01 Introduction - 316 The Numbers of Hope (MP3)

The noisy room silences as Nicodemus enters. Jesus’ friends are wharf workers and law-duckers, unaccustomed to the high-brow world of Nicodemus. They shift in their seats. Jesus motions for the guest to sit. Nicodemus does and initiates the most famous conversation in the Bible….What Jesus offered to Nicodemus, he offers to you: a chance to be born again.

1. Proclamation
   "Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of
    God"  (John 3:3)
2. Exclamation
    Born: the parents exert the effort
    Again: the original beauty restored
3. Invitation
    "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten
    Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
    everlasting life." (John 3:16)


Date preached: August 20, 2006