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and shifts. So it is with the Spirit” (Yarbrough, John , p. 41).

e. Rom. 8.9 – You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

E. The faithful witness who reveals from above, 3.9-21

1. Nicodemus rebuked for not understanding these things as a teacher in Israel , 3.10

2. Jesus’ testimony rooted in firsthand experience of the Father , John 3.11-13 – Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. [12] If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? [13] No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

3. Moses and the serpent as type of Jesus Christ, 3.14-15

a. The argument from association and analogy : As the serpent which Moses lifted up on the pole brought healing to the people, so Jesus must be lifted up to heal the world (cf. Num. 21.4-9).

b. In the lifting up of Jesus (i.e., his death upon the Cross), he will draw humankind to himself, John 12.32-33.