Rev. Emily E. Ewing and River Needham, M.A. queery the Gospel reading.
Gospel: John 3:1-17
1Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Judeans. 2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.”
3Jesus answered Nicodemus, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the reign of God without being born from above.”
4Nicodemus said to Jesus, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the parent’s womb and be born?”
5Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the reign of God without being born of water and Spirit. 6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ 8The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9Nicodemus said to Jesus, “How can these things be?”
10Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
11“Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. 12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Human One. 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Human One be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in Them may have everlasting life. 16For God loved the world in this way: that God gave Their only Child, so that everyone who believes in Them may not perish but may have everlasting life. 17Indeed, God did not send the Child into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Them.”
Queeries for the text:
What happened to the Pharisees?
What else happens at night?
How else can someone experience the reign of God besides sight?
Who else has a womb besides a mother?
How else is love expressed?
Who is condemned? How might they be saved?
What are your queeries?
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