Jesus Cuts to the Heart with Nicodemus (TMF:3002)
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
The question presented by Nicodemus doesn’t ask about how he can personally be saved from his sins, and yet, surprisingly the whole notion is implied. After all, it is Nicodemus who is coming to Jesus seeking answers. There isn’t any other reason he would be coming to him, to seek him out. The assumption on the part of Jesus is that it must be. Nicodemus is wondering what this whole thing is about, what Jesus being here, what his earthly ministry, is all about. And the answer is presented to him. Jesus cuts straight to the heart. He jumps straight to the point. He tells Nicodemus, and indeed all of us who are listening, how a new life is possible. The desire of the heart of God for each and every individual, for “the Jew first and also the Greek” as the Apostle Paul will tell the Romans (Romans 2:10, ESV). Up and to this point, steps have been made by Nicodemus down his own path, the current path of all Jews at the time. But Jesus is telling him now that circumstances are different. The rules are changing.