3:2 - Nicodemus comes at night because he is embarrassed about being seen or affiliated with him...or maybe he doesn't want to look like he doesn't know everything because he is asking Jesus for clarification. Either way - he comes under cover of night like a criminal. What does it cost today to follow Jesus boldly in the light?
3:3-8 - I love this section...Jesus is calling Nicodemus out of the darkness...calling him to walk in the light. Calling him, like all of us, into a total rebirth - total life change. Jesus is calling Nicodemus out of his comfortable existence of power and influence. Do you think that comfort plays a big part in why people reject the way of Jesus?
3:16 - I think that sometimes even Christians have this belief that poor Jesus hide to die to appease the wrath of a tyrannical God...but what does this verse say? God loved us so much...He gave himself. He poured Himself out for us. As John states from the beginning of this book - God and Jesus are one...so the reality is that God thought you were worth dying for. Never forget that. Jesus came not to change God's mind, but to reveal God's heart, because he was God and is God.
3:30 - I love the humility John puts forth here. John understand something that each of us need to get through our thick skulls...the Christian life is about decreasing ourselves and increasing Jesus.
3:31 - In Jesus God dwellt completely...so when we follow Jesus, we are following God. (Colossians 1 again Tim!)
No comments:
Post a Comment