Nicodemus should have stayed home and gone to bed early that night long ago, but instead he secretly made his way to where Jesus was staying in Jerusalem and became a part of whatever was happening there. Something prompted him to address Jesus as "Teacher" a divinely appointed teacher who worked miracles in the name of God. Only one sent by God could do the things that Jesus did, according to Nicodemus. And he was right, of course. But what he said immediately prompted a retort from Jesus: "Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." That is, unless a person is born again, of water and the Spirit, he or she will not see past Jesus’ good works and miracles to the real reason that he, God’s only Son, was in the world. Nicodemus wanted to settle for a special teacher, a mi…