1 Corinthians 1:18-21 (NLT): The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.  19  As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.” 20  So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.  21  Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe.

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In his gospel, John reveals Three Unique Moments that changed Nicodemus heart:

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‍1. THE LOOK UP

‍John 3:14 (NIV): Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,…

Numbers 21:6-9 (NIV): Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.  7  The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8  The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.”  9  So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

John 12:32 (NIV): And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

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‍2. THE STEP UP

‍John 7:45-52 (NIV): 45  Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” 46  “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied. 47  “You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted.  48  “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?  49  No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” 50  Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,  51  “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” 52  They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”

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‍3. THE SHAKE UP

‍John 19:38-42 (NIV): 38  Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away.  39  He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.  40  Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in stripsof linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.  41  At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.  42  Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.