Book of John,  Discipleship

#9 John 3:16-21

March 28, 2021 /

Leader:  Have your Student write down the Passage and the Questions then, give them a week to prepare.

Passage:  John 3:16-21  

Questions: 

  • 1) What is Jesus teaching Nicodemus about God’s plan for man?
  • 2) What do we see about man?
  • 3) What questions do you have?

Then, this week the Student will:  

  • Read the Passage every day!
  • Handwrite the Passage
  • Answer the questions 

When you do meet again, you will go over this… 

John 3:16-21

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

Notes for Leader:  

Open your time together with prayer. Be sure to ask the Holy Spirit to lead the conversation and teach what needs to be learned and heard during your discussion. He will give you the words that you need! May you grow closer together and closer to Jesus.

Briefly review what you learned last week.  Now, let’s see what else we can discover about who Jesus is…

Here is what we noticed.

1) What is Jesus teaching Nicodemus about God’s plan for man?

v.16 God so loved the world – He gave so they might have eternal life with Him

v.17 to save – Jesus willingly gave himself to be the perfect lamb, that was the atoning sacrifice for my sins, and yours, and those of the entire world!

v.18 man’s relationship to God = man’s relationship to Jesus

v.21 live by the truth = understand God

2) What do we see about man?

v.16 man is perishing

v.17 man is condemned 

v.19 men love darkness/they do evil deeds

v.20 don’t want evil deeds exposed

3) What questions do you have?

Don’t be nervous about this one… the Holy Spirit will help you answer.   If you are discipling a young child (and most others!), remember that they are not expecting a doctoral dissertation when you answer, so keep it simple and true.  And, it is ok to say, “I am not sure, let’s look into that together.”  And then add that question to your study for next week. 

Enjoy the conversation!  

Now, look ahead to next week’s study and give your student the next passage and questions to prepare this coming week.