{"id":463,"date":"2019-08-01T23:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T03:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?p=463"},"modified":"2019-08-02T07:25:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T11:25:42","slug":"new-birth-john-31-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/messages\/new-birth-john-31-21\/","title":{"rendered":"New Birth &#8211; John 3:1-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"New Birth &amp;#8211; John 3:1-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-08-01T23:22:55-04:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT20M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"John 3:1-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/July_28_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"19.8\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2FJuly_28_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2Fmessages%2Fnew-birth-john-31-21%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/July_28_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?powerpress_pinw=463-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/July_28_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"July_28_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/cgc-scarborough-sermons\/id1439749014?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2F%3Fp%3D463\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2E36I4XpkCoAu263lNvqoO\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Details:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Tim Grieves preached this sermon on July 28, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Outline:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You must be born again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Because we are spiritually dead<\/li><li>Otherwise, we are condemned<\/li><li>Because it moves us from darkness to light<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scripture Passage:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 3:1-21 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3&nbsp;<\/strong>Now there was a man of the Pharisees named&nbsp;Nicodemus,&nbsp;a ruler of the Jews.<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>This man came to Jesus&nbsp;by night and said to him,&nbsp;\u201cRabbi,&nbsp;we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do&nbsp;unless God is with him.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus answered him,&nbsp;\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, unless one is&nbsp;born&nbsp;again&nbsp;he cannot&nbsp;see the kingdom of God.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>Nicodemus said to him, \u201cHow can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother&#8217;s womb and be born?\u201d<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus answered,&nbsp;\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born&nbsp;of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>That which is born of the flesh is&nbsp;flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.&nbsp;<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>Do not marvel that I said to you, \u2018You must be born&nbsp;again.\u2019&nbsp;<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>The wind&nbsp;blows&nbsp;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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>Nicodemus said to him,&nbsp;\u201cHow can these things be?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus answered him,&nbsp;\u201cAre you the teacher of Israel&nbsp;and yet you do not understand these things?&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>Truly, truly, I say to you,&nbsp;we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but&nbsp;you do not receive our testimony.&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?&nbsp;<sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>No one has&nbsp;ascended into heaven except&nbsp;he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man&nbsp;be lifted up,&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>that whoever believes&nbsp;in him&nbsp;may have eternal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cFor&nbsp;God so loved&nbsp;the world,&nbsp;that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not&nbsp;perish but have eternal life.&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;God did not send his Son into the world&nbsp;to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.&nbsp;<sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not&nbsp;believed in the name of the only Son of God.&nbsp;<sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>And this is the judgment:&nbsp;the light has come into the world, and&nbsp;people loved the darkness rather than the light because&nbsp;their works were evil.&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light,&nbsp;lest his works should be exposed.&nbsp;<sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>But whoever&nbsp;does what is true&nbsp;comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 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