John 3:1
There was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
John 3:2
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 him.
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again,
HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
How Can a We Enter God’s Kingdom?
John 3:4
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
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Salvation Resembles your first Birth
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Matthew 3:7-9
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
John 3:7
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
John 3:4-6
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
HE CANNOT ENTER into the kingdom of God.
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Salvation RECOGNIZES the Holy Spirit’s Work
John 3:8
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.
John 3:9-10
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
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Salvation Requires A Simple Belief
John 3:14-15
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17-18
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.