WINDSOR FULL GOSPEL MISSION CHURCH
GROUP BIBLE DISCUSSION ANSWERS
John 3:1-8 (A)
1.1) Do you believe miracle? 1.2) a) Do you want to experience a miracle? b) Why do you want? 1.3) Would you believe God, if you experience a miracle? 1.4) Do you think that experiencing a miracle will increase your faith? 1.5)Why did the Israelites refuse to cross the in spite of God’s promise to be with them to overcome enemies? Because they were afraid of the native enemies They looked like grasshoppers as compared to the native giants. 2.1 In spite of their experience of God’s miracles at the Red See and wilderness, why didn’t they have faith in God? They had forgotten the miracle experience. 2.2 Why did Nicodemus visit Jesus? 3. Why did Nicodemus visit Jesus at night? 1) He was Number 1 religious man. It was an embarrassment for him to be known by people that he visited a young religious man without a formal religious education. 2) Jesus was always surrounded by people during the daytime. Nicodemus wanted to have a private time with Jesus. 4. What was the underlying meaning in Nicodemus’ talk to Jesus? (v.2) Nicodemus wanted to believe that Jesus was a man sent from God because he heard that Jesus performed miracles. He thought that if Jesus performed a miracle in front of him, he would experience God and his faith will be increased. 5.What kind of dilemma did Nicodemus have as a religious leader? (refer to Romans 7:21-24) 1)People regarded Nicodemus as a best moral man and at the top of religion, Nicodemus was still fighting against sin and could not overcome against the bondage of sin. 2) He had climb up to the top of the religion. But he knew he could not reach heaven. 3)He did not have the assurance of salvation. 6. Explain the practice of religion with the illustration of the ladder. People climb different religious ladders to reach God. While they are climbing the religious ladders, they believe that the ladders they are climbing will reach heaven, but when they climb up to the top, they will realize that its top is far down from heaven. 7. In Romans 3:24, what is the meaning that, “fall short of God’s glory”? As long as we are born with sinful nature, we all commit sin and cannot reach God’s holiness. 8. What solution did Nicodemus want to receive from Jesus? 9. How did Jesus answer to Nicodemus’ request? 10. Why cannot religious people see the
Religious people can’t see the
11. Why can’t religiously moral people cannot enter the
God will not allow sinful people to enter into the holy
12. What is the meaning of ‘born again’? We were born physically into the world by our parents. Jesus is emphasizing that we need to be born again into the
1. Do you believe there is heaven? 2. What is the way to go to heaven? 3. How can you have an assurance of salvation?
Prayer:
Life Application:
Dear heavenly Father, You are holy. You are the only holy God and no sinner can see You. No sinner can enter Your holy kingdom. You love me so much that You have given me Your Son Jesus Christ who showed me the way of salvation through Him. Thank you for having sent the Holy Spirit. Thank you for choosing me to be born again by your Word and the Holy Spirit. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!