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NICODEMUS and JOHN

I will say and point toward the door you are at:

Cletus: And Nicodemus came by night,

Rich, you walk up to the front of the sanctuary where I am at

And say the things you told me the other night at the praise team. 

I’ll let you say these things for a few minutes, then I will say…

Cletus:  Nicodemus, tell me about the time you came to see Jesus at night time

We will walk up to the table with the candle, I will take the scroll of the gospel of John with me and we will sit down in the chairs…

Open scroll and write in it.

Cletus:  Tell me Nicodemus, what did you and Jesus talk about that night?

Rich:  I asked him,

"Teacher, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."

Cletus: What did Jesus say to that?

Rich:  Well, he said, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. You have to be 'born from above'—out of this world, so to speak.”

Cletus:  Born Again?  What does what mean?  That doesn’t even make sense.

Rich:  That’s what I said.  I asked him,

"How can anyone be born who has already been born and grown up? You can't re-enter your mother's womb and be born again. What are you saying with this 'born-from-above' talk?"

Cletus:  What did Jesus say to that? 

Rich:  He said, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'

I asked Jesus,

"What do you mean by this? How does this happen?"

Cletus:  What did Jesus say to that?

Rich:  Jesus told me,

“You're a respected teacher of Israel and you don't know these basics? Listen carefully. I'm speaking sober truth to you. Yet instead of facing the evidence and accepting it, you procrastinate with questions. If I tell you things that are plain as the hand before your face and you don't believe me, what use is there in telling you of things you can't see, the things of God?

Cletus:  Wow, that’s amazing!  Nicodemus, you told me one time that Jesus made a incredible statement that will be remembered for all time.  It began something like, “For God so loved…

Rich:  (Interrupts me)  Yes, he said,

“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.”