Sometime early in His ministry, Jesus had an interesting encounter with a Pharisee named Nicodemus. We aren't told much about this particular Pharisee. In fact, the grand total of what we know is found in John 3:1-20, as well as in one tiny verse in John 19: 1....
Last week, in JESUS AND NICODEMUS, Part 1, we saw that there is a deep, albeit unrecognized, need in each of us to understand things from the spiritual level, the level in which God sees the world. We once had this ability but we lost it back in Eden, and this is the...
Last week, in JESUS AND NICODEMUS, Part 2, we saw that there is more than one level to life. The physical, which we barely understand, and the spiritual, which we don't understand at all. And we can't understand it unless we are born again of the Spirit of God. We...
In the previous three lessons to be learned from Nicodemus' clandestine meeting with Jesus, we have seen that spiritual rebirth is necessary in order to re-establish us in the spiritual level, the level lost at Eden. We have learned that the key to the spiritual...
Last week, in JESUS AND NICODEMS, Part 4, we saw that Jesus opened the door for Spiritual Rebirth at the cross. Yet many of us have already accepted His gift of the cross, but we continue to feel like we have not yet received access to the Spiritual plane we've been...