Bible Text: John 3:14-17 | Preacher: Pastor Peter Gregory | How one begins is critically important. That’s why Jesus starts at the very beginning with Nicodemus, with the new birth of water and the Spirit. Where Nicodemus is only thinking about what man does, Jesus teaches about what God does. It’s all by grace as God comes and calls and promises! Of ourselves we have no strength, so we look to the Son of Man lifted up on the cross and to the means by which God pours out the gifts of Christ on us from above.