# The New Birth - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 8 Feb 2024, 12 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 149. Jesus, upset by the marketplace in the temple, makes a whip to drive out animals and overturns money changers' tables, declaring He could rebuild the temple in three days, hinting at His resurrection. Later, Nicodemus, a Jewish leader, visits Jesus at night, leading to a profound conversation where Jesus teaches about being born again to see the Kingdom of God. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Dear God, thank you that Jesus came to save us,
[0:02] Speaker 1: not to judge us. We know our sin separates us
[0:05] Speaker 1: from you, but Jesus came to take away that separation
[0:07] Speaker 1: so we can be forgiven and have new life with you.
[0:12] Speaker 1: Please teach us more about who you are in today's story.
[0:30] Speaker 1: Thank you for loving us so much. We love you too.
[0:34] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:11] Speaker 3: The new birth. In our last story, Jesus had turned
[1:16] Speaker 3: water into wine at a wedding in Cana. In this story,
[1:21] Speaker 3: Jesus will cleanse the temple of the money changers. and
[1:24] Speaker 3: have a conversation with Nicodemus at night about being born again,
[1:28] Speaker 3: as inspired by the Gospels.
[1:35] Speaker 1: Hi again, it's Julianne Thompson, guest host team for Julia
[1:38] Speaker 1: Jeffress Sadler with the Kids Bible in a Year podcast.
[1:41] Speaker 1: I am so excited you're here today. Today, we're going
[1:45] Speaker 1: to hear a story about what happened when Jesus got
[1:48] Speaker 1: angry angry and then explained to an important Jewish leader
[1:52] Speaker 1: what following God was really like. It's such a good story.
[1:57] Speaker 1: So let's dive in.
[2:01] Speaker 3: When it was time for Passover, Jesus took his disciples
[2:04] Speaker 3: to Jerusalem. He went to the temple and was.
[2:07] Speaker 1: Disgusted by what he saw.
[2:10] Speaker 3: As he looked around, he saw tables and money changers everywhere.
[2:14] Speaker 3: At every table was a merchant selling animals for the
[2:17] Speaker 3: sacrifices of Passover. Jesus was furious that they turned God's
[2:22] Speaker 3: house into a filthy marketplace. He went aside from all
[2:27] Speaker 3: the business and prepared a whip made of leather strips,
[2:30] Speaker 3: and he cracked it, scaring the animals away. He ran
[2:34] Speaker 3: to the money-changing tables and flipped them over. When the
[2:37] Speaker 3: dust had cleared, some of the temple leaders came to
[2:40] Speaker 3: Jesus and asked, By what authority do you do this?
[2:44] Speaker 3: You have no right to trash our temple. Give us
[2:47] Speaker 3: some sign of your authority. Jesus said, I will tear
[2:51] Speaker 3: down this temple and rebuild it in three days. All
[2:56] Speaker 3: the priests were amazed by what he said. Though they
[2:59] Speaker 3: thought he meant the literal temple, they did not know
[3:03] Speaker 3: he was talking about his body. Others began to gather
[3:07] Speaker 3: round and listen to Jesus as he continued to teach.
[3:11] Speaker 3: He caught the attention of Nicodemus. a Jewish ruler and Pharisee.
[3:16] Speaker 3: Nicodemus approached Jesus at night and talked to him. Teacher,
[3:20] Speaker 3: we know who you are. You are sent by God,
[3:23] Speaker 3: and we see that in your miracles. Jesus responded, knowing
[3:28] Speaker 3: exactly what Nicodemus was trying to get at. Listen to me.
[3:32] Speaker 3: No one can see the kingdom of God unless they
[3:35] Speaker 3: are born again. Nicodemus was shocked. How can a man
[3:40] Speaker 3: be born again?
[3:40] Speaker 1: That is impossible.
[3:42] Speaker 3: Is he to return to his mother's womb? Jesus explained
[3:45] Speaker 3: to him, There are two births, physical, which you have experienced.
[3:51] Speaker 3: Spiritual birth is what you have yet to experience. In
[3:56] Speaker 3: your first birth, you will concern yourself with the things
[3:59] Speaker 3: of earth. When you experience the second birth, you will
[4:02] Speaker 3: focus on things of the spirit. You must be born
[4:06] Speaker 3: a second time. Don't be surprised. There are many things
[4:11] Speaker 3: you can't see with your eyes. You hear and feel
[4:15] Speaker 3: the wind, but you don't see it. It is the
[4:18] Speaker 3: same with the Spirit of God. Nicodemus shook his head
[4:23] Speaker 3: in disbelief. I do not get what you are teaching, Jesus.
[4:28] Speaker 3: Jesus continued to speak. You are a teacher of Israel,
[4:33] Speaker 3: and yet you don't get it. This is one of
[4:36] Speaker 3: the problems. Think back to Moses. The people complained against God,
[4:42] Speaker 3: and God sent snakes against the people. Moses then, by
[4:46] Speaker 3: the instruction of God, made a brass snake and put
[4:49] Speaker 3: it on a pole. Those that looked up to the
[4:52] Speaker 3: snake were healed. People that refused to look up were
[4:55] Speaker 3: not saved. Similarly, the people that look to the Son
[4:59] Speaker 3: of God, which is.
[5:00] Speaker 1: Me, will be saved.
[5:03] Speaker 3: God loved the world so much that he sent me
[5:06] Speaker 3: to save the world Oh my. Today's story was a little.
[5:09] Speaker 1: Confusing, wasn't it?
[5:11] Speaker 3: But Jesus said some very important things. So we want
[5:14] Speaker 3: to make sure we understand what he meant.
[5:16] Speaker 1: Let's take another look. In the first part of the story,
[5:40] Speaker 1: Jesus and his followers went to Jerusalem for the Passover.
[5:44] Speaker 1: Do you remember another time Jesus went to Jerusalem for
[5:47] Speaker 1: the Passover? Yes, when he was almost a teenager and
[5:52] Speaker 1: his parents couldn't find him on the way home. During
[5:55] Speaker 1: that visit, Jesus stayed behind at the temple, talking to
[5:59] Speaker 1: the teachers there because that felt like home too. The
[6:04] Speaker 1: temple had been built to help people worship God. So
[6:07] Speaker 1: it was an extraordinary place for Jesus. But during this visit,
[6:13] Speaker 1: lots of people at the temple weren't worshiping God, at
[6:16] Speaker 1: least not with their hearts. They had turned their faith
[6:20] Speaker 1: into a to-do list. They were just ticking off the boxes.
[6:25] Speaker 1: You see, way, way back at Mount Sinai, God had
[6:29] Speaker 1: given Moses instructions on how the people were to worship him.
[6:34] Speaker 1: They were supposed to think about the sin involved and
[6:37] Speaker 1: realized that it was bad, so bad that it separated
[6:41] Speaker 1: them from God. And since God is life, being separated
[6:46] Speaker 1: from him is death. So ever since the time of Moses,
[6:51] Speaker 1: worship involved the death of animals. One reason was to
[6:55] Speaker 1: help God's people realize how grave their sin was so
[6:59] Speaker 1: they would stop sinning. God didn't like death. He just
[7:04] Speaker 1: wanted the people's hearts to be close to his. so
[7:07] Speaker 1: they could truly live. But when Jesus got back to
[7:11] Speaker 1: the temple for Passover with his followers, people there weren't
[7:15] Speaker 1: bringing their hearts closer to God's. In fact, they weren't
[7:19] Speaker 1: thinking about their sin at all. They were just ticking
[7:22] Speaker 1: off their Moses to-do list. Go to Jerusalem?
[7:26] Speaker 3: Check.
[7:27] Speaker 1: Pick a lamb when we get there?
[7:29] Speaker 3: Check.
[7:30] Speaker 1: Drop it off at the altar? Check. Stop at the
[7:33] Speaker 1: market for bread, herbs, apples on the way back? Check
[7:37] Speaker 1: and check. This made Jesus angry. Why didn't anyone care
[7:42] Speaker 1: about worshiping God? Didn't they know their sin caused death?
[7:47] Speaker 1: Didn't anyone want to get close to God and truly live?
[7:51] Speaker 1: He was so angry. He kicked everybody out so no
[7:55] Speaker 1: one could tick anything off their to-do list at all.
[7:59] Speaker 1: He wanted them to start thinking about why God gave
[8:02] Speaker 1: Moses instructions for worship in the first place. And that's
[8:07] Speaker 1: why Jesus tried to explain to Nicodemus in the second
[8:10] Speaker 1: part of our story. You see, Nicodemus was a Pharisee.
[8:14] Speaker 1: And if anyone loved ticking boxes off their Moses to-do list,
[8:18] Speaker 1: it was Pharisees. They could turn one law into a
[8:22] Speaker 1: whole bunch of laws. And they made everybody keep every
[8:26] Speaker 1: single one. It had become like a competition. The Pharisees
[8:31] Speaker 1: wanted the whole world to know they could tick off
[8:34] Speaker 1: their boxes better than anyone else. But Jesus told Nicodemus
[8:38] Speaker 1: they'd gotten it all wrong. He said, look, worshiping God
[8:43] Speaker 1: is not about what everybody sees on the outside. It's
[8:46] Speaker 1: about what God sees on the inside. Sin brings death.
[8:52] Speaker 1: But God's kingdom is all about life. So to get there,
[8:57] Speaker 1: you've got to trade sin and death for life. And
[9:00] Speaker 1: when you do, all the new life is so powerful.
[9:04] Speaker 1: It's like getting born all over again. Nicodemus was confused.
[9:09] Speaker 1: He was still trying to figure out how Jesus' words
[9:12] Speaker 1: fit into the to-do list in his head. But there
[9:16] Speaker 1: was no way he could say, So Jesus helped Nicodemus
[9:19] Speaker 1: throw out his to-do list altogether. He said, That whoever
[9:23] Speaker 1: believes in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.
[9:40] Speaker 1: You see, following God isn't about ticking off boxes. Go
[9:44] Speaker 1: to church?
[9:45] Speaker 3: Check.
[9:46] Speaker 1: Be nice to your sister?
[9:48] Speaker 3: Check.
[9:49] Speaker 1: Don't kick the dog?
[9:51] Speaker 3: Check.
[9:51] Speaker 1: Those are good things, but knowing Jesus is about so
[9:55] Speaker 1: much more. It's about putting your heart close to his
[9:59] Speaker 1: so you can truly live. I am so happy you
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