week of 5/16

 Unit 21  Session 3

BIRTH TO REBIRTH

john 3:5-8, 14-21

 

Key Concept:

Salvation requires being born again by the Holy Spirit and believing in Jesus Christ.

Early in Jesus' public ministry, large crowds followed Him. Yet their faith was inadequate. They were interested in Jesus - particularly in the miracles He performed - but not committed to Him. Because of their shallow faith, Jesus did not "entrust Himself" to them (John 2:24). Jesus' conversation with a man named Nicodemus in John 3 explains what true, saving faith in Jesus truly entails.

As you examine John 3:5-8, 14-21:

 

✞   Note that being born again of the Spirit is necessary for 

    entering the kingdom of God.

✞   Meditate on God's gift that believing Jesus died on the

    cross for our sins results in eternal life.