{"id":1058,"date":"2023-12-19T15:36:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/274-james-styles-exhortation-nicodemus-out-of-shadow-into-light\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:43:18","slug":"274-james-styles-exhortation-nicodemus-out-of-shadow-into-light","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/274-james-styles-exhortation-nicodemus-out-of-shadow-into-light\/","title":{"rendered":"274: James Styles – Exhortation: Nicodemus, Out of Shadow into Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation titled \u201cNicodemus, Out of Shadow into Light\u201d given by Bro. James Styles from the Thousand Oaks Ecclesia. This exhortation was given at the San Diego Ecclesia in November 2023.<\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is an
\nexcitation that was given by <\/p>\n

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\nbrother James Stiles at the San
\nDiego Ecclesia this past summer.<\/p>\n

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\nJames is a member of the
\nThousand Oaks Ecclesia, which is<\/p>\n

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\nkind of the north side of LA,
\nand presented it in San Diego, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is the far South side of
\nCalifornia. <\/p>\n

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\nJames is a close friend of mine
\nand I’m very thankful that this <\/p>\n

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\ntalk was suggested.
\nI think sometimes I’m biased <\/p>\n

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\nagainst people I know when I get
\nsuggestions, but this was a <\/p>\n

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\nreally excellent excitation.
\nI had never thought of a lot of <\/p>\n

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\nthe points that James brings out
\nabout Nicodemus’s life. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have the three, you know,
\ntimes where he’s actually in the<\/p>\n

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\nrecord, but James makes an
\ninteresting point in the times <\/p>\n

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\nthat he may have been hearing
\nwhat Jesus was saying. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the big change that comes
\nfrom when he is sneaking in the <\/p>\n

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\nshadows in John Chapter 3 to the
\npoint that he’s actually <\/p>\n

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\ncarrying 100 lbs.
\nOf embalming materials to you <\/p>\n

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\nknow to retrieve the body of
\nJesus which you would have had <\/p>\n

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\nto you can’t carry as a as a
\nhuman. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he would have had some sort
\nof cart or something like the <\/p>\n

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\nmost public demonstration of his
\ndedication to our Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I really appreciated this
\nthis exhortation and I’m really <\/p>\n

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\nexcited to share it Again, this
\nwas a suggestion which we <\/p>\n

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\nthis.
\nSo here is James Styles on <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus.
\nWell, good morning, brothers and<\/p>\n

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\nsisters, Sister Kristen and I of
\ncourse bring with us the love of<\/p>\n

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\nyour brothers and sisters in the
\nSimi area and more particularly <\/p>\n

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\nour Ecclesia in the Thousand
\nOaks City. <\/p>\n

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\nSo just recently we finished up
\nour readings in the Gospel of <\/p>\n

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\nJohn and we had the opportunity
\nto meet a man, Nicodemus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we see that Nicodemus is
\nreferenced by name three times <\/p>\n

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\nin John’s Gospel, in John
\nChapter 3, John 7:00 and also <\/p>\n

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\nJohn 19.
\nAnd in each of these references <\/p>\n

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\nwere given a description of
\nNicodemus as a man who came to <\/p>\n

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\nJesus by night.
\nAnd So what we’ll see. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd thank you for reading
\nthrough John chapter 19 this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning for us and a couple of
\nreally very sad chapters as we <\/p>\n

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\nsee our Lord hanging on the
\ncross. <\/p>\n

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\nBut in the sad story we find a
\nman who transitions from coming <\/p>\n

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\nout of the shadows to embracing
\nour Lord off of the cross. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so as we look at this man’s
\ntransition, Nicodemus <\/p>\n

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\ntransitioning from the shadows
\ninto the light, my hope is that <\/p>\n

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\nwe too will be able to take a
\nlook at where we are. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re at and our journeys to
\nfully transition from the <\/p>\n

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\nshadows to being in the light,
\nto embrace our Messiah. <\/p>\n

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\nSo together this morning we’re
\ngoing to be looking at a couple <\/p>\n

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\nof questions and and walking
\nthrough his life, we’re going to<\/p>\n

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\nlook at when and why did he
\napproach our Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nWho was Nicodemus?
\nWhat was his life all about? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat was his identity?
\nHow did Jesus work with him <\/p>\n

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\nindividually, although he’s only
\nmentioned three times by name, <\/p>\n

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\nin John’s Gospel, we can see our
\nLord focusing on Nicodemus and <\/p>\n

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\nhow he spoke to the multitudes.
\nAnd then where does Scripture <\/p>\n

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\nend the story of Nicodemus?
\nAnd as we do this, I think we’ll<\/p>\n

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\nprepare our minds for the
\nbreaking of bread. <\/p>\n

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\nAs we look at the life of
\nNicodemus, we’re going to see a <\/p>\n

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\nman who struggled with many of
\nthe same things that we struggle<\/p>\n

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\nwith today.
\nOur pride, our status, our <\/p>\n

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\npositions in this life and
\ngiving up all of those things. <\/p>\n

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\nTo embrace our Lord Jesus Christ
\nand to embrace bringing Him <\/p>\n

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\nglory, bringing in our Father
\nglory and the way that we live <\/p>\n

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\nour lives.
\nLet’s turn over to John Chapter <\/p>\n

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\n2, and we’ll start setting the
\ncontext for where Nicodemus <\/p>\n

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\ncomes up in scripture.
\nAnd as we’re turning the page to<\/p>\n

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\nJohn Chapter 2, we’ll find our
\nLord Jesus in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know it’s the greatest city
\nin Israel, and it would have <\/p>\n

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\nbeen at the greatest feast in
\nthe nation of Israel at the <\/p>\n

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\nPassover.
\nAnd he would have come, just <\/p>\n

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\ncome from Cana of Galilee.
\nIf you remember, this is where <\/p>\n

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\nhe turned the water into wine.
\nAnd he enters the Temple as he <\/p>\n

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\ngoes into the city.
\nAnd what does he find? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, he finds that the people
\nhave turned it into a place of <\/p>\n

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\nbusiness.
\nAnd so he prophesized of the <\/p>\n

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\ndestruction of the Temple and
\nhow it would be raised up again <\/p>\n

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\nin three days.
\nAnd of course we know as Bible <\/p>\n

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\nstudents that he was referring
\nto himself, his his own death <\/p>\n

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\nand his resurrection, which is
\npointed out for us in John <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 2, verse 22.
\nAnd it states for us here that <\/p>\n

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\nmany would have remembered the
\nwords of our Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n

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\nin this prophecy and that as
\nthey would have seen those <\/p>\n

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\nthings happen, their faith would
\nhave been confirmed in the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nAnd I think that would have been<\/p>\n

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\ntrue with Nicodemus, as we’ll
\nsee at the end of his life. <\/p>\n

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\nSo in John chapter 2, reading
\nverses 22 through 23, we see now<\/p>\n

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\nwhen he was in Jerusalem at the
\nPassover during the feast, many <\/p>\n

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\nbelieved in his name when they
\nsaw the signs, which he did. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Jesus did not commit himself
\nto them, because he knew all men<\/p>\n

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\nand had no need that anyone
\nshould testify of man, for he <\/p>\n

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\nknew what was in man.
\nAnd so this crowd that the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus was working with was an
\nextremely fickle crowd, and I <\/p>\n

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\nkind of imagined them as a leaf
\nblowing in the wind. <\/p>\n

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\nIn one instance, they were fully
\nconvinced that this was the <\/p>\n

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\nMessiah who stood in front in
\nfront of them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then in the very next
\nchapter, the very next verse, we<\/p>\n

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\nfind that they were ready to
\nbetray our Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nNow among this crowd were the
\nPharisees, and one in particular<\/p>\n

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\nthat Scripture seems to
\nhighlight for us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo turn the page to John,
\nChapter 3, verse one, we’re <\/p>\n

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\nintroduced to the man Nicodemus
\nand John 31. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read there was a man of the
\nPharisees named Nicodemus, a <\/p>\n

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\nruler of the Jews.
\nThis man came to Jesus by night <\/p>\n

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\nand said to him, Rabbi, we know
\nthat you are a teacher, come <\/p>\n

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\nfrom God, for no one can do
\nthese things that you do unless <\/p>\n

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\nGod is with him.
\nAnd so this man, as John points <\/p>\n

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\nout for us, is really a play on
\nthe end of chapter 2. <\/p>\n

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\nThis man was just like any other
\nman in the crowd, except for we <\/p>\n

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\nfind him intentionally coming to
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, but he <\/p>\n

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\napproaches him in darkness.
\nHe wanted to inquire about who <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord Jesus was.
\nSo who was Nicodemus? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, the man Nicodemus.
\nHis name means victor of the <\/p>\n

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\npeople, and we find that in
\nscripture. <\/p>\n

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\nHis life was a success story,
\nwasn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nBut it wasn’t a victory over
\npeople. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was really a victory
\novercoming out of darkness, <\/p>\n

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\ncoming out from under the
\nweights of the law and the <\/p>\n

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\nPharisees to a life where he
\nopenly embraced our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist in the broad light of
\nday. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, he was a Pharisee, a group
\nif you remember that Paul <\/p>\n

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\nbelonged to in the early part of
\nhis discipleship. <\/p>\n

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\nThese men were extremely strict,
\nand for them it was all about <\/p>\n

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\nfollowing the Torah, the
\nrequirements of the Torah, and <\/p>\n

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\nso much that they sought power.
\nBy doing these things, they <\/p>\n

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\nextended the laws and the
\ntraditions of men to make it <\/p>\n

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\neven harder for people to
\nfollow. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he wasn’t just any Pharisee.
\nWe’re told that he was a ruler <\/p>\n

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\nor chief among the Jews.
\nHe would have been part of the <\/p>\n

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\nSanhedrin, which consists of 70
\nmembers, and his specific <\/p>\n

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\nposition was the teacher or
\nDoctor Ruler Master in Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read about in John chapter 3,
\nverse 10, And when you look at <\/p>\n

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\nthat, that’s the definite
\narticle in the Hebrew. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was the teacher of Israel.
\nNow the Sanhedrin would have <\/p>\n

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\npresided over all of the
\nreligious activities of the <\/p>\n

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\nnation and within the group
\nthere was hierarchy of <\/p>\n

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\nindividuals and Nicodemus may
\nhave ranked within the top three<\/p>\n

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\nof the 70 that ruled in this
\ngroup. <\/p>\n

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\nAs the teacher in Israel, he
\nwould have been an extremely <\/p>\n

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\nwell studied individual.
\nYou think about his reputation, <\/p>\n

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\nhis status.
\nHe would have been well off, <\/p>\n

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\nwell respected, and we could
\ninfer that he would have been an<\/p>\n

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\nolder brother at this point, as
\nwe see in his conversation with <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ in John
\nchapter 3. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he had a lot at stake, didn’t
\nhe, to come to the Lord by <\/p>\n

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\nnight.
\nAnd that’s how we’re introduced <\/p>\n

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\nto this man.
\nHe came to the Lord Jesus by <\/p>\n

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\nnight.
\nNow an interesting aside note, <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe this is something to look
\nat later, but there’s one other <\/p>\n

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\nbrother mentioned in the context
\nof night. <\/p>\n

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\nSo jot this down.
\nYou can look at this later. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:44,880 –> 00:09:48,560
\nBut John 13 verse 30, having
\nreceived the SOP, Judas went out<\/p>\n

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\nand it was night.
\nAnd where did Judas go? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, Judas would have went to
\nthe Sanhedrin and so it’s almost<\/p>\n

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\nlike these two men cross paths,
\n1 coming to the light and the <\/p>\n

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\nother going into the darkness.
\nAgain, just an interesting <\/p>\n

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\nthought to think about.
\nSo in John three, this shadow <\/p>\n

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\ndisciple, he comes on behalf of
\na group from within the <\/p>\n

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\nSanhedrin.
\nWell, how do we know that? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, in John 3 verse two he
\nsays we know. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there would have been a group
\nthat existed within the <\/p>\n

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\nSanhedrin that would have looked
\nat Jesus differently, that had <\/p>\n

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\nquestions that were unanswered,
\nperhaps, maybe started to begin <\/p>\n

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\nto question their own
\nunderstanding of who the Messiah<\/p>\n

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\nwas and and what he would look
\nlike as they came to him. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know in Luke chapter 2,
\nyou’ll recall that Jesus was at <\/p>\n

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\nthe feast of Passover earlier on
\nin his life, by the same feast <\/p>\n

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\nthat that’s talked about in the
\ncontext here in John and in Luke<\/p>\n

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\nchapter 2, verses 46 and 47,
\nJesus is found in the Temple in <\/p>\n

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\nthe middle of the teachers,
\nwhich is the same word used to <\/p>\n

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\ndescribe Nicodemus here in John
\nchapter 3. <\/p>\n

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\nLuke 2 verse 46 says now.
\nSo it was after three days they <\/p>\n

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\nfound him in the temple, sitting
\nin the midst of the teachers, <\/p>\n

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\nboth listening to them and
\nasking them questions. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd all who heard were
\nastonished at his understanding <\/p>\n

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\nand his answers.
\nAnd so perhaps this same group <\/p>\n

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\nof individuals, or some of the
\nsame group of individuals I’ve <\/p>\n

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\nremembered almost 20 years
\nprior, the man who taught them <\/p>\n

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\nin the temple.
\nAnd here he was again, <\/p>\n

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\nastonishing those same leaders
\nof Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nBut many would be too proud to
\nchange their hearts and to <\/p>\n

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\nchange their ways.
\nSo let’s turn back to John <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 3, because Jesus and
\nNicodemus have a conversation <\/p>\n

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\nagain in the darkness.
\nAnd if we were to have read <\/p>\n

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\nthrough this, we would find that
\nJesus describes for Nicodemus <\/p>\n

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\nthe idea of rebirth or baptism.
\nAnd initially we see Nicodemus <\/p>\n

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\ngive the answer of what would
\nappear to be a Pharisaical <\/p>\n

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\nanswer, right?
\nAnd he says, how can one be born<\/p>\n

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\nagain when he’s old?
\nCan he enter a second time into <\/p>\n

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\nhis mother’s womb and be born?
\nAnd so the implication here <\/p>\n

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\namong these men was that they
\nwere of the seat of Abraham, and<\/p>\n

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\nthis was their argument in John
\nchapter 8, verse 33. <\/p>\n

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\nThey didn’t need to be born
\nagain. <\/p>\n

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\nNow perhaps there’s another way
\nof looking at that, that <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus question, how these
\nthings were even possible. <\/p>\n

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\nHow can these things be That one
\nwould be born again. <\/p>\n

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\nBut regardless, we see our Lord
\nJesus have patience with him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe explains that he must forsake
\nhimself, his position, his <\/p>\n

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\nstatus, his wealth, his pride,
\nor else, Nicodemus, you’re never<\/p>\n

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\ngoing to see the Kingdom of
\nheaven. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the lesson that Jesus was
\nteaching Nicodemus was that a <\/p>\n

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\ntransformation of heart was
\nneeded. <\/p>\n

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\nThe same message that John the
\nBaptist talk wasn’t about the <\/p>\n

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\nfair cycle method of checking
\noff all the boxes, but a change <\/p>\n

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\nof mind, a change of heart, a
\nchange of a way of life. <\/p>\n

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\nHe continues the conversation in
\nJohn chapter 3 and verses 14 <\/p>\n

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\nthrough 15.
\nAnd Jesus points Nicodemus back <\/p>\n

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\nto an event that happened in The
\nWilderness and Numbers, Chapter <\/p>\n

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\n21.
\nYou remember, the children of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael were on the edge of
\nentering the Promised Land, and <\/p>\n

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\nthe event of the serpent on the
\npole happens. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd really what we find is that
\nthis whole event in Numbers <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 21, was a great parable
\nthat foreshadowed the event of <\/p>\n

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\nwhat the Lord Jesus would
\naccomplish on the cross. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what we see in this event
\nwas that everything that <\/p>\n

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\nhappened in that instance was
\noutside the law. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen we think about what the sin
\noffering was in Leviticus <\/p>\n

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\nchapter four, well, it wasn’t a
\nserpent on a pole, was it? <\/p>\n

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\nThe law could not provide a
\nsacrifice that would remedy the <\/p>\n

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\nproblem of sin.
\nAnd So what Moses does by <\/p>\n

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\nraising this pole serpent on a
\npole would have been completely <\/p>\n

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\nforeign to what the people would
\nhave recognized as being <\/p>\n

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\nsomething they would have done
\nunder the law. <\/p>\n

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\nBut would Nicodemus have put
\nthose things together had our <\/p>\n

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\nLord not pointed him back to
\nNumbers Chapter 11 to explain <\/p>\n

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\nthese things?
\nPerhaps not. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Jews would have interpreted
\nthis event as being something <\/p>\n

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\nvery literal.
\nThis serpent bit me. <\/p>\n

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\nMoses raised the serpent on the
\npole, and I’m looking up to <\/p>\n

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\nheaven and being healed from
\nthis serpent bite. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so Nicodemus would have left
\nthis conversation probably a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle defeated, confused that
\nour Lord was telling him you <\/p>\n

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\nmight not quite understand what
\nyou think you know. <\/p>\n

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\nIt would have been difficult.
\nLook at these words in John, <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 3, verses 18 through 21.
\nThese words would have struck at<\/p>\n

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\nthe heart of Nicodemus.
\nJohn eights are three. <\/p>\n

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\nStarting at verse 18.
\nHe who believes in him is not <\/p>\n

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\ncondemned.
\nBut he who does not believe is <\/p>\n

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\ncondemned already, because he
\nhas not believed in the name of <\/p>\n

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\nthe only begotten Son of God.
\nAnd this is the condemnation <\/p>\n

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\nthat the light has come into the
\nworld, and men loved darkness <\/p>\n

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\nrather than light.
\nAnd Nicodemus was here in the <\/p>\n

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\ndarkness, wasn’t he?
\nBecause their deeds were evil. <\/p>\n

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\nFor everyone practicing evil
\nhates the light and does not <\/p>\n

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\ncome to the light, lest his
\ndeeds should be exposed. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he who does the truth comes
\nto the light, that his deeds may<\/p>\n

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\nbe clearly seen, that they have
\nbeen done in God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Nicodemus would have
\nremembered these words as we see<\/p>\n

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\nin John chapter, or reading in
\nJohn chapter 19 this morning. <\/p>\n

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\nNow imagine for a moment that
\nthe Lord is speaking to you, <\/p>\n

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\nthat you are Nicodemus, and you
\nhave mustered up enough courage <\/p>\n

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\nto approach our Lord, And you’ve
\ndone so in the the the guise of <\/p>\n

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\ndarkness, not fully convinced of
\nwho this man was, perhaps <\/p>\n

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\nquestioning your understanding,
\nnot fully committed as as John <\/p>\n

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\nTwo points out to us in this
\ncrowd. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so you approach our Lord
\nJesus in darkness. <\/p>\n

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\nYou tell them there’s a group,
\nincluding yourself, that <\/p>\n

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\nacknowledge there’s something a
\nlittle bit different about him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the response you get from
\nhim is that you must be born <\/p>\n

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\nagain.
\nYou must change your heart, <\/p>\n

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\nchange your thought process,
\nyour ancestry, your family, <\/p>\n

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\ndoesn’t matter, your position,
\nyour status, your religious <\/p>\n

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\nleadership.
\nYou need to rethink those <\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nNow remember, you’re not just <\/p>\n

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\nany Jew.
\nYou’re not just any Pharisee. <\/p>\n

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\nYou are a teacher, the leader in
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re well studied.
\nYou’re able to discern prophecy.<\/p>\n

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\nYou hold an elevated position
\namong your brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

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\nan elite position, really, that
\nwould have come with status, <\/p>\n

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\nwith power, with respect.
\nAnd the conversation ends with <\/p>\n

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\nJesus telling you that you’re in
\ndarkness because you have not <\/p>\n

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\nbelieved in the name of the only
\nbegotten Son of God. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re a disciple of darkness,
\npracticing evil, unable to give <\/p>\n

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\nup the luxuries of life, perhaps
\nafraid what your peers might <\/p>\n

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\nthink.
\nYou walk away from the <\/p>\n

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\nconversation with quite a lot to
\nthink about. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat are you going to do from
\nhere? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd perhaps I know I have, as
\nI’ve approached the table of our<\/p>\n

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\nmaster this morning, felt
\nsimilarly. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause unfortunately, we too
\ncan take on the mindset of a <\/p>\n

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\nPharisee doing what appears to
\nbe right. <\/p>\n

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\nAttending, praying, reading
\nGod’s word, spending time in the<\/p>\n

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\ntemple or the Ecclesian.
\nAll these things are good things<\/p>\n

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\nfor us to do.
\nBut are we in fact shadow <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples?
\nHave we fully come into the <\/p>\n

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\nlight, taking every opportunity
\nto manifest the characteristics <\/p>\n

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\nof our God to those around us,
\nPerhaps at to a point where we <\/p>\n

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\njeopardize our status, our
\nreputation, our wealth, our <\/p>\n

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\njobs, our pride?
\nSo where do we find Nicodemus <\/p>\n

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\nnext?
\nLet’s start over to John Chapter<\/p>\n

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\n7, which would have been about 2
\n1\/2 years later or six months <\/p>\n

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\nprior to the crucifixion.
\nSo in John chapter seven through<\/p>\n

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\n10 we have the events of the
\nFeast of Tabernacles. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in John 7, verses 37 through
\n44, as Jesus would have preached<\/p>\n

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\nto this crowd, there would have
\nbeen a division that form. <\/p>\n

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\nOn one hand there would have
\nbeen those who believed that <\/p>\n

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\nJesus was the Christ, and on the
\nother hand there would have been<\/p>\n

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\nthose who wanted to lay their
\nhands on him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the the officers, chief
\npriests and Pharisees have this <\/p>\n

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\nclose conversation to discuss
\nwhat they’re going to do. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd thankfully for us, it’s
\nrecorded for us to see this <\/p>\n

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\ninteraction.
\nSo in John Chapter 7, if we drop<\/p>\n

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\ndown to verses 45 through 52, we
\nsee this conversation. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says then the officers came
\nto the chief priests and <\/p>\n

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\nPharisees who said to them, why
\nhave you not brought him? <\/p>\n

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\nThe officers answered.
\nNo man ever spoke like this man,<\/p>\n

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\nand the Pharisees answered them.
\nAre you also deceived? <\/p>\n

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\nHave any of the rulers or the
\nPharisees believed in him? <\/p>\n

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\nSorry, but this crowd that does
\nnot know the laws accursed <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus, he who came to Jesus
\nby night, being one of them. <\/p>\n

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\nA Pharisee said to them, Does
\nour law judge a man before it <\/p>\n

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\nhears him and knows what he is
\ndoing? <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:25,760 –> 00:19:29,560
\nThen they answered and said to
\nhim, Are you also from Galilee? <\/p>\n

326
\n00:19:30,280 –> 00:19:33,360
\nSearch and look, for no prophet
\nhas arisen out of Galilee. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:19:34,760 –> 00:19:38,600
\nAnd so Nicodemus here, perhaps
\nstill not fully convinced or <\/p>\n

328
\n00:19:38,600 –> 00:19:41,640
\nready to come into the light,
\naddresses his peers. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:19:41,720 –> 00:19:44,880
\nWhat’s the point of knowing the
\nlaw if you’re not going to use <\/p>\n

330
\n00:19:44,880 –> 00:19:46,800
\nit?
\nHe points them back to the law <\/p>\n

331
\n00:19:46,800 –> 00:19:50,040
\nof Deuteronomy, chapter one.
\nAnd I think it’s at this point <\/p>\n

332
\n00:19:50,040 –> 00:19:53,200
\nthat his peers would have seen a
\nlittle bit through Nicodemus. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:19:53,200 –> 00:19:55,480
\nThey would have seen where his
\nsympathy lied. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:19:55,480 –> 00:19:58,880
\nAnd so in verse 52 they tell the
\nman who’s the teacher in Israel <\/p>\n

335
\n00:19:58,880 –> 00:20:02,000
\nto go search and look in the
\nscriptures. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:20:03,000 –> 00:20:06,200
\nCan you imagine telling the
\nteacher, the leader of the <\/p>\n

337
\n00:20:06,200 –> 00:20:09,160
\nSanhedrin, to go search and
\nlook? <\/p>\n

338
\n00:20:09,160 –> 00:20:13,160
\nThat was his job and he would
\nhave known, wouldn’t he? <\/p>\n

339
\n00:20:13,440 –> 00:20:16,440
\nProphets that came from the
\nregion of Galilee, perhaps men <\/p>\n

340
\n00:20:16,440 –> 00:20:19,160
\nlike Jonah and Nahum.
\nHe would have known this. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:20:20,240 –> 00:20:23,280
\nSo why didn’t he speak up?
\nWhy didn’t he correct his peers?<\/p>\n

342
\n00:20:24,680 –> 00:20:27,080
\nWell, the record doesn’t
\nindicate that he says anything <\/p>\n

343
\n00:20:27,080 –> 00:20:30,360
\nat this point, and and so the
\nnarrative moves on. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:20:32,320 –> 00:20:34,880
\nSo there was an opportunity here
\nfor Nicodemus, wasn’t there? <\/p>\n

345
\n00:20:35,760 –> 00:20:40,800
\nTo make a point, perhaps both
\nwith confidence in his trust and<\/p>\n

346
\n00:20:40,800 –> 00:20:44,280
\nfaith in the Lord Jesus, but
\nalso with sensitivity, knowing <\/p>\n

347
\n00:20:44,280 –> 00:20:48,200
\nwhere his brothers lay, knowing
\nthat his his brothers perhaps <\/p>\n

348
\n00:20:48,200 –> 00:20:50,320
\nhad a barrier of pride in their
\nway. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:20:51,680 –> 00:20:55,640
\nSo I began to question myself,
\nWhat does confession of Jesus <\/p>\n

350
\n00:20:55,640 –> 00:20:58,240
\nlook like in my life?
\nDo I shy away from answering <\/p>\n

351
\n00:20:58,240 –> 00:21:02,600
\nsomebody, perhaps because of the
\nperception of what that might <\/p>\n

352
\n00:21:02,600 –> 00:21:06,400
\ndo, because I might be belittled
\nfor what I believe? <\/p>\n

353
\n00:21:07,320 –> 00:21:10,240
\nOr perhaps because of something,
\nsomething somebody might say or <\/p>\n

354
\n00:21:10,240 –> 00:21:14,160
\ndo to me, because of my
\nprofession of our Lord Jesus, <\/p>\n

355
\n00:21:15,240 –> 00:21:18,680
\nthat we prepared ourselves to
\nsympathetically and confidently <\/p>\n

356
\n00:21:18,680 –> 00:21:21,160
\npoint people in the right
\ndirection, to give them an <\/p>\n

357
\n00:21:21,160 –> 00:21:24,320
\nopportunity to hear what we have
\nto believe. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:21:25,440 –> 00:21:29,000
\nWhen we think about the initial
\nconversation of Nicodemus and <\/p>\n

359
\n00:21:29,000 –> 00:21:32,040
\nour Lord Jesus, that’s exactly
\nhow he worked, with Nicodemus <\/p>\n

360
\n00:21:32,040 –> 00:21:36,960
\npatiently working over years to
\nconvert this man from a disciple<\/p>\n

361
\n00:21:36,960 –> 00:21:39,640
\nof darkness to coming out into
\nthe light. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:21:41,000 –> 00:21:43,480
\nAnd we’ll see an example of that
\nin John chapter 8, where we <\/p>\n

363
\n00:21:43,480 –> 00:21:47,640
\ndon’t see the name of Nicodemus
\ncome up, but you can clearly see<\/p>\n

364
\n00:21:47,640 –> 00:21:50,920
\nour Lord speaking to Nicodemus.
\nSo let’s turn over to John <\/p>\n

365
\n00:21:50,920 –> 00:21:54,800
\nChapter 8, and we’re obviously
\nnot going to read the chapter, <\/p>\n

366
\n00:21:55,040 –> 00:21:57,920
\nbut we’ll just kind of highlight
\na couple of things as we see <\/p>\n

367
\n00:21:57,920 –> 00:22:01,000
\nNicodemus coming out of the
\npages to us. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:22:01,560 –> 00:22:04,440
\nSo on the next day in John
\nChapter 8, the religious elite <\/p>\n

369
\n00:22:04,480 –> 00:22:07,360
\nare in the temple listening to
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:22:07,960 –> 00:22:09,960
\nAnd if you can imagine, I know
\nthis has happened for me. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:22:09,960 –> 00:22:13,840
\nI’m sitting in the audience a
\nbrother speaking, and it almost <\/p>\n

372
\n00:22:13,840 –> 00:22:16,840
\nfeels like that brother speaking
\ndirectly to me. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:22:17,560 –> 00:22:20,280
\nWell, I think Nicodemus would
\nhave definitely been that. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:22:20,280 –> 00:22:23,440
\nYou can almost imagine a
\nspotlight on Nicodemus as our <\/p>\n

375
\n00:22:23,440 –> 00:22:24,760
\nLord would have said these
\nwords. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:22:25,280 –> 00:22:29,520
\nLook at what he says in in John
\nchapter 8, verse 23 and recall <\/p>\n

377
\n00:22:29,520 –> 00:22:34,760
\nthe conversation of John three
\nand he said to them, you are <\/p>\n

378
\n00:22:34,760 –> 00:22:36,600
\nfrom beneath.
\nI am from above. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:22:37,480 –> 00:22:39,560
\nYou are of this world.
\nI’m not of this world. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:22:40,680 –> 00:22:45,120
\nThat’s John 33, isn’t it?
\nUnless a man be born again about<\/p>\n

381
\n00:22:45,120 –> 00:22:47,440
\nthe next verse in John 8, verse
\n24. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:22:47,720 –> 00:22:50,880
\nTherefore I said to you, you
\nwill die in your sins. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:22:51,600 –> 00:22:55,600
\nFor if you do not believe that I
\nam he, you will die in your <\/p>\n

384
\n00:22:55,600 –> 00:22:57,680
\nsins.
\nWhat’s John 316? <\/p>\n

385
\n00:22:57,680 –> 00:22:59,120
\nIsn’t it?
\nFor God so loved the world that <\/p>\n

386
\n00:22:59,120 –> 00:23:02,000
\nhe gave his only begotten Son,
\nthat whoever believes in him <\/p>\n

387
\n00:23:02,000 –> 00:23:04,280
\nshould not perish but have
\neverlasting life? <\/p>\n

388
\n00:23:05,560 –> 00:23:08,720
\nA couple verses down, John 828.
\nThen Jesus said to them, When <\/p>\n

389
\n00:23:08,720 –> 00:23:11,960
\nyou lift up the Son of Man, then
\nyou will know that I am he, and <\/p>\n

390
\n00:23:11,960 –> 00:23:15,600
\nthat I do nothing of myself.
\nBut as my father taught me, I <\/p>\n

391
\n00:23:15,600 –> 00:23:19,480
\nspeak these things.
\nAgain, that’s John 314. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:23:19,720 –> 00:23:23,120
\nAnd as Moses lifted up the
\nserpent in the wilderness, Even <\/p>\n

393
\n00:23:23,120 –> 00:23:26,120
\nso must the Son of Man be lifted
\nup, that whoever believes in him<\/p>\n

394
\n00:23:26,640 –> 00:23:29,520
\nshould not perish but have
\neverlasting life. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:23:30,440 –> 00:23:34,280
\nNicodemus could not escape the
\nmessage of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

396
\n00:23:34,280 –> 00:23:36,280
\nChrist.
\nThe voice continued to speak to <\/p>\n

397
\n00:23:36,280 –> 00:23:41,400
\nhim, but how would he respond to
\nthe voice of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

398
\n00:23:41,400 –> 00:23:44,560
\nChrist?
\nAnd how do we respond to the <\/p>\n

399
\n00:23:44,560 –> 00:23:49,240
\nvoice of our Lord Jesus Christ?
\nA few chapters later, in John <\/p>\n

400
\n00:23:49,240 –> 00:23:53,640
\nchapter 12, six months passed by
\nand we’re in the last week of <\/p>\n

401
\n00:23:53,640 –> 00:23:57,640
\nour Lord’s life.
\nIf you recall John chapter 12, <\/p>\n

402
\n00:23:57,640 –> 00:24:01,360
\nwe see the triumphant entry of
\nour Lord Jesus into Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:24:02,320 –> 00:24:06,200
\nIn verses 31 through 36, Jesus
\nagain explains how he would be <\/p>\n

404
\n00:24:06,200 –> 00:24:08,600
\nlifted up.
\nIn verse 42. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:24:08,600 –> 00:24:11,880
\nWe’re told that the people
\nfeared because the Pharisees <\/p>\n

406
\n00:24:11,880 –> 00:24:15,000
\nwould disfellowship anyone who
\nwho confessed in the Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n

407
\n00:24:15,000 –> 00:24:18,200
\nAnd so you can see this barrier
\nthat the Pharisees would have <\/p>\n

408
\n00:24:18,200 –> 00:24:21,720
\nset up for any sort of
\nconversion to the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:24:22,320 –> 00:24:25,720
\nWe’re told that they loved the
\npraise more than the ways of <\/p>\n

410
\n00:24:25,720 –> 00:24:30,920
\nGod.
\nIn verses 44 through 46 I <\/p>\n

411
\n00:24:30,920 –> 00:24:33,120
\nbelieve that Nicodemus would
\nhave heard these words. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:24:33,760 –> 00:24:38,960
\nSo in John chapter 12, verses 44
\nthrough 46 says Jesus cried out <\/p>\n

413
\n00:24:38,960 –> 00:24:44,120
\nand said He who believes in me
\nbelieves not in him in me, but <\/p>\n

414
\n00:24:44,120 –> 00:24:47,680
\nin him who sent me.
\nAnd he who sees me sees him who <\/p>\n

415
\n00:24:47,680 –> 00:24:50,680
\nsent me.
\nI have come as a light into the <\/p>\n

416
\n00:24:50,680 –> 00:24:54,800
\nworld that whoever believes in
\nme should not abide in darkness.<\/p>\n

417
\n00:24:55,880 –> 00:25:00,440
\nAnd you can imagine the gaze of
\nour Lord looking at Nicodemus as<\/p>\n

418
\n00:25:00,440 –> 00:25:04,760
\nhe would have said these things.
\nHere was the disciple who dwelt <\/p>\n

419
\n00:25:04,800 –> 00:25:09,600
\nin the shadows, and again he was
\ngetting exposed by the Lord <\/p>\n

420
\n00:25:09,600 –> 00:25:13,240
\nJesus Christ.
\nNot long before that we have the<\/p>\n

421
\n00:25:13,240 –> 00:25:16,480
\nfamous chapter of the woes of
\nthe scribes, Pharisees and <\/p>\n

422
\n00:25:16,480 –> 00:25:18,480
\nhypocrites in Matthew chapter
\n23. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:25:18,880 –> 00:25:21,360
\nAnd again, you think about
\nNicodemus as he would have heard<\/p>\n

424
\n00:25:21,360 –> 00:25:24,600
\nthese things, things like woe to
\nthose who love to be called <\/p>\n

425
\n00:25:25,200 –> 00:25:29,120
\nRabbi Teacher.
\nNicodemus, the teacher of <\/p>\n

426
\n00:25:29,120 –> 00:25:32,040
\nIsrael.
\nThey shut up the Kingdom of <\/p>\n

427
\n00:25:32,040 –> 00:25:34,880
\nheaven against men.
\nAnd they did that by casting <\/p>\n

428
\n00:25:34,880 –> 00:25:39,760
\nthem out of the synagogue.
\nAnd so Nicodemus, I believe, <\/p>\n

429
\n00:25:39,760 –> 00:25:42,000
\nwould have followed the Lord
\nJesus to his trial. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:25:42,200 –> 00:25:45,360
\nHe would have witnessed the
\nevents of the unlawful deeds <\/p>\n

431
\n00:25:45,360 –> 00:25:49,440
\nagainst our Lord.
\nBut here was the dilemma for <\/p>\n

432
\n00:25:49,440 –> 00:25:53,160
\nNicodemus and for us.
\nLet’s start over to Matthew <\/p>\n

433
\n00:25:53,160 –> 00:26:00,640
\nchapter 10.
\nMatthew chapter 10 and we’ll <\/p>\n

434
\n00:26:00,640 –> 00:26:06,560
\nread verses 34 through 39.
\nJesus has these words for us. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:26:09,000 –> 00:26:11,040
\nMatthew 10, starting at verse
\n34. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:26:13,200 –> 00:26:15,480
\nDo not think that I came to
\nbring peace on earth. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:26:16,000 –> 00:26:18,040
\nDo not come to bring peace, but
\na sword. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:26:18,800 –> 00:26:21,680
\nFor I’ve come to set a man
\nagainst his father, a daughter <\/p>\n

439
\n00:26:21,840 –> 00:26:24,680
\nagainst her mother, and a
\ndaughter-in-law against her <\/p>\n

440
\n00:26:24,680 –> 00:26:26,680
\nmother-in-law.
\nAnd a man’s enemies will be <\/p>\n

441
\n00:26:26,680 –> 00:26:29,960
\nthose of his own household.
\nHe who loves father or mother <\/p>\n

442
\n00:26:29,960 –> 00:26:31,760
\nmore than me, it’s not worthy of
\nme. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:26:31,760 –> 00:26:34,120
\nAnd he who loves son or daughter
\nmore than me is not worthy of <\/p>\n

444
\n00:26:34,120 –> 00:26:36,800
\nme.
\nAnd he who does not take his <\/p>\n

445
\n00:26:36,800 –> 00:26:40,320
\ncross and follow after me is not
\nworthy of me. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:26:41,120 –> 00:26:45,120
\nHe who finds his life will lose
\nit, and he who loses his life <\/p>\n

447
\n00:26:45,120 –> 00:26:50,720
\nfor my sake will find it.
\nSo what would Nicodemus decide <\/p>\n

448
\n00:26:50,720 –> 00:26:53,480
\nto do?
\nAnd what do we decide to do? <\/p>\n

449
\n00:26:54,440 –> 00:26:57,400
\nLet’s turn over to our final
\nreference in John Chapter 19. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:27:01,200 –> 00:27:03,840
\nWe read this chapter this
\nmorning so we’ll just read a few<\/p>\n

451
\n00:27:03,840 –> 00:27:10,640
\nmore verses again.
\nAnd in John 19 verse 33 we see <\/p>\n

452
\n00:27:10,640 –> 00:27:13,960
\nour Lord hanging on the cross
\nand it says But when they came <\/p>\n

453
\n00:27:13,960 –> 00:27:18,040
\nto Jesus and saw that he was
\nalready dead, it did not break <\/p>\n

454
\n00:27:18,040 –> 00:27:20,760
\nhis legs.
\nDrop down to verse 38. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:27:20,960 –> 00:27:25,400
\nAfter this Joseph of Arimathea,
\nbeing a disciple of Jesus but <\/p>\n

456
\n00:27:25,400 –> 00:27:29,160
\nsecretly for fear of the Jews,
\nasked Pilate that he might take <\/p>\n

457
\n00:27:29,160 –> 00:27:32,440
\naway the body of Jesus, and
\nPilate gave him permission. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:27:32,440 –> 00:27:34,200
\nSo he came and took the body of
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:27:34,600 –> 00:27:39,640
\nAnd Nicodemus, who at first came
\nto Jesus by night, also came <\/p>\n

460
\n00:27:40,720 –> 00:27:44,640
\nbringing a mixture of myrrh and
\naloes, about \u00a3100. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:27:45,480 –> 00:27:48,440
\nThen they took the body of Jesus
\nand bound it in strips of linen <\/p>\n

462
\n00:27:48,520 –> 00:27:51,280
\nspices as the custom of the Jews
\nis to bury. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:27:52,120 –> 00:27:54,440
\nNow on the place where he was
\ncrucified there was a garden and<\/p>\n

464
\n00:27:54,480 –> 00:27:57,360
\nin the garden a new tomb in
\nwhich no one had been laid. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:27:57,760 –> 00:28:01,440
\nSo there they laid Jesus.
\nBecause of the Jews, preparation<\/p>\n

466
\n00:28:01,440 –> 00:28:07,880
\nday for the tomb was nearby.
\nIn Luke 23 verse 44 we learn <\/p>\n

467
\n00:28:08,360 –> 00:28:11,520
\nthat Jesus took his last breath
\njust after the 9th hour. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:28:12,640 –> 00:28:15,520
\nI know that darkness fell on the
\nface of the earth from the 6th <\/p>\n

469
\n00:28:15,520 –> 00:28:19,160
\nhour to the 9th hour.
\nThe 9th hour was 3:00 PM <\/p>\n

470
\n00:28:19,160 –> 00:28:23,680
\naccording to the Jewish time.
\nAnd so as the darkness turned <\/p>\n

471
\n00:28:23,680 –> 00:28:27,520
\ninto the light, our Lord hung
\nthere dead on the cross. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:28:28,400 –> 00:28:31,320
\nAnd out of that darkness comes
\nNicodemus. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:28:32,480 –> 00:28:35,680
\nAs Nicodemus would have saw our
\nLord lifted up, as he would have<\/p>\n

474
\n00:28:35,680 –> 00:28:38,800
\nheard at least three times from
\nour Our Lord. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:28:39,520 –> 00:28:43,560
\nHe believes no longer worried
\nabout what this life had to <\/p>\n

476
\n00:28:43,560 –> 00:28:46,080
\noffer.
\nHe realized what He needed to <\/p>\n

477
\n00:28:46,080 –> 00:28:49,880
\ndo, where his deeds needed to be
\nmanifested in the light. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:28:50,600 –> 00:28:56,240
\nAnd so here he was confessing
\nthat this was the Messiah, who <\/p>\n

479
\n00:28:56,240 –> 00:29:00,760
\nis now a confident disciple of
\nLight, forsaking all and <\/p>\n

480
\n00:29:00,760 –> 00:29:04,160
\nbecoming a founding member of
\nthe 1st century collision. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:29:04,600 –> 00:29:06,280
\nAnd what does Nicodemus bring
\nwith him? <\/p>\n

482
\n00:29:06,960 –> 00:29:09,560
\nWell, he brings Myr and Aloes
\nweighing about \u00a3100. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:29:10,160 –> 00:29:13,000
\nThere was no way that this would
\nbe something that would be <\/p>\n

484
\n00:29:13,000 –> 00:29:14,720
\nhidden.
\nYou think about all of the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:29:14,720 –> 00:29:17,400
\ncoordination and efforts that it
\nwould have taken to bring this <\/p>\n

486
\n00:29:17,400 –> 00:29:21,400
\namount of Myr and Aloes.
\nNow you might think that he <\/p>\n

487
\n00:29:21,400 –> 00:29:24,600
\nbrought this for his burial, or
\ncustom is that these types of <\/p>\n

488
\n00:29:24,600 –> 00:29:27,920
\nthings would not be used for the
\nburial of someone who had died. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:29:28,440 –> 00:29:32,680
\nAnd so Nicodemus was fully
\nconvinced that just like Jesus <\/p>\n

490
\n00:29:33,000 –> 00:29:35,080
\nprophesied he’d be risen from
\nthe dead. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:29:35,080 –> 00:29:38,720
\nHe would go through a rebirth, A
\nresurrection, putting away the <\/p>\n

492
\n00:29:38,720 –> 00:29:41,640
\nold things of this life, and
\ninstead resurrect being <\/p>\n

493
\n00:29:41,640 –> 00:29:46,480
\nresurrected into a new man to
\nlife eternal now sitting at the <\/p>\n

494
\n00:29:46,480 –> 00:29:51,280
\nright hand of his father.
\nAnd so as Nicodemus would have <\/p>\n

495
\n00:29:51,280 –> 00:29:54,640
\nlifted our Lord down from the
\ncross, think about the <\/p>\n

496
\n00:29:54,640 –> 00:29:57,080
\nimplication that that would have
\nmeant for him touching a dead <\/p>\n

497
\n00:29:57,080 –> 00:30:00,440
\nbody right on the eve ease of
\nthe Passover. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:30:01,520 –> 00:30:03,320
\nHe would have been unclean under
\nthe law. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:30:03,440 –> 00:30:06,120
\nHe would have missed out on the
\nopportunity to partake in the <\/p>\n

500
\n00:30:06,120 –> 00:30:09,320
\nPassover feast with his fellow
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:30:10,040 –> 00:30:12,680
\nThink about how important that
\nwould have been for a Pharisee. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:30:14,120 –> 00:30:17,360
\nBut he now had a greater
\nunderstanding, realizing that <\/p>\n

503
\n00:30:17,360 –> 00:30:19,520
\nsalvation was outside of the
\nlaw. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:30:19,840 –> 00:30:21,960
\nAnd here lay the true Passover
\nlamb. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:30:22,760 –> 00:30:27,480
\nAt last he comes out of the
\ndarkness into the broad light of<\/p>\n

506
\n00:30:27,480 –> 00:30:31,840
\nday.
\nAnd so we asked the question <\/p>\n

507
\n00:30:31,840 –> 00:30:35,520
\nthen, where are we at in our
\njourney to forsake all that this<\/p>\n

508
\n00:30:35,520 –> 00:30:39,160
\nlife has to offer and come into
\nthe broad light of day? <\/p>\n

509
\n00:30:40,680 –> 00:30:43,640
\nBut we’re here this morning to
\nremember our Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n

510
\n00:30:44,440 –> 00:30:47,840
\nand to think about what He’s
\ndone for us, the opportunity of <\/p>\n

511
\n00:30:47,840 –> 00:30:51,760
\nsalvation that’s been offered to
\nus and how he continues to speak<\/p>\n

512
\n00:30:51,760 –> 00:30:54,160
\nto each of us as we read from
\nthe Scripture. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:30:54,160 –> 00:30:58,080
\nAs we develop our relationship
\nthrough prayer, are we listening<\/p>\n

514
\n00:30:58,280 –> 00:31:00,680
\nto those things in our lives?
\nAre we making changes? <\/p>\n

515
\n00:31:00,680 –> 00:31:04,560
\nAre we making difficult
\ndecisions to forsake ourselves <\/p>\n

516
\n00:31:05,000 –> 00:31:10,480
\nand to instead embrace our Lord?
\nDo we come here and look at our <\/p>\n

517
\n00:31:10,480 –> 00:31:13,400
\nLord Jesus through bread and
\nwine, with a true appreciation <\/p>\n

518
\n00:31:14,000 –> 00:31:17,200
\nfor the salvation, for the grace
\nfor this gift that’s been given <\/p>\n

519
\n00:31:17,200 –> 00:31:19,720
\nto us?
\nAnd do we stand in the broad <\/p>\n

520
\n00:31:19,720 –> 00:31:23,080
\ndaylight professing our full
\nconviction of this hope? <\/p>\n

521
\n00:31:24,280 –> 00:31:25,920
\nBecause Nicodemus did, didn’t
\nhe? <\/p>\n

522
\n00:31:26,320 –> 00:31:29,800
\nAnd so must each of us as we
\nwait for our Lord to return. <\/p>\n

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