Jesus plaited the whip and purged the temple. "Zeal for Your house will consume me!" (2:17) Jesus pushed back on the Sanhedrin and prophesied His greatest sign: "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." (2:19) Jesus performed more signs during Passover and the crowds believed: many believed in His name, observing the signs He was doing (2:23). But Jesus wasn't having any of it: "But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men." (2:24)
The implications of that encounter begin to unfold as we read 3:1-21.
One man had been taking it all in: the multiple miracles, temple purging, perhaps even John the Baptist's testimony. He was old man, a pious man, and he had a big spiritual question: "How can I know I have eternal life?" Jesus answered that man enters God's Kingdom by the will and work of the Holy Spirit.
We'll spend the next few weeks examining this life changing conversation, as:
One of the most powerful teachers in Israel poses three questions to the most powerful Teacher in the world: (This morning) Question1 – How can I see the Kingdom of God? (vv.1-3) Question2 – How can a man be born when he is old? (vv.4-8) (Next Lord's Day) Question 3 – How can these things be? (vv.9-15) The Summarizing Explanation – Believe in God's One & Only Son. (vv.16-21)
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