Jesus Met Nicodemus

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FOLD LifeWay believes inHim life. will notperishbutwillhave eternal His love inthisway: He sentHis One andOnly Sontosave theworld. Everyone who it.Eternaldo anythingtoearn lifeisagiftthatcomesonly from God. God showed who believes inHim willnotperishbuthave eternallife.” His love inthisway:He sentHis One andOnly Son tosave theworld.Everyone life.” of Man willberaisedup, whobelieves sothateveryone inHim willhave eternal snake inthewilderness?Everyone wholookedatitwashealed.Likethat,theSon He camedown from heaven. Do you remember how Moses raisedupthebronze is spirit.” the Spirit. Whatever isbornofthefleshflesh,andwhatever isbornoftheSpirit Nicodemus asked. kingdom ofGod.” and noonecoulddothemiracles You dounlessGod iswithhim.” man cametoseeJesus. The man’s namewasNicodemus. Christ Connection:Nicodemus life—but hecouldnot needednewlife—eternal Then Jesus toldNicodemus aboutGod’s great plan.Jesus said,“God showed Jesus replied, “No onehasever goneupintoheaven, except theSon ofMan. Nicodemus stilldidn’t understand.“How isthispossible?”heasked. Jesus said,“Don’t besurprised Itoldyou thatyou mustbebornagain.” Jesus said,“A mancannotenterGod’s kingdomunlessheisbornofwaterand Now Nicodemus wasconfused.“How cananyone bebornwhenheisold?” Jesus said,“Itellyou: Unless someoneisbornagain,hecannotseethe “Rabbi,” hesaid,“we know that You have comefrom God. You are ateacher, Jesus hadtraveled toJerusalem forthePassover feast.One night,areligious MAIN POINT: JESUS TOLD NICODEMUS HEMUST BE BORNAGAIN. Jesus MetNicodemus John 3:1-21 17 The Way to Jesus Nicodemus went to see Jesus at night. Complete the maze to help Nicodemus get to Jesus.

Use the words below to fill in the missing words of John 14:6. Tip: Not all of the words will be used.

FOLD LifeWay Baptist joyfully steppedasideasJesus beganHis ministry. earthly promised Messiah. Now thatJesus John’s wasonearth, missionwascomplete.John the everything. Whoever believes intheSon willhave eternallife.” become greater, andImustbecome less.” because hewashappythatJesus, theMessiah, hadcome.John said,“Jesus must messenger whogoesbefore Him toannouncethatHe iscoming.” are tofollow starting Him.” with you ontheothersideofJordan River? He isbaptizingpeople,andpeople followed John gotintoanargument. people, andthepeoplewere baptized. Jesus spenttimewithHis disciples,andpeoplecametothem.Jesus taughtthe Christ Connection:John theBaptist hadtoldpeopletogetready forJesus, the John Father alsosaid,“The loves theSon andhasgiven Him power over John triedtoexplainby talkingaboutawedding. John feltlikeagroom’s friend John answered them,“You heard mesaythatIamnottheMessiah. Iamthe “Teacher,” theysaid,“remember themanyou talkedabout,theOne whowas Nearby, John theBaptist wasbaptizingpeopletoo. Some ofthepeoplewho Jesus andHis disciplesleftJerusalem, andtheywent outintothecountryside. Jesus andJohntheBaptist MAIN POINT: JESUS CAME FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH. John 3:22-36 19 Great, Greater, Greatest! Draw a line to match the first part of each For each row, number the items from 1 to 3. (3 = great, 2 = greater, 1 = greatest) phrase or sentence with the second part. Then compare your answers with a partner. Do you agree on what is great, greater, and the greatest?

FOLD LifeWay Spirit tothosewhocomeHim by faith. talking abouttheHoly Spirit whowouldsatisfyherspiritualthirst. Jesus gives theHoly living water. Jesus wasn’t talkingaboutwaterthatshecouldphysicallydrink;Jesus was Iever did!CouldthisbetheMessiah?”me everything When He comes,He tous.” willexplaineverything coming tothiswell togetwater.” whoever drinksfrom thewaterIgive willnever, ever getthirstyagain!” for adrink,andIwouldgive you livingwater.” me? I’m aSamaritan.” well. in atown atthewell. Jesus’ discipleswent intotown tobuyfood. MAIN POINT: JESUS TOLD THESAMARITAN WOMAN HEISTHEMESSIAH. Christ Connection:Jesus offered thewomansomethingnooneelsecouldgive her— Many Samaritans believed inJesus becauseofwhatthewomansaid. The womanleftandtoldthepeopleinhertown, “Come,seeamanwhotold Then Jesus said,“He istalkingtoyou now. IamtheMessiah.” “I see You are aprophet,” thewomansaid.“Iknow theMessiah iscoming. “Sir,” shesaid,“give methiswater. If I’m not thirsty, Iwon’t have tokeep Jesus said,“Anyone whodrinksthiswell waterwillbethirstyagain,but The womanwasconfused. Jesus said,“You don’t know whoIam.If you did,you wouldhave askedMe The womanwassurprised.“You’re aJew,” are shesaid.“Why You talkingto “Give Me adrink,” Jesus saidtothewoman. While Jesus wasatthewell, aSamaritan womancametogetwaterfrom the Jesus begantraveling backtoGalilee. He traveled through Samaria andstopped Jesus MetaSamaritanWoman John 4:1-42 21 Well Words List the words you can spell from the letters in the well. Use the letters to complete the main point of today’s Bible story.

Never Thirst Again Jesus offered the woman something no one else could give her. Color the 1 spaces blue and the 2 spaces yellow.

What did Jesus say He could give the woman?

FOLD LifeWay was listeningthatHe isthepromised Messiah. people whowere Jesus broken andhurting. read Isaiah’s words who andtoldeveryone wrote aboutGod’s plantosendaMessiah. He wouldbringgoodnewsand redeem out oftown. did nothealthem.Instead, hehealedamannamedNaaman from Syria. Israel, God sentElijah tohelpawidow inanotherland. people oftheprophets Elijah andElisha. When there wasaterriblefaminein Joseph’s son?”theyasked. some ofthepeopleinNazareth hadknown Jesus from His youth. “Isn’t this attendant andsatdown. the Lord’s favor isonus.” Then Jesus rolled up thescroll. He gave itbacktothe they cansee,tofree peoplewhohave beentreated badly, andtoannouncethat the poor. He hassentMe totellthecaptives thattheyare free, totelltheblindthat Spiritand read: “The oftheLord isonMe. He haschosenMe to totellgoodnews synagogue likeHe usuallydid. MAIN POINT: JESUS EXPLAINEDTHAT THESCRIPTURES TELLABOUT HIM. Christ Connection:Hundreds ofyears before Jesus theprophet Isaiah wasborn, The peoplelisteningtoJesus inthesynagoguebecameangry. They forced Jesus And whenElisha wasaprophet, manypeopleinIsrael had leprosy. But Elisha Jesus said,“No prophet isacceptedinhishometown.” Jesus reminded the The peoplesaidgoodthingsaboutJesus, andtheywere amazed atHim. But Jesus said,“Today asyou listenedtoMe reading thesewords, theycametrue.” Jesus stooduptoread Scripture. He unrolled thescroll oftheprophet Isaiah Jesus went toHis hometown, Nazareth. On theSabbath day, Jesus went tothe Jesus RejectedinNazareth Luke 4:14-30 23 Match each quotation to the person who said it. Look up the Scripture references in the Bible to check your answers.

“The Spirit of the Lord is “How can anyone be on Me, because He has born when he is old?” anointed Me to preach (John 3:4) good news to the poor.” (Luke 4:18)

“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did! “He must increase, Could this be the Messiah?” but I must decrease.” (John 4:29) (John 3:30)

Face Time Draw a face that shows each emotion. Then listen to the Bible story to hear how people felt when Jesus spoke.

FOLD LifeWay sin, andHe isgladwhenwe repent inHim. andtrust Him—andwho donotdeserve He rescues usfrom sin.Jesus died onthecross forour are oneofGod’s people.” poor.” ran aheadandclimbedintoasycamore tree. wanted toseeJesus toseeover too,buthewastooshort thecrowd. So Zacchaeus Zacchaeus wasachieftaxcollector, rich. andhewasvery Christ Connection:Jesus cametoseekandsave thelost.He cameafterus—sinners Jesus said,“Ihave come toseekandsave thelost.” Jesus toldZacchaeus, “Today you have beensaved. You have shown thatyou Later thatday, Zacchaeus toldJesus, Ihave “Iwillgive tothe halfofeverything Zacchaeus hurrieddown from thetree. But whosawthiscomplained. everyone “Come down, Zacchaeus,” Jesus said.“Iwanttostaywithyou today.” When Jesus cameby, He lookedintothetree andsawZacchaeus. When Jesus cameintotown, alargecrowd gathered toseeHim. Zacchaeus Jesus wastraveling through Jericho, where amannamedZacchaeus lived. MAIN POINT: MEETINGJESUS CHANGEDZACCHAEUS FOREVER. Jesus andZacchaeus Luke 19:1-10 25 To Seek and Save Fill in the missing vowels—A, E, I, O, and U—to finish the Christ connection.