Teaching Notes
Jesus Talks with Nicodemus
Season 1 · Episode 7 - 9:34
How to use this clip
For purposes of a sermon or group study on John 3:1–21, this clip from The Chosen helps preachers and group leaders show the moment Nicodemus, a pharisee, visited Jesus ~OR~ it can be used to illustrate a sermon or inspire a group discussion on topics like:
Doubt
Holy Spirit
Love
Messiah
Mystery
Nicodemus
Salvation
Skeptic
We have included a short script to help you introduce the clip before you show it to your church or small group.
How to introduce this clip
“If you’ve read the accounts of Jesus’s life, you know that the religious leaders did not know what to make of him or his teachings, stirring suspicion and contempt. But we know of at least one religious leader who had genuine questions for Jesus, because the Gospel of John tells us about him: a pharisee named Nicodemus. An episode from The Chosen gives us a front-row seat to a late-night, secretive conversation Nicodemus was able to have with Jesus, as recorded in John 3. Let’s watch the conversation play out…”
*If your church does not know about The Chosen, before you show the clip, you might also want to tell them the following: “The Chosen is a television show that tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of the people who knew him.”