John 3

Hey Downpour!

Sorry for the late post. I have been busy all day. I had a Bible Study Workshop in the morning and just got back from the Bulls game a while ago. Break is going well. Just hanging out with the family and catching up with some friends. Got a chance to hang out with Sarah Karen, Lara, Dlai, John Eom for last night. They came out to my home church to see our Christmas cantata. Don't have much really planned for the break. Hope everyone is doing well!

Ok, John 3:

The passage is separated in two parts. The first part is about Jesus conversation with Nicodemus and the second part is John's testimony of Jesus.

The chapter first starts out by Nicodemus commenting on Jesus miracles. The passage continues with Jesus confirming his gifts are from God and He tells Nicodemus that one needs to be born again. Nicodemus is confused so he questions Jesus about being born again. Jesus stressed that one needs to submit to this invisible creation that is moving the visible or else it is impossible to enter the the kingdom of Heaven. Just like the wind, you can hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or will go next. God, is the baptism into new life.

Nicodemus is still confused and Jesus questions his position as a teacher and tells Nicodemus that it is pointless to tell him things of God when he does not even see the things that are tangible.

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.

God didn't send Jesus in the world just so He could condemned it. He had sent Jesus to help bring people back to peace and make everything right. When he came into the world, everyone went toward darkness because they had little interest in pleasing God. These people do not want their sins to be exposed.

In the second part, John was confronted and told that there was some one else that is baptizing and people are going to him instead. He took this opportunity to share his testimony that there is someone else much greater than him that is the Messiah. He was just sent before the Messiah to get things ready. As Jesus gets greater and more recognition, John must become less.

Jesus was sent by the Father. Since the Father loves the Son so much, he entrusted everything to Him. This is why, who ever trust the Son will also receive everything that the Father gives.