SERIES:  Reclaimed

TITLE:   Secretive

TEXT:  John 19:38-42 (p.906); John 3: 1-21

I.   THE PROBLEM WITH SECRECY

“When Jesus calls a man, He bids him come and die.”  Bonhoeffer

Turn to John 6

Turn to Luke 14:28-33

Too many followers of Jesus want to go into (stealth mode).  The confess means “to affirm, acknowledge, to agree.”

II.   THE DEATH OF SECRECY

“And they made his grace with the wicked and with a rich man in his death.”  Is.53:9

What we know about Joseph:

1)     He was (rich).  Matthew 27:57

2)     He was a prominent member of the (Sanhedrin).  Mk.15:43

3)     He did not agree with the decision to (condemn Jesus).  Lk.23:51

What do we know about Nicodemus?

1)     He was a (Pharisee).

2)     He was a ruler of the Jews, a member of the (Sanhedrin).

3)     Nic came to Jesus (at night).

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