Sermon from John 3:1-17.
The title comes from a Creedence Clearwater Revival song. It’s about how they aren’t men of means; they didn’t come from families of wealth or power. It’s appropriate for the day. Nicodemus has trouble thinking through what Jesus is teaching. For centuries, the idea of God’s favor and grace was about being descendants of Abraham, therefore heirs to the promise made to him. Jesus widens the scope of what God is up to. You don’t get a birthright trust fund and there is no such thing as Christian privilege. God so loved the world. That’s everything. We’re giving up the idea that we’re chosen or special or more important and that’s a very good thing.
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