Truth Misunderstood

THE TRUTH WAS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD IN BIBLE TIMES

Pictures of TruthMisunderstood

“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (2:19)

John 2:18-21

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“Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (4:13, 14)

John 4:9-15

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world” (6:51)

John 6:48-66“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me. You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come” (7:33, 34)

John 7:32-36 (see also Jn. 8:21-24)

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“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (8:32)

John 8:31-37

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Despite That Truth Was Often Misunderstood

We can know the truth (Jn. 8:32; Eph. 5:17)

John 3:1-7

NicodemusA PhariseeRuler of the JewsA teacher in IsraelBeliever of the signs and what they confirmedCame to Jesus by nightYet must be born again!

Nicodemus

Nikos (nee’-kos )V I C TO RY

demos (day’-mos)P EO P L E

conqueror

John 3:1-7

TRUTH (3:3): “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”MISUNDERSTOOD (3:4): “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

1. Serious 2. Birth 3. Again 4. Kingdom

C O M P O N E N T S :

John 3:1-7

MISUNDERSTOOD (3:4): “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”TRUTH CLARIFIED (3:5): “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”

“…Obeying the truth through the Spirit…having been born again…through the word of God…” (1 Pet. 1:22, 23)

Truth Compared

• Kingdom of God – John 3:5

Born Of Water & Spirit

• One Body – 1 Corinthians 12:13

By One Spirit Baptized

• Saved by Mercy – Titus 3:5

Washing Of Reg./Renewing of H.S.

• Cleansed – Ephesians 5:26

Washing of Water by Word

Truth Compared

Born of water and spirit KINGDOM OF GOD

In Kingdom SAVED (Col. 1:13, 14)

Bapti sm SAVED (1 Pet. 3:21; cf. 2:9, 10)

Bapti sm WASH AWAY SINS (Acts 22:16)