The Nighttime Visitor — February 4 [Description]Passage Overview:John 3:1-21 records a nighttime conversation between Nicodemus—a respected Jewish religious leader—and Jesus. Nicodemus acknowledges Jesus’ divine authority but is confused when Jesus tells him that to enter the Kingdom of God, one must be “born again.” Jesus explains that this new birth is not physical but spiritual—through the work of the Holy Spirit.Jesus then shares one of the most famous and powerful truths in Scripture: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” (v.16). He emphasizes that He came not to condemn the world but to save it, offering eternal life to all who believe in Him. He contrasts light and darkness, saying people reject the light (Jesus) because their deeds are evil—but those who live by truth come into the light.At its core, this passage is a powerful call to transformation, belief, and stepping into the light of God’s love through the rebirth offered by Jesus. 365D 35

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John 3:1-21 365D 35.1

1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 365D 35.2

2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” 365D 35.3

3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born ^{[a]Or from above} again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 365D 35.4

4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 365D 35.5

5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 365D 35.6

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 365D 35.7

7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 365D 35.8

8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 365D 35.9

9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 365D 35.10

10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 365D 35.11

11 Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 365D 35.12

12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 365D 35.13

13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man ^{[b]NU omits who is in heaven} who is in heaven. 365D 35.14

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 365D 35.15

15 that whoever believes in Him should ^{[c]NU omits not perish but} not perish but have eternal life. 365D 35.16

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 365D 35.17

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 365D 35.18

18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 365D 35.19

19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 365D 35.20

20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 365D 35.21

21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” 365D 35.22