It’s been said of Jesus that whenever he met a person it was as if that person were an island around which Jesus sailed until he found the real problem. And there he landed.

He did that with the wealthy tax collector Zacchaeus and landed on the question of integrity. “All that I have stolen, I will repay four-fold.” He did that with the woman at the well and landed on the subject of marriage. “Go call your husband.” And here in John 3, Jesus does that with the powerful, prestigious, political Nicodemus by saying, “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. Do not be surprised at my saying ‘You must be born again.’” And that’s where I want to land today. I want to talk about new birth, spiritual birth, being born from above, being born again. Yes, you can begin again…