This morning we enter our third week of looking at John 3:3-11, it is a passage we tend to rush through because we hear “you must be born again” and we assume we already have all the understanding we need. But there is beauty in the Scriptures being the active and living Word of God because that means each time we hear it, there is more to be heard. That even the lessons we have already learned have more depth to them, which is why we have to allow the Spirit to teach us more fully what is being said. We cannot learn something new by sitting in what we already know. There are things we are trying to understand based on our past, but Jesus is trying to teach us something new. When Jesus told Nicodemus “you must be born again” He was telling him that “you must be born from above.” Jesus’ desire for Nicodemus and for all of us is that we would enter the Kingdom of God and that we would known His character. We have learned over the last few weeks that God often offends our senses so that He can change our perspective. And we cannot see things differently until someone changes our view. But God knows us. And being known means we are never alone. Being known means we are truly loved. Being known means that we are fully desired. Sometimes though God has to let us face our fears so we can know and understand that He is greater. He has to allow us to feel our hunger so we can know that it is not bread that sustains us, but it is He who gives us life and provides for our needs. We have to get to the place of wanting the deep, long work of God in us instead of an instant change. God offends our senses so He can change our perspective and we need to learn to embrace discomfort, so God can take us to places we have never been before.