what Jesus taught Nicodemus about being born again

Intro: there is an old saying, “ if I knew then what I know now, things would be so different.” This saying conveys the thought, if I could live my life over how different it would be. I guess everyone has had the thought of living their life over and not making the same mistakes again. If you ever ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Our Spiritual Metamorphosis: Step 1 – Conversion Series

Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 12, 2008

2nd in the Series on Spiritual Transformation

Our Spiritual Metamorphosis: Step 1 – Conversion John 3: 1-10a; 16-17 As you may recall, I began last week’s message with a Poem entitled “Metamorphosis.” I would like to use a portion of the opening, as well as the closing stanzas of that poem again this week as both a reminder of some of the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17

Denomination: *other

Highway To Hope

Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 20, 2008

Finding hope in a hopless world.

Unfortunately I have not been able to get inside many of your homes up to this point in my ministry here. I sat looking at the directory for almost an hour thinking and praying over each one of you within it. I then had to ask myself what you were struggling with and finally I thought of it: hope. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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

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

Lift Up Jesus! Series

Contributed by Jon Daniels on Aug 27, 2007

The series is based on John 3, "The Heart of the Gospel."

“LIFT UP JESUS!” John 3:9-15 INTRO – We have come into this place today to lift up Jesus! Have a pastor friend of mine who is in a very large church in another state. Person came to him and told him that they were leaving his church. Asked why. “We’re tired of this ‘Jesus-ism.’ Every time ...read more

Scripture: John 3:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Question That Was Never Asked

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 5, 2007

Evangelistic sermon concerning Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus.

John 3:1-7, 16 There was an old farmer and his wife who had turned in for the night and were just about to fall off to sleep when they heard the clock in the hallway begin to chime. They heard it chime nine o’clock, ten o’clock, eleven o’clock, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. Finally, the wife ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Gospel In A Nutshell

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 1, 2007

Modern Parable of the importance of Sharing the Good news of Jesus Christ with those who are lost.

Introduction: One Friday afternoon, after a long day at the office you are driving home and you turn the radio on. You hear about a little village in India where a few villagers died suddenly from some kind of mysterious flu. You don’t think much about it, but on Sunday, coming home from church, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

You Can't Make It On Your Own Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Apr 6, 2007

Apart from faith in Christ, we are unable to live a life of righteousness…bringing to fruition the Kingdom of God. Jesus reveals this truth to Nicodemus.

Introduction: Most of us…especially us men…don’t like to admit it when we can’t accomplish something. This doesn’t apply to everything, but it certainly does apply to some things…especially those things that we believe we can do. Perhaps we have trained our whole lives to do something. Run a ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-15

Denomination: Wesleyan

Who Raised The Bar?

Contributed by Randy Wood on Apr 14, 2007

Do you ever get tired of people who say "their way" is "The way"?

WHO RAISED THE BAR? JOHN 3:1-16 1 There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee.2 After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. "Rabbi," he said, "we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you." 3 ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-16

Denomination: Pentecostal