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For God So Loved the World & Nicodemus John 3:16 (Episode #210)
Just when you thought this couldn't get any better... No, not the podcast, but what Jesus says to our real friend, Nicodemus.
Yesterday we got the first half of Jesus undoing Nicodemus to his very core. "You must be born again". Nicodemus is confused but curious. We start with Nicodemus very early in the ministry of Jesus. Only the calling of the disciples and the wedding at Cana are earlier.
What Jesus tells this ONE MAN, changes the WHOLE WORLD, One man at at time. One woman at a time. John 3, because it is so real, doesn't tell us how the story for Nicodemus ends. Maybe he, like so many others of the Sanhedrin, hardened his heart. Maybe not. Don't read ahead yet. All we know is that he DEFENDS Jesus in John 7:50 The Bible wants us to know what happens, but not YET. Wait for it. Revel in this moment.
"For God So loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." For now, this was not yet "for the world", it was just for him. For Nicodemus. For scared cautious curious Nicodemus. Most blessed man in the history of Mankind. Receiver of the best, most complete, most needed revelation of God Himself BY God Himself. Let's just sit with that for today. That's enough.
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