05.17.2026 | Jesus and Nicodemus
John 2:13-25
One of the most expensive cars in the world is the Rolls-Royce La Rose Noire Droptail, priced at approximately $30.2 million dollars. This dark red drivable piece of art features a removable full glass roof and beautiful handmade wooden interior features. This is one fancy car! Could you afford to buy this car with your weekly allowance? I don’t think so!
When Nicodemus came to talk with Jesus, he wanted to know how a person could receive new life. Nicodemus studied the Law and tried his hardest to obey, and he hoped this would be enough to afford eternal life. Jesus’ response showed Nicodemus that no one could earn eternal life on their own because it came at a cost too great to afford.
This might sound like bad news, but Jesus gave us good news in the familiar words of John 3:16. In our key passage, Jesus said, “For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
God paid the highest price by sending His own Son. When we could never earn eternal life, God has graciously given it as a free gift to all who believe in Jesus!
Nicodemus was a religious leader, but he needed to be born again to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus shared how the Spirit causes people to be born again to new life. Anyone who believes in Jesus will be born again and receive eternal life.
