You Must Be Born Again

John 3:1-8

The work of the Trinity is displayed in the salvation of sinners.

In John chapter 3, we see the love of God the Father, the sacrifice of God the Son, and the work of the Holy Spirit in bringing us to new birth.

Nicodemus, a respected Jewish teacher, came to see the Lord Jesus at night to find out more about Him.

He discovered some very important truths that night. He learned that being religious does not guarantee a place in heaven. The Lord Jesus told him that to enter the kingdom of God, a person had to be born again.

Why must we be born again?

• Because of our sinful human nature.
  We are born of the flesh and we are all sinners by nature. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 
• Because of our spiritual blindness.
  Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 
• Because our eternal destiny depends upon it.
  Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
  To be in the kingdom of God means to have eternal life and inexpressible joy.
  To be out of the kingdom means to perish, having the wrath of God upon us.
  On the Day of Judgment, those who are not born again will wish that they had never been born at all!

There is good reason to believe that Nicodemus became a follower of Christ. His attitude to the Lord Jesus in the face of hostile Jewish leaders and the fact that he assisted Joseph of Arimathea in the burial of Jesus indicate that he became a Christian.

The new spiritual birth is vital for salvation.

Have we been born again?

We must be born again.