REFLECTION: 1 Peter 1:3-5 Memory Verse: Matthew 5:15-16 Benediction: 2 Thes 2:16-17 Sermon Note: Religious credentials will not be worth anything in eternity. You must be born again to inherit eternal life - regenerated by Jesus Christ. 1. RELIGIOUSLY - LOOKING GOOD! John 3:1-2 Nicodemus is a man. He is a Pharisee. He is a ruler of the Jews. Romans 5:12, 18; Isaiah 53:6; Romans 3:23; Acts 17:24-27; Proverbs 14:12 2. REALITY - NOT ENOUGH! John 3:3 To be “born again” = a SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION takes a person out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God! 3. IS NECESSARY John 3:4-15 See Ezekiel 36:25-27 See Romans 10:8-13