| When Jesus looks at a man and when he moves | | | | doing?" |
| around and among men, and when He sees a faith | | | | Nicodemus was about to learn some of the most |
| that is real and deep and which has that desire and | | | | important truths in the world. |
| longing to grow and mature, Jesus will be prepared to | | | | Nicodemus, your world needs such a radical change, |
| share and reveal many things to that man. | | | | that you need to be born again. |
| There was a man in Jerusalem who wanted to go | | | | Nicodemus, what you need is like being born all over |
| further and he is called Nicodemus. He wanted what | | | | again. |
| Jesus could give. He had a thirst for that which was | | | | Nicodemus, unless you are born again, you are not |
| spiritually real. He had seen the miracles and now he | | | | even able to see the Kingdom of God. At the moment, |
| was hungry for the Word of God. He was ready for | | | | you are a blind man. You cannot even see. |
| something more and for something deeper. | | | | He was a blind leader of the blind. |
| He was a man in a prominent position. He was a | | | | Nicodemus, you certainly cannot enter the Kingdom of |
| religious teacher. He was trained to answer theological | | | | God unless you are born again. |
| questions. He would know all the orthodox doctrines. | | | | Nicodemus, at the moment you are on the outside and |
| He would have had everything all neatly worked out | | | | you know that I know that you are on the outside. |
| and then Jesus Christ came along. He had no | | | | Have you ever felt like that? |
| experience of the Holy Spirit and Jesus came along | | | | Do you ever feel like that or do you know people who |
| and shook and disturbed his cosy little academic world. | | | | feel like that? They know and realise that they are on |
| One night he came to see Jesus. At least he had the | | | | the outside, and all this is foreign to them. It appears to |
| courage to go and have a talk with Jesus, and they | | | | sound like something from a different world! It is. That |
| spent some time together. His religion had been the | | | | is why we must seek to love such people with the |
| religion of good deeds, and what Jesus Christ says to | | | | love of God. |
| Nicodemus is so relevant to our present day, when it is | | | | Nicodemus, you must be born again. Then, you will be |
| said, try your best, try hard to be good, try hard to be | | | | on the inside and then you will be able to see. Notice |
| kind, and never hurt anyone. | | | | how Jesus skips all the palavers, and Jesus gets right |
| These things are still said to me, but this never satisfies | | | | to the point. Jesus does not waste time counseling, but |
| anyone and it did not satisfy Nicodemus. Nicodemus | | | | goes directly to what is crucial and vital. |
| was really asking, "How do I get into what you are | | | | |