DiscoverySundaySchool:“OurLovingLord”

“Saving Love” April 9, 2017

Don’t you love a great mystery story? A love story? Our passage for today confronts us with both. The Good News of Jesus combines a mystery with a love story…the greatest one ever told! THE TEACHER MEETS THE MASTER (John 3:1-3)

• (v.1) What do we know about Nicodemus from this verse?

• (v.2) To come by night is to come _____ _________ (vv.19-21; 19:38-42).

• (v.3) Jesus cuts to the chase. To do this means to be born “_______ ________.”

THE TEACHER ENGAGES THE MASTER (John 3:4-8) • (v.4) Nicodemus is clearly _____________. • (v.5) This birth is both of _________ and the

_________ (Acts 22:16; I Corinthians 12:13). • (v.6) He can only be clean if God ___________

him. • (vv.7-8) The Spirit does his work despite our

_____________! THE MASTER CRITIQUES THE TEACHER (John 3:9-16)

• (vv.9-10) Jesus replies in a __________ way (v.2). • (v.11) Nicodemus is at risk of sounding

____________ (v.2). • (vv.12-13) Jesus knows about heavenly things

because He is _______ heaven (Daniel 7:13-14). • (vv.14-15) The salvation of mankind includes

Jesus being _________ ______ (Numbers 21:4-9).

(v.16) What do you believe?