The Pharisees were certain that when the Christ came, He would congratulate them on their piety and would validate their traditions and practices. However, when Jesus came, He dined with sinners and publicans, and disrupted their operations in the Temple court.

To Nicodemus, it was obvious that Jesus came from God, and was likely the Christ. But, His actions contradicted Nicodemus’ preconceived notions. So, instead of rejecting or opposing Christ like many of the other Pharisees, Nicodemus went to Jesus for answers.

And He got them.

When Nicodemus began the conversation with Jesus, the Lord told Him, “Except you be born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

The reason for the confusion was that Nicodemus was not born again. He hadn’t been redeemed, saved. His faith wasn’t quite there.

The idea of being born again was a new concept to Nicodemus, who asked what and how the new birth worked. In the conversation that followed, Jesus demonstrated how those who are born again, those who are in the faith, can see the Kingdom move, and will be welcomed into the Kingdom when it comes to earth.

He then taught Nicodemus how to be born again. In essence, Jesus told Nicodemus to look to Him for redemption the same way the Israelites looked to the brazen serpent to be healed of snakebites in the book of Numbers.

Throughout this conversation, we see the need to be born again, what it’s like being born again, and how to be born again. Click the video above for the full message.