"BORN AGAIN"  WHEN A PHRASE BECOMES PART OF THE COMMON LANGUAGE, IT IS EASY FOR US TO FORGET ITS REAL MEANING.

I. SEEKING TRUTH
A. WHATEVER ELSE WE MAY THING ABOUT THE PHARISEES, WE  HAVE TO ADMIT THEY WERE __________________.

  1. AT TIMES THEIR SERIOUSNESS LED THEM INTO ___________________    SITUATIONS.

  2. THE PHARISEES WERE DESPERATELY _____________________.

B. NICODEMUS WAS A HIGHLY _______________ MAN AND AN    _______________.

C. ON A QUITE PALESTINE EVENING. . . .TALK WITH A YOUNG    RABBI.

D. BAD HABIT TO PORTRAY NICODEMUS AS ______________.

E. THIS IS THE HEART _________ OF MANKIND.

II. REPENTANCE AND OBEDIENCE
A. WHY IS THE PACE OF SIN __________________?

B. THE ANSWERS:
  1. INCREDIBLE __________________ OF CHRIST EXISTS EVEN    IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.

  2. WITH THIS COMES THE ____________ AND _________________    DECAY.

C. WHAT DOES REPENTANCE MEAN?

D. WITH REPENTANCE COME A ____________ OF _________________  CORRESPONDING TO THE _________________ OF _______________.