Faith In The Valley

Welcome to Faith in the Valley. For these show notes, I have attached a sample of my Sunday morning sermon handout. Where the words are underlined I typically leave a blank and then coordinate the handout with the slides. The podcast episode does not match the Sunday sermon exactly, but they are close. Let's see if this tool works. Your Takeaway You will never be right if you get Jesus wrong. Handout Confusion John 3:9-17 Nicodemus was a Pharisee, a religious leader. Being born again or born of the Spirit confused Nicodemus. John 3:4, 9, 10 Jesus used earthly things to illustrate heavenly things. John 3:6-8, 12 So Jesus used an Old Testament story to help Nicodemus understand. Snakes Numbers 21:4-9 The Jews complained about God and Moses. God punished the Jews with venomous snakes. They begged that God remove the snakes but God did not. Rather God provided a cure Verse 8 All who looked at the bronze serpent were cured because God was willing and able to cure them. Verse 8 Why Jesus? John 3:14-16 “Lifted Up”