Nicodemus has an encounter with Jesus, where Jesus explains:
1. the necessity of the new birth to enter the kingdom
2. How the new birth is brought about
3. The means of how the new birth (eternal life) is accomplished in Him
In this teaching, we see Jesus at a wedding in Cana where He performs His first sign/miracle. And then we move to Jesus first cleansing of the temple in Jerusalem.
In this teaching, John the Baptist points out Jesus as the Messiah to his disciples. They began to follow Jesus and He accepts them as His first disciples. These disciples began telling others and they too followed Jesus. Nathanel first doubts, then also ultimately became the disciple of Jesus.
In this teaching, we have the interaction of John the baptist with the religious leaders as to whether or not he is the Messiah or some great spiritual figure. John denied these things but made them aware that the Messiah was presently among them.
We finally get to John’s primary point of His gospel, God becomes a man in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. In this teaching I also talk about God’s plan of salvation for the elect, giving a roundabout discussion of how He determined to accomplish this. Once God became a man, Jesus, He was full of grace and truth.
In these verse John talks about how John the Baptist came to witness that Jesus was the Messiah and point men to faith in Him. He continues speaking of how when Jesus came into the world, He was rejected by the world and His own people. And finally, he sets forth the principle of election. That is, those who are saved are not saved because of familial relationships, their own will or the will of any other person, but of the sovereign will of God.
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