JESUS CHRIST IS THE REVEALER OF REGENERATION-Part 3

John 3;1-13

Since Nicodemus had acknowledged Christ to be ''a teacher sent from God,'' Our Lord would have Nicodemus, A Teacher of Israel, to know that Christ was the only Perfect Teacher of Heavenly Things.
Only The Lord of Heaven, could teach such Heavenly Things-

Deuteronomy 30;12-''It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it/''
Romans 10;6-7-''But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven/ [that is, to bring Christ down from above;] or, Who shall descend into the deep/[ that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.]''

Agur gives us a wonderful picture--
Proverbs 30;4--''Whom hath ascended up into heaven, or descended/ who hath gathered the wind in his fists/ who hath bound the waters in a garment/ who hath established all the ends of the earth/ what is his name and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell/''

''What is his name/'' God is above all names, because He is Infinite.
Infinity can't be measured by names.

''What is his son's name.'' Christ has many names in The Scriptures.
The names given to Him, reveal a clear distinction of the Persons of The Godhead.

Bot, the Son is co-equal, and co-eternal with the Father-
Matthew 11;27-[Turn].
John 14;7-9-''If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and hath seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip/ he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father/''
Hebrews 1;3-''Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;''
Who is able to tell/ Matthew 11;27.
The Mirror, in which, we behold the Father and The Son, is found in Psalm 30;4-''Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.''

Now, Get this truth; IT IS AS IMPOSSIBLE, FOR MEN, IN THEIR NATURAL CONDITION,
TO COMPREHEND SPIRITUAL MYSTERIES, AS FOR ONE TO CLIMB UP TO HEAVEN, AND
ENTER INTO GOD'S SECRET COUNSEL.
But, there's a sense, in which, a man, born of the Spirit, ascends to understand spiritual things.

But only, The Mediator between God and man, has direct access into Heaven.
Thus, by His Incarnation, The Lord Jesus Christ did not cease to be God;
but continues to fill Heaven and Earth, for the purpose of infallibly teaching man.

The Son of God, in the bosom of the Father, was pleased to condescend, to manifest Himself unto
The World, in human nature.
Scripture makes it clear, that Jesus Christ is a Divine Person, Eternal and Changeless--
Now, this is true, whether He subsists, in the form of God [Phil. 2;6], or, is ''Come in the flesh''.

I John 4;2--[Turn].

He's the same forever, and has a Divine title conveying the thought of Eternal Immutability--
Hebrews 13;8-[Turn].
Micah 5;2--''But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.''

The Glory of Christ's Eternal Person is vividly portrayed in our Gospel text--
John 3;31-''He that cometh from above is above all; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth; he that cometh from heaven is above all.''

The Person of Jesus Christ is unchanged in The Incarnation.
Whatever place, service, or relationship, Christ assumed to accomplish, GOD'S ETERNAL
PURPOSE MADE NO CHANGE IN HIS PERSON.

John has many references to Jesus as ''The Sent One''.
The word ''sent'' implies a relative position, which is not one, of absolute equality.
It implies authority on the Sender's part, and subjection in the part of The One sent.

Now, we can't think of Jesus Christ, as God, assuming a place of utter subjection.
God, absolutely considered, can't be in subjection to anyone, but Jesus Christ, as The Sent One, from The Father, is under authority.
He was in a subordinate relation, to The One, Who sent Him.

If we don't distinguish between The Mediatorical Glory of Christ as The Sent One, and the proper Glory of His Person as God, absolutely considered, we shall lose something of the true character of both.
The Mediatorial Glory of Christ, derives its luster from His Personal Glory, but to make His
Mediatorial Glory, the full measure of His Personal Glory, is derogatory to Deity.

Thus, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the ''Son of Man'' was sent by the Father, for the purpose of declaring The Father.
The word ''sent'' indicates His place as Mediator, as the Son of Man--Hebrews 10;5-7-[Turn].

Jesus Christ was essentially God, but, as the Son of God, in Manhood, He is said to be ''sent'' and
''given.''
No One called Him, ''The Son of Man'' while He was on The Earth, in the Flesh.
The title is applied to Jesus Christ only 3 times, by others, in the Bible;
Acts 7;56-''And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.''
Revelation 1;13-[Turn].
Revelation 14;14-''And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.''

The Title, ''The Son of Man'' is used many times in the New Testament, this is what Christ called
Himself.
Several times, ''The Son of Man,'' is used in connection, with Divine Undertakings.
In like manner, the title, ''The Son of God''is used a few times, in association with human features.

Thus, The Son of God assumed human nature, into such union, that what is proper to either nature, is ascribed to The Person, under whatever name, He chose to call Himself-John 3;13-
Luke 1;35-[Turn].