How to Prepare to Meet God, Part 1

Published: Dec. 4, 2018, 10 a.m.

Beloved: Gospel of John\nHow to Prepare to Meet God, Part 1\nDecember 2, 2018\n\nPlease turn in your Bibles to John 3:1-21\n\nHe came to Jesus at night and said, \u201cRabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the SIGNS you are doing if God were not with him.\u201d\nJesus replied, \u201cVery truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.\u201d John 3:2-3\n\n1: It\u2019s not enough just to know who Jesus is (V 1-3)\n\nApp: Spiritual birth: rely on God to do His work in us\n\n2: You must be born of the Spirit (V 4-8)\n\nJesus answered, \u201cVery truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of WATER and the Spirit.\u201d John 3:5\n\nApp: Repent: to change one\u2019s mind\n\nI have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20\n\nNo one who is born of God will continue to (practice) sin, because God\u2019s seed remains \nin them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 1John 3:3\n\n3: Faith: look to Christ as if everything depends on it (V 9-18)\n\nJust as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in Him.\u201d John 3:14-15\n\n\tApp: Look to Christ and live\n\nWhat is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?