Notes

Verses

{Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, 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.” John 3:1-3 NIV}{Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” John 3:3 NIV}{“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” John 3:4 NIV}{“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. John 3:9 NIV}{For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NIV}{Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. John 3:14-15 NIV}{For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 NIV}{God is love. 1 John 4:8 NIV}{This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9 NIV}{What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Romans 8:31-32 NIV}

Quotes

C.S. Lewis : He loved us not because we are lovable, but because He is love. (Mere Christianity); J.I. Packer : We have a proud, unbelieving, thoughtless, careless, greedy, self-serving spirit. We live to please ourselves, and in our hearts we keep God at bay. Our ego-centric anti-God attitude seeks to play God, use God, fool God, and fight God all at the same time. (Knowing God); Mark Driscoll : When people speak of love, they usually mean nothing more than an emotional love that feels affectionate but may not do anything to help the beloved. Thankfully, God does not merely feel loving towards us; His love actually compels Him to act on our behalf so that we can be changed by His love. (Death By Love);