Joel McCarty • Nicodemus came to Jesus wanting to know how his status in the Kingdom of God could be enhanced. But Jesus sees into the heart of man, and he challenges Nicodemus that entrance into the Kingdom is based not on ethnicity, pedigree, or theological prowess. Entrance into God's Kingdom must be predicated by new birth, which is wrought only through the work of Jesus by the Spirit in our lives. This is why God sent Jesus into the world - to save sinners. The gospel is not a formula to be followed, but a truth to be proclaimed and believed.