Significant signs of the Savior,Jn. 20:30, 31•Selected miracles•Lead to faith•Faith leads to life

Jesus’ preaching & testimony of others•Teaching educates us on truth•Testimony reinforces the signs

Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews, 3:1•Injected fairness, Jn. 7:45-52•Helped bury Jesus, Jn. 19:39

Nicodemus respected Jesus, 3:2•“We,” Jn. 12:42?•Signs, Jn. 2:23

You must be born again, 3:3-5

…unless one is born again……unless one is born of water and the Spirit…

…he cannot see the kingdom of God……he cannot enter the kingdom of God…

You must be born again, 3:3-5WaterWaterBaptizedWashing

Eph. 5:25, 261 Cor. 12:13

Titus 3:5

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Since you have purified your soulsIn obeying the truth through the Spirit

- 1 Pt. 1:22

Jesus explains the new birth, 3:6-8•Spiritual•Those born again, not seen with eyes

Jesus told how these things can be,3:9-15•Mild rebuke•Parallel serpent & Savior

John comments on the preceding,3:16-21•True belief leads to eternal life•First advent for salvation•Belief = no condemnation, Rom. 8:1•No belief = condemnation, Mk. 16:16

John comments on the preceding,3:16-21•Light rejected by most, 2 Cor. 4:2-4•Light received by some, 2 Cor. 2:14-16•Belief = receiving = doing truth

Jesus baptized disciples, 3:22, 23•Baptism under gospel, Mt. 28:19, 20•Much water, Rom. 6:3, 4

No rivalry, 3:25-30•Envy with John’s disciples?•Authority of heaven with Jesus,Mt. 21:23-27•Friend of bridegroom

John exalts Jesus, 3:31-36•Jesus from above, Jn. 6:41•John of the earth•Jesus testifies of heaven, Jn. 6:38•Few accept Jesus

John exalts Jesus, 3:31-36•Jesus full of divine power, Col. 2:3, 9•Authority rests in Jesus•Belief = everlasting life•Disobedience (ASV, NASB) = wrath

Significant signs of the Savior,Jn. 20:30, 31•Selected miracles•Lead to faith•Faith leads to life

Jesus’ preaching & testimony of others,•Teaching educates us on truth•Testimony reinforces the signs