# Day 227

# “I’ll Be Lifted up on a Cross”

John 3:1–21

Nicodemus visited Jesus at night. He was a Pharisee and a leader of the Jews. “We know you’re a teacher from God,” he said. “No one can do these things unless God is with him.”

“I’ll tell you the truth,” Jesus answered. “No one can see God’s kingdom without being born of the Spirit.”

“How can an old man be born again?”

“Whatever is born of a woman is human. Whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

“How can this be?” Nicodemus wondered.

“Are you a teacher of Israel?” Jesus asked. “Yet you don’t understand?” Then Jesus said: “Remember how Moses lifted up a brass serpent on a pole? Whoever saw it was healed of the snakes’ poison.”

“Yes,” said Nicodemus.

“Well, I’m the Son of Man. I’ll be lifted up on a cross. Whoever believes in me will be healed of sin and have eternal life. Because God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, whoever believes in him won’t die forever. They’ll have eternal life.”

Questions: How can a person see God’s kingdom? What happens when a person believes in Jesus?