Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter verse by-verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message, Nicodemus, the Pharisee,

as we pick up in John chapter 3, verse 1.

And now with today's study, here's chuck john chapters 3 and 4 oh my how rich how blessed

there was a man of the pharisees named nicademus a ruler of the jew. We know a few things about him. We know that he must have been very

wealthy. For he came with Joseph of Armathia to embalm the body of Jesus after the crucifixion,

and he brought these costly spices,

about a hundred pounds that only a very wealthy person could afford.

A ruler of the Jews means that he was one of the 70 Sanhedron.

And, according to Jesus, he was a teacher of the Jews.

He said, art thou a teacher of the Jews?

And no, it's not these things.

Finally, he was a Pharisee. The Pharisees numbered about 6,000 men, who had dedicated their

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