John 3
1 There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. 2 After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”
3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
The Pharisee Nicodemus comes to Jesus in the dark, and after dark to try to see what the Truth is. Jesus straightens “Nick at Night” out in a hurry. Telling him that you must be born from above (also translated “again”), Jesus goes on to proclaim to Nicodemus some very profound and some very famous words. Read verse 16 and follow. Yeah, verse 16 is the most famous New Testament verse out there, but check out verses 17 – 21. I think these verses speak for themselves:
16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. 19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. 21 But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”
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