“WE SPEAK OF WHAT WE KNOW!”

 John 3:1-15                         (ESV)

You Must Be Born Again

[1] Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, A RULER OF THE JEWS. [2] This man came to JESUS BY NIGHT and said to HIM, “Rabbi, we know that YOU are a teacher come from GOD, for no one can do these signs that YOU do unless GOD is with HIM.” [3] JESUS answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of GOD.” [4] Nicodemus said to HIM, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” [5] JESUS answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. [6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the SPIRIT is spirit. [7] Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.’ [8] The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the SPIRIT.”

[9] Nicodemus said to HIM, “How can these things be?” [10] JESUS answered him, “ARE YOU A TEACHER OF ISRAEL AND YET YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS? [11] Truly, truly, I say to you, “WE SPEAK OF WHAT WE KNOW”, and bear witness to what we have seen, but YOU DO NOT RECEIVE OUR TESTIMONY. [12] If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? [13] No one has ascended into heaven except HE WHO descended from heaven, the SON OF MAN. [14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the SON OF MAN be lifted up, [15] THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.”

Briefly today, when JESUS was speaking to Nicodemus, HE did so as THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES (Colossians 1:16), GOD IN THE FLESH (1 Timothy 3:16), and THE ONE WHO opens the EYES of the CHOSEN to SEE TRUTH (2 Corinthians 4:4)!  During HIS entire ministry, JESUS was never successfully contradicted as HE IS THE WORD (John 1:1) and THE WORD “never” changes!

Nicodemus came to JESUS BY NIGHT in an attempt to discover TRUTH!  However, unless his eyes were OPENED he was incapable of SEEING TRUTH, of realizing his lostness and his need for a Savior!  To Nicodemus, JESUS may have been a “good man”, but Nicodemus needed to SEE his brokenness and that JESUS was his ONLY HOPE for eternal life!  

The “words” that I share with others are not “special”, nor cosmic, but I pray that the HOLY SPIRIT uses them to sway or convince those whose EYES need to be OPENED for HIS GLORY!  Until EYES are OPENED and HEARTS are changed FROM ABOVE, eternal results can NOT be experienced!  JESUS walked among us for three years, yet in our limited knowledge and vision mankind attempted to eradicate HIM.  Some may NEVER SEE TRUTH, but “WE SPEAK OF WHAT WE KNOW” and we pray that you can SEE before it is eternally TOO LATE!!!