TO ENTER GOD'S KINGDOM, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, BUT WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT
The Gospel of John Chapter Three
  1. Uniqueness Of God’s Human Creation :
    • Physical and spiritual—Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7
    • Adam’s spiritual condition before the fall — alive in God: Gen. 2:17-18
    • Adam’s physical condition before the fall — Gen. 1:8-9, 16 [could eat from the tree of life]
    • Adam spiritual condition after the fall — Gen. 3:7; Romans 5:12; 1 Cor. 15:21
    • Adam physical condition after the fall — Genesis 3:22-24
    • The human race in the kingdom of darkness — Eph. 2:1-3; Col. 3:5-7; Acts 26:18; Col. 1:13

  2. Jesus And Nicodemus :
    • His statement to Jesus — 3:1-2
    • Jesus’ statement to Nicodemus — 3:3
    • Nicodemus totally confused — 3:4
    • Being born again — you cannot tell: 3:5-8
    • Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” {Continues confused]
    • Jesus challenges Nicodemus on his knowledge of the Scriptures — 3:10-13 The Scriptures and the new birth:
      • A new heart — Ezekiel 36:25-27
      • A stony heart — Ezekiel 11:18-20
      • One heart to fear God — Jeremiah 32:38-40
    • The reason for the cross — 3:14-18
    • The light coming into the world — 3:19-21, 1:5-6

  3. “ You Must Be Born Again To See The Kingdom Of God ” — How To Be Born Again :

    1. FAITH comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God — Romans 10:17
      • The gospel must be preached – Romans 10:13-15
    2. HEAR — the gospel must be heard — Acts 2:37; Acts 4:4; Acts 8:5-6, 35; Acts 10:44
    3. BELIEVE — Acts 8:12, 37; John 3:16, 18; John 5:24; John 6:47 What do we have to believe in order to be saved? Romans 10:9-10; John 5:36-38; John 5:45-47; John 1:11-13; Acts 4:12
    4. REPENT and be FORGIVEN — Ezekiel 18:30-32; Matt. 4:17; Acts 3:19-10; Acts 26:19-20; Luke 5:32 Luke 24:47; Acts 5:30-31; 2Pe. 3:9; 1 John 1:9
    5. SINS WASHED IN JESUS’ BLOOD — Rev. 1:5; Hebrew 9:14; 1 John 1:7; Romans 5:9
    6. THE SPIRIT COMES TO GIVE US ETERNAL LIFE — Ephesians 1:13, Eph. 4:30 ; 2 Cor. 1:22; Romans 8:8-11; Titus 3:5-6; John 10:27-28; John 3:16; 1 John 2:25
    7. BAPTIZED INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST — [spiritual baptism] 1Corinthians 12:12-13; 1 John 3:24; John14:20; 17:21
    8. A NEW CREATION — [ water baptism — old man is crucified, dies, is buried, is resurrected as a new creation no longer slaves to sin] Romans 6:4-11; Colossians 2:12; Galatians 6:15

  4. Fruits Of Righteousness : [ How To Know If We Are Born Again ]
    • The Parable of the Sower — only one seed is fruitful [Luke 8:10-15]
    • Fruits of the Spirit — Galatians 5:19-25
    • Children of God and children of the devil — 1 John 3:9-10; 2 Corinthians 13:5