"NICODEMUS: ENCOUNTERS with JESUS!"

"Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, that unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."  (John 3:3)

In the Gospel of John 3, Jesus is speaking with Nicodemus regarding the concept and execution of eternal life. Nicodemus was a "night crawler" and a Pharisee. A night crawler is a person who acts holy and righteous during the day, but transforms into someone doing evil at night. Nicodemus was a real person, but in the Body of Christ, it is a "spirit." The spirit of Nicodemus is deaf, dumb and blind! Nicodemus, the spirit, can not comprehend things of the spirit. They are foolishness to him. He cannot hear from God, speak to Him or see his mighty hand at work in the natural or spirit realm.

He was also a Pharisee. A "Pharisee" was one who embraced all of the Old Testament; believed in spirits, angels, the soul and the resurrection; were sectarian purists (they were obsessed with "strict legalism" which is enforcement of the "letter" versus the "spirit" of the Law); and were artisans and merchants from the lower and middle class of Jewish society. The Body of Christ is overrun with legalistic arrogance disguised as religious authority. This widespread attitude has produced a Body on "life support!"

Nicodemus spent his day as a practicing Pharisee, but at night he tip-toed around to seek wisdom from encounters with Jesus on the things of the Kingdom of God. He was looking right at the Kingdom of God embodied in the person of Jesus, but could not see it, because he was already condemned. Nicodemus was condemned because he did not BELIEVE HIM! How many of you are bridled with bondage through unbelief?

Jesus said the condemnation would be that the non-Believers would not love the light (exposure), but would love darkness because their deeds were evil. And that everyone practicing evil would not come to the light and that others doing good would welcome the light so that people would know that the deeds they did were done in (for) God (and the advancement of His Kingdom).

Don't be like Nicodemus, coming around to see the King after He is gone, bringing gifts to appease your guilt for ignoring Him while He was right in front you and acting like you were one of His kids:

"...And Nicodemus, who first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds." (John 19:39)