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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>(From
JOHN #6 - 3:1-21)</b></p>
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<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">D. 3:1-21 NEW BIRTH, ATONEMENT
AND JUDGMENT EXPLAINED</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">1. 3:1-15 NICODEMUS! ATONEMENT
IS BASIS FOR BIRTH FROM ABOVE</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a. 3:1-2 NICODEMUS IS ARRESTED
BY SIGNS OF JESUS</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Now <i>there</i><span style="font-style:normal"> was
a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews:</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n
de ANthr</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-pos ek
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n Pha-riSAI</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n,
</span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">NiKOd</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">e</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">-mos
Ono-ma auT</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">O</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
ARch</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">o</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[758]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
t</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">o</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
IouDAI</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">o</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n:</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>2
</span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal">the same
came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HOUtos <u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">Lthen
pros auTON nukTOS, kai EIpen auT</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">,
'RabBEI </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4461]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>we know that you are a teacher come from God;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">OIda-men HOti aPO TheOU
eL<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">lu-thas </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2064]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
diDAska-los </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1320]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>for no one can do these :signs which you do, except
:God be with him.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ouDEIS gar DUna-tai TAUta ta
s<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">MEIa </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4592]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
ha su poiEIS, eAN m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
h</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> ho TheOS met'
auTOU.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b. 3:3 NATURE AND NECESSITY OF
REGENERATION</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Jesus answered and said to him, Amen, Amen, I say
unto you,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">a-peKRIth</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
I</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">SOUS kai EIpen
auT</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">, A-M</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[281]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">,
aM</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N, LEg</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
soi,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Except one be born from above,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">eAN M<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
tis gen-n</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1080]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
An</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-then </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[509],</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>he cannot see the kingdom of :God.</b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
</span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>ou
DUna-tai iDEIN t</span></span><u><span style>e</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>n
ba-siLEIan </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>[932]</span></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
tou TheOU.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">c. 3:4 NICODEMUS CAN ONLY SEE
NATURAL BIRTH - THE LETTER</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>:Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man be born being
<i>an</i> old <i>man</i>?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">LEgei pros auTON ho NiKOd<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-mos,
P</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">s DUna-tai
ANthr</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-pos
gen-n</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">nai
GEr</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1088]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n?</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>can he enter a second time into the womb of his
:mother, and be born?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">m<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
DUna-tai eis t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n
koiLIan </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2836]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">s m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TROS
auTOU DEUte-ron ei-selTHEIN, kai gen-n</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">nai?</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">d. 3:5 BIRTH FROM ABOVE IS BY
WATER AND SPIRIT, NOT NATURAL BIRTH</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>:Jesus answered, Amen, Amen, I say unto you,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">a-peKRIth<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
ho I</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">SOUS, A-M</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N,
aM</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N, LEg</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
soi,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>except one be born of water and Spirit,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">eAN M<u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
tis gen-n</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
ex HUda-tos kai PNEUma-tos, </span></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>he cannot enter into the kingdom of :God.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ou DUna-tai ei-selTHEIN eis t<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n
ba-siLEIan tou TheOU.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">e. 3:6 FLESH AND SPIRIT
CONTRASTED</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>What <i>is</i> born of the flesh is flesh; </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">to ge-gen-n<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">MEnon
ek t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">s sarKOS SARX
es-tin; </span></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and what <i>is</i> born of the Spirit is spirit.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<span style="text-decoration:none"> <font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">kai
to ge-gen-n</span></font></span><span style="font-style:normal"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">MEnon
ek tou PNEUma-tos PNEU-MA es-tin.</font></span></span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>f.
3:7</span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"> Marvel
not that I said to you, You must be born from above.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">m<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
thauMAs</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">s </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2296]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
HOti EI-PON soi, Dei huMAS gen-n</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">nai
An</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-then.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">g. 3:8 BIRTH BY THE SPIRIT IS
INWARD AND INVISIBLE</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>The Spirit breathes where he wills, and you hear his
:voice,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">to PNEUma HOpou THElei pnei
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4154]</font>, kai t<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n
ph</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[5456]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
auTOU aKOUeis,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>but do not know from where he comes, and where he
goes:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">alLA ouk OIdas POthen ERche-tai,
kai pou huPAgei:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>so is every one :born of the Spirit.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HOUt<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">s
esTIN pas ho ge-gen-n</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">MEnos
ek tou PNEUma-tos.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>h.
3:9 </span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal">
Nicodemus answered </span><i>and</i><span style="font-style:normal">
said to him, How can these </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style:normal">
be?</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">a-peKRIth</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
NiKOd</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">-mos
kai EIpen auT</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
P</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">s
DUna-tai TAUta geNESthai?</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">i. 3:10 JESUS QUESTIONS
NICODEMUS</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Jesus answered and said to him, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">a-peKRIth<u>e</u> I<u>e</u>SOUS
kai EIpen auT<u>O</u>,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Are you the teacher of :Israel, and do not understand
these <i>things</i>?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<span style="text-decoration:none"> <font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">Su
ei ho diDAska-los tou Is-ra</span></font></span><span style="font-style:normal"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>E</u></font></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">L,
kai TAUta ou giN</font></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>O</u></font></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">skeis?</font></span></span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">j. 3:11 NICODEMUS DID NOT
RECEIVE JESUS' SIMPLE WITNESS</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Amen, Amen, I say unto you [that], We speak what we
know, and witness what we have seen;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">aM<u>E</u>N, aM<u>E</u>N, LEg<u>o</u>
soi [HOti], ho OIda-men laLOUmen, kai ho he-<u>o</u>RAka-men
mar-tuROUmen;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and you receive not our :witness.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai t<u>e</u>n mar-tuRIan h<u>e</u>M<u>O</u>N
ou lamBAne-te.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">k. 3:12 A PENETRATING QUESTION</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>If I told you the earthly <i>things</i> and you
believe not, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ei ta ePIgei-a <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1919]</font>
EIpon huMIN kai ou piSTEUe-te,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>how shall you believe if I tell you :heavenly?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">p<u>o</u>s eAN EIp<u>o</u> huMIN
ta e-pouRANni-a piSTEUse-te?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">l. 3:13 ONLY THE SON OF MAN HAS
SPOKEN FROM HEAVEN</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And no one has ascended into the heaven,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai ouDEIS a-naBEb<u>e</u>-ken
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[305]</font> eis ton ou-raNON,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>except he that descended out of the heaven, the Son
of :man.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ei m<u>e</u> ho ek tou ou-raNOU
ka-taBAS <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2597]</font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>,</b></font>
ho huiOS tou anTHR<u>O</u>pou.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">m. 3:14-15 THE BRAZEN SERPENT:
A TYPE OF CHRIST</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai kaTH<u>O</u>S M<u>o</u>-uS<u>E</u>S
HUps<u>o</u>-sen <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5312]</font>
ton Ophin <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3789]</font> en t<u>e</u>
eR<u>E</u>m<u>o</u> <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2048]</font>,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>so must the Son of :man be lifted up;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HOUt<u>o</u>s hu-ps<u>o</u>TH<u>E</u>nai
dei ton huiON tou anTHR<u>O</u>pou; </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>15</span></font><b>
that whoever believes have in him eternal life.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">HIna
pas ho piSTEU</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
en auT</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Ech</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
z</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">-</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">N
ai</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">ni-on.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2. 3:16-21 ATONEMENT: GOD'S
PURPOSE - JUDGMENT: PENALTY FOR REJECTION</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a. 3:16 THE LOVE OF GOD IN
GIVING HIS SON FOR MAN</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>For :God so loved the world,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HOUt<u>o</u>s gar <u>e</u>GAp<u>e</u>-sen
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[25]</font> ho TheOS ton KOSmon
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2889]</font>,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>that he gave his :only begotten :Son, that whoever</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">H</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">Ste
ton huiON ton mo-no-geN</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[3429]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
Ed</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-ken, HIna pas
ho</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>believes unto him perish not, but have eternal life.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">piSTEU<u>o</u>n eis auTON m<u>e</u>
aPOl<u>e</u>-tai <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[622]</font>,
ALla Ech<u>e</u> z<u>o</u>-<u>E</u>N ai<u>O</u>ni-on.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b. 3:17 THE END FOR WHICH GOD
SENT HIS SON</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>For :God sent not the Son into the world to judge the
world;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ou gar aPEstei-len ho TheOS ton
huiON eis ton KOSmon HIna KRIn<u>e</u> <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2919]</font>
ton KOSmon;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>but that the world be saved through him.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">all' HIna s<u>o</u>TH<u>E</u>
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4982]</font> ho KOSmos di'
auTOU.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">c. 3:18 BELIEF: THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SALVATION AND JUDGMENT</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Who believes unto him is not judged: who believes not
has been judged already, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho piSTEU<u>o</u>n eis auTON ou
KRIne-tai: ho m<u>e</u> piSTEU<u>o</u>n <u>E</u>d<u>e</u> KEkri-tai,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>because he has not believed unto the name of the only
begotten Son of :God.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HOti m<u>e</u> pePIsteu-ken eis
to Ono-ma tou mo-no-geNOUS <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3439]</font>
huiOU tou TheOU.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">d. 3:19 REJECTION OF LIGHT:
BASIS OF JUDGMENT</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And this is the judgment, that the light is come into
the world,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HAUt<u>e</u> DE es-tin h<u>e</u>
KRIsis, HOti to ph<u>o</u>s <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5457]</font>
eL<u>E</u>lu-then eis ton KOSmon,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and :men loved the darkness rather than the light;
for their :works were evil.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai <u>e</u>GAp<u>e</u>-san hoi
ANthr<u>o</u>-poi MALlon to SKOtos <u>e</u> to ph<u>o</u>s; <u>e</u>n
gar auT<u>O</u>N po-n<u>e</u>RA ta ERga.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">e. 3:20 PRACTICERS OF EVIL HATE
THE LIGHT</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>For every one that practices evil <i>things</i> hates
the light,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">pas gar ho PHAUla <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5337]</font>
PRASs<u>o</u>n <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4238]</font>
miSEI <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3404]</font> to ph<u>o</u>s,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and comes not unto the light, that his :works be not
reproved.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai ouk ERche-tai pros to ph<u>o</u>s,
HIna m<u>e</u> e-legchTH<u>E</u> <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1651]</font>
ta ERga auTOU.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">f. 3:21 DOERS OF TRUTH COME TO
LIGHT</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>But who does the truth comes unto the light,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho de poi<u>O</u>N t<u>e</u>n
aL<u>E</u>thei-an <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[225]</font>
ERche-tai pros to ph<u>o</u>s,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>that his :works be manifested that they have been
worked in God.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HIna pha-ne-r<u>o</u>TH<u>E</u>
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5319]</font> auTOU ta ERga HOti
en The<u>O</u> es-tin eir-gasMEna <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2038]</font>.
</font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b><span style="font-style:normal">NOTE</span></b></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>3:1-15
- Nicodemus was high up as a ruler in Jewish affairs - yet he was
completely ignorant concerning true spiritual concepts. Still - the
“signs” Jesus performed were so authentic, that they drew this
man - by night - to search Jesus out and find answers to his
questions.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">It is in the Gospel of John that
the author again and again emphasized the importance of Jesus' words
by the double “Amen, Amen” emphasis. Each time we run across this
introduction to one of Jesus' statements, the importance is so great
that it will pay us to memorize each of these statements, and spend
time in meditating upon them.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Note
too that it is one thing to “see” the kingdom of God - and it is
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>another</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
thing to enter it. The birth from </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>above</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
with water (the living word) and </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>Spirit</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
are the conditions for this entrance. How many “see”, but do not
press on to enter? </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">He
that </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">hungers</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
and </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">thirsts</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
after righteousness, </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">shall</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
be filled!”</span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
The reward is </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>not</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
to the passive person, but to the earnest seekers.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>In
3:8 we learn of the mysterious and inexplicable workings of the
Spirit. His comings are unexpected, and often </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>sudden</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>.
And - when a person is </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>totally</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
committed to God and His ways, like Oswald Chambers - </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>abandoned</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
to the Spirit, - then like George Muller, Rees Howells and Chambers -
their movements </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>also</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
become inexplicable and strange like those of the Spirit. One of
Chamber's interesting quotes is, “</span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Consistency
is the hobgoblin of little minds.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
I have found this concept to be freeing.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>3:14-15
brings out an aspect for Jesus' first coming that makes a great deal
of sense. Jews have had difficulty and stumbled over the two comings
of the Messiah. His first coming was designed by the Godhead to make
the Son of Man the “Suffering Servant or Messiah” - as the one to
bring Redemption and Reconciliation to the lost race of Adam. It fits
in with Isaiah 53, which Jewish rabbis usually bypass. But His next
coming will be as Lord of lords and King of kings - and though the
Jews expected this at His first coming - they will be shocked at the
Reality of His Second Coming. They will </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>then</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
realize that in their ignorance, they rejected Him as a whole at His
First Coming. Zechariah depicts their deep mourning when they
discover the wound-marks in hands, feet and side - that they helped
give Him at His first coming.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Yet God in His wisdom used even
this to make room for the coming of Gentiles into the Church, the One
New Man - along with a remnant of believing Jews, the Messianic
believers.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Some
scholars have wondered if 3:16-21 is also a part of Jesus' words to
Nicodemus; or whether they stopped at verse 15, and are general words
that follow. Up till now I have had no opinion on this - but today as
I looked closely at the Interlinear Greek text, I have tentatively
concluded that they </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>also</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
are a part of Jesus' words to Nicodemus. What do you think? J.A.Watt</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>P.S.
- The complete manuscript of the “Outlined Interlinear NT” is now
in the hands of the Printer. Much of it has already been processed
and proof-read for printing. In the very near future it can be in
your hands - plus an E-book copy for those preferring this. The above
format has already been adjusted to a 6x9 page - for ease in
transferring to the E-book format. J.</span></span></span></font></p>
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