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- Joh 3:1-21 -- Conversation with Nicodemus
Bible Dictionary

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RIGHTEOUSNESS
[isbe] RIGHTEOUSNESS - ri'-chus-nes (tsaddiq, adjective, "righteous," or occasionally "just" tsedheq, noun, occasionally = "riahteousness," occasionally = "justice"; dikaios, adjective, dikaiosune, noun, from dike, whose first mean...
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REPENTANCE
[isbe] REPENTANCE - re-pen'-tans: I. OLD TESTAMENT TERMS 1. To Repent--"to Pant," "to Sigh" 2. To Repent--"to Turn" or "Return" II. NEW TESTAMENT TERMS 1. Repent--"to Care," "Be Concerned" 2. Repent--"to Change the Mind" 3. Repent-...
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REDEEMER; REDEMPTION
[isbe] REDEEMER; REDEMPTION - re-dem'-er, re-demp'-shun (paraq, "to tear loose," "to rescue," padhah, ga'al; agorazo, referring to purchase, lutroumai, from lutron, "a ransom"): 1. Gradual Moralizing of Idea of Redemption 2. Redemp...
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PAPYRUS
[isbe] PAPYRUS - pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, "the Books" = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri 3. Aramaic Papyri 4. Greek Papyri 5. Their Discovery. 6. Classical Papyr...
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ONLY BEGOTTEN
[isbe] ONLY BEGOTTEN - on'-li be-got-'-'n (monogenes): Although the English words are found only 6 times in the New Testament, the Greek word appears 9 times, and often in the Septuagint. It is used literally of an only child: "the...
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Nicodemus
[ebd] the people is victor, a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin. He is first noticed as visiting Jesus by night (John 3:1-21) for the purpose of learning more of his doctrines, which our Lord then unfolded to him, giving prom...
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Life
[ebd] generally of physical life (Gen. 2:7; Luke 16:25, etc.); also used figuratively (1) for immortality (Heb. 7:16); (2) conduct or manner of life (Rom. 6:4); (3) spiritual life or salvation (John 3:16, 17, 18, 36); (4) eternal ...
[isbe] LIFE - lif (chayyim, nephesh, ruach, chayah; zoe, psuche, bios, pneuma): I. THE TERMS II. THE OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING 1. Popular Use of the Term 2. Complexity of the Idea III. IN THE APOCRYPHA IV. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. In t...
[nave] LIFE. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Brevity and Uncertainty of; Everlasting; From God; Long; Spiritual. Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics Breath of, Gen. 2:7. Called Spirit of God, Job 27:3. Tree of,...
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LOVE
[isbe] LOVE - luv ('ahebh, 'ahabhah, noun; phileo, agapao, verb; agape, noun): Love to both God and man is fundamental to true religion, whether as expressed in the Old Testament or the New Testament. Jesus Himself declared that al...
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JUSTIFICATION
[isbe] JUSTIFICATION - jus-ti-fi-ka'-shun (tsedheq, verb tsadheq; Septuagint and New Testament dikaioma, dikaiosis, verb dikaioo, "justification" "to justify," in a legal sense, the declaring just or righteous. In Biblical literatu...
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JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 2
[isbe] JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 2 - VI. Eternal Life. The development of the conception of eternal life must be set along with the doctrine of the moral nature of God and the doctrine of the incarnation as one of the greatest contributi...
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JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1
[isbe] JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1 - jo-han'-in,-in: I. THE ANTECEDENTS 1. Personality of Writer 2. Earlier New Testament Writings 3. Christian Experience and Teaching of History 4. Widening Contact with Gentile World 5. The Odes of Solo...
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JESUS CHRIST, 4B
[isbe] JESUS CHRIST, 4B - B. THE EARLY JUDAEAN MINISTRY I. The Testimonies of the Baptist. 1. The Synoptics and John: While the Synoptics pass immediately from the temptation of Jesus to the ministry in Galilee the imprisonment of ...
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GOD, 3
[isbe] GOD, 3 - III. The Idea of God in the New Testament. 1. Dependence on the Old Testament: The whole of the New Testament presupposes and rests upon the Old Testament. Jesus Christ and His disciples inherited the idea of God re...
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Faith
[ebd] Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil. 1:27; 2 Thess. 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of many degrees up to full ass...
[nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
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EVERLASTING
[isbe] EVERLASTING - ev-er-last'-ing (olam, `adh; aidios, aionios): "Everlasting," in strictness, is that which endures forever; either that which has no beginning and will have no end (in which sense it is applicable to God only),...
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ETHICS OF JESUS
[isbe] ETHICS OF JESUS - eth'-iks: I. IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS 1. The Blessings of the Kingdom (1) Nature of the Kingdom (2) Blessedness of the Kingdom (3) Righteousness--Its Contrasts (4) Apocalyptic Theories 2. The Character of th...
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Call
[ebd] (1.) To cry for help, hence to pray (Gen. 4:26). Thus men are said to "call upon the name of the Lord" (Acts 2:21; 7:59; 9:14; Rom. 10:12; 1 Cor. 1:2). (2.) God calls with respect to men when he designates them to some speci...
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CHILDREN OF GOD
[isbe] CHILDREN OF GOD - ||Introduction: Meaning of Terms I. OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING 1. Mythological Survivals 2. Created Sonship 3. Israel's Collective Covenant Sonship 4. Individual and Personal Relation 5. Universalizing the Idea...
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ATONEMENT
[ebd] This word does not occur in the Authorized Version of the New Testament except in Rom. 5:11, where in the Revised Version the word "reconciliation" is used. In the Old Testament it is of frequent occurrence. The meaning of t...
[isbe] ATONEMENT - a-ton'-ment: Translates kaphar; chaTa'; ratsah, the last employed only of human relations (1 Sam 29:4); translates the following Greek stems hilas-, simple and compounded with various prepositions; allag- in comp...
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ANTHROPOLOGY
[isbe] ANTHROPOLOGY - an-thro-pol'-o-ji: I. TERMS EMPLOYED II. NATURE OF MAN BIBLICAL CONCEPTION III. ORIGIN OF MAN FROM SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT: NARRATIVES OF CREATION IV. UNITY OF THE RACE: VARIOUS THEORIES V. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AS TO...
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Hymns

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'Ku Disalibkan dengan Tuhanku [KJ.404] ( Dying with Jesus / Moment by Moment )
Aku Percaya [KJ.280]
Bila Kulihat Bintang Gemerlapan [KJ.64]
Golgota, Tempat Tuhanku Disalib [KJ.177]
Kita Harus Membawa Berita [KJ.426]
Kita, Anak Adam [KJ.156]
Lihatlah Kayu Salib [KJ.180]
Maju, Berjuanglah Terus [KJ.251]
Marilah, Marilah, Hai Saudara [KJ.338]
PadaMu, Tuhan dan Allahku [KJ.367]
Pengikut Kristus, Nyanyilah [KJ.284]
Sang Anak domba yang Kudus [KJ.160]
Sebelum Semua Jadi [KJ.136]
Siang, Malam, Musim, Tahun [KJ.331]
SuaraMu Kudengar [KJ.33] ( I Am Coming, Lord / I Hear Thy Welcome Voice )
T'lah Kutemukan Dasar Kuat [KJ.38]
Takkah Patut Ku Bernyanyi [KJ.290]
Yang Mahakasih [KJ.381]
Yesus, Tuhan, Engkaulah Mesias [KJ.141]
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[Joh 3:16] Almighty God, Whose Only Son
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[Joh 3:16] And Didst Thou Love The Race
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[Joh 3:16] Father, God, We Glorify
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[Joh 3:16] For God So Loved The World
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[Joh 3:16] God Gave His Son For Me
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[Joh 3:16] God Loved The World
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[Joh 3:16] God Loved The World So That He Gave
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[Joh 3:16] God So Loved The World
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[Joh 3:16] God’s Love Is As High As The Heavens
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[Joh 3:16] Good Christian Men, Rejoice
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[Joh 3:16] Gospel Bells, The
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[Joh 3:16] Here Is Love
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[Joh 3:16] I Know His Love Is Mine<
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[Joh 3:16] I’ll Live On
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[Joh 3:16] It Was For Me
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[Joh 3:16] Jesu, The Father’s Only Son
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[Joh 3:16] Jesus The Son Of God
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[Joh 3:16] O Holy Father, Who In Tender Love
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[Joh 3:16] O Wonder Amazing
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[Joh 3:16] Of The Father’s Love Begotten
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[Joh 3:16] Oh, It Is Wonderful
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[Joh 3:16] Only Son From Heaven, The
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[Joh 3:16] Song Of Salvation
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[Joh 3:16] Thou Fairest Child Divine
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[Joh 3:16] ’tis Christmas Day
Questions

- The "Law of Moses" is a beautiful thingwhen men regard it rightly. This is why the Psalmist can say, "O how I love Thy law" (Psalm 119:97). The "Law of Moses was not meant to save men, but to show them their need to be saved,...
- The Bible does not give us a specific answer to why people are different color, the following information from The Bible Has the Answer by Henry M. Morris and Martin E. Clark will add some insight on this issue. Question:...
- In one of the Bible's most condensed declarations of Christian truth we read: "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was bur...
- In the light of the teaching of Scripture, heaven is the place of God's abode where we also find the good angels and human beings because they were created in the image of God with a soul and spirit. Animals were not created ...
- The whole issue of man's eternal separation from God revolves around God's holiness and man's sinfulness. As Habbakuk. 1:13 states, God's eyes are too pure to behold or approve evil and He cannot look upon sin. This does not ...
- While the Bible teaches us that "with God, all things are possible" (Matt. 19:26), and "with God nothing is impossible" (Luke 1:37), Scripture also teaches that God can and will do nothing that is inconsistent with His holy c...
- I think I would have to begin with the words of John as my starting point: "No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him" (John 1:18, NKJ). This is a propositi...
- I think part of the issue here may revolve around a misconception about faith and what the Bible actually teaches us about faith and God's salvation for us in Christ. (1) The Bible does not teach us that faith is a gift t...
- Another term for "irresistible grace" is "efficacious grace" which simply stresses that God works effectively to bring the elect to Christ. There is good evidence that the term "elect" is used in Scripture only of those who h...
- John 6:37, 44, 65, and 3:16 draw our attention to two equally valid principlesGod's sovereignty whereby He brings people into a relationship with Himself and man's volition or responsibility to personally trust in Christ. Bot...
- Time won't allow me to do justice to this subject, but I'll share an overview of parts of one of my studies on election which covers some of the issues that pertain to your question. I have cut and pasted material into this a...
- Here's the answer to your first question, according to A.T. Robertson (Word Pictures in the New Testament): Act 2:23 - Him (tou'ton). "This one," resumptive and emphatic object of "did crucify and slay." Being delivered up...
- I just looked at A. T. Robertson's (he was a great Baptist Greek scholar) comments on John 3:16, and he states that these are not the words of Jesus, but rather of John. In the NET Bible, the quotation marks end at John 3:15,...
- I must confess some personal bias about the question you have raised, and suggest that others on the BSF Staff might disagree with me. My problem with the term "unconditional love" is that it is found nowhere in the Bible....
- Thanks for your note and question. First, I'll give you the answer to your first question from the article on "Sacraments" in the New Bible Dictionary: SACRAMENTS. The word 'sacrament' (Lat. sacramentum) in its technical t...
- I am the senior New Testament editor. I like the NASB and used it for many, many years. But its fundamental flaw is that it is too literal. Often the translators would pick the first entry out of BAGD and use that for the w...
- "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). We are commanded to have faith in God and in Christ (John 14:1; John 6:29) and yet it, of itself, is the gift and work of God in us, t...
- Judging by the prevalence of sin and the early age at which children usually begin, we should say it was natural. David seemed to have that opinion (see Ps. 51:1-5). It was not much better before the fall. Adam and Eve do not...
Sermon Illustrations

Why Did Jesus Die?;
History of the Bible;
Common Christian Terms;
Why Did Jesus Die?;
God Never
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Great Events Turn on Small Hinges;
The Importance of Love;
John 3:16;
Colossians 3:17;
Colossians 3:19;
Colossians 3:23;
Hebrews 11:1-6;
1 John 5:16;
Reborn Spiritually;
Definitions;
Faith Alone;
Can We Know?;
Survival Kit;
The Trinity, Acting in Unity;
Trinity Explained;
Types in the Bible;
The Greatest Sacrifice;
Do All in the Name of the Lord Jesus;
World (Kosmos);
Course of the World;
The Gift of the Father;
Heart
Resources/Books

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)
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God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.'--John 3:16.I venture to say that my text shows us a lake, a river, a pitcher, and a dr...