***SLIDE – Story in 5 Acts ***Read John 1:1-18 CSB **BIBLE HACK: We go to the Bible 1st to discover God What do we discover? **BIBLE HACK: Repetition When you hear in the beginning + Word + light - what do you think of? *Matt 13:24 CSB - “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field…” *John 12:24 CSB – “unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.” *Isaiah 64:6 AMP - all our righteousness (our best deeds of rightness and justice) is like filthy rags *Ephesians 2:1 CSB - And you were dead in your trespasses and sins *Colossians 2:13-14 NLT - You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. *Colossians 2:9-10 - For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority… *John 3:16-17 MSG - “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. *Mark 1:15 NTE - “The time is fulfilled!” he said; “God’s kingdom is arriving! Turn back, and believe the good news!” ***’THE CHOSEN – ‘Nicodemus’ CLIP HERE