A Man Named Nicodemus

A man named Ni­co­de­mus

To Je­sus came one night.

He said

We know You’ve come from God;

Your won­ders show His might.

In an­swer

Je­sus did de­clare

Give heed

these words are true:

You can­not see God’s king­dom come

Unless you’re born anew.

Then Ni­co­de­mus quest­ioned

Reborn

how can this be?

For sure­ly none can to the womb

Return and new life see.

Jesus re­plied

Flesh brings forth flesh

But like the blow­ing wind

The Spir­it does give birth to spir­it;

Thus man is born again.

As Mo­ses in the de­sert

Did lift the snake up high

The Son of Man must be raised up

That men might live

not die.

For God so loved this world of men

He gave His Son for us

That we might have eter­nal life

If we in Him do trust.

God did not send His Son to

Condemn the world of sin.

Christ came in­stead to save all those

Who place their trust in Him.

All who be­lieve es­cape God’s wrath;

They come in­to the light.

But all who prac­tice ev­il deeds

Are guil­ty in God’s sight.

Without the Son

all per­ish;

The ver­dict is de­creed.

All those who fail to trust Christ’s name

Condemned will ev­er be.

Lord

give me bold­ness to pro­claim

Your mes­sage to the lost

That they might gain eter­nal life

By look­ing to the cross.