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Truth Misunderstood

Truth Misunderstood. The Truth Was Often Misunderstood In Bible Times. Pictures of Truth Misunderstood. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (2:19) John 2:18-21. Pictures of Truth Misunderstood.

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Truth Misunderstood

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  1. Truth Misunderstood

  2. The Truth Was Often Misunderstood In Bible Times

  3. Pictures of TruthMisunderstood • “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (2:19) • John 2:18-21

  4. Pictures of TruthMisunderstood • “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (4:13, 14) • John 4:9-15

  5. Pictures of TruthMisunderstood • "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world” (6:51) • John 6:48-66 • “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me. You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come” (7:33, 34) • John 7:32-36 (see also Jn. 8:21-24)

  6. Pictures of TruthMisunderstood • “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (8:32) • John 8:31-37

  7. Despite That Truth Was Often Misunderstood • We can know the truth (Jn. 8:32; Eph. 5:17)

  8. John 3:1-7 Nicodemus conqueror Nikos (nee’-kos) VICTORY demos (day’-mos) PEOPLE • Nicodemus • A Pharisee • Ruler of the Jews • A teacher in Israel • Believer of the signs and what they confirmed • Came to Jesus by night • Yet must be born again!

  9. John 3:1-7 • TRUTH (3:3): “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” • MISUNDERSTOOD (3:4): “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” COMPONENTS: 1. Serious 2. Birth 3. Again 4. Kingdom

  10. John 3:1-7 • MISUNDERSTOOD (3:4): “Howcan a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” • TRUTH CLARIFIED (3:5): “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” “…Obeying the truth through the Spirit…having been born again…through the word of God…” (1 Pet. 1:22, 23)

  11. Truth Compared

  12. Truth Compared • Born of water and spirit  KINGDOM OF GOD • In Kingdom  SAVED (Col. 1:13, 14) • Baptism  SAVED (1 Pet. 3:21; cf. 2:9, 10) • Baptism  WASH AWAY SINS (Acts 22:16) Will you obey the truth and enter the kingdom today?

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