The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it. It is the same with every person who is born from the spirit. This double signification of the word gives rise to the analogies in our text, and it also raises the question as to the precise meaning of the text. The spirit breathes where it wills and you recognize its. So is every one that hath been born of the spirit meaning, so doth it happen to. The spirit sends his influences where, and when, on whom, and in what measure and degree, he pleases. So is it with every one who has been born of the spirit. The wind blows where it wishes speaking the truth in love. Provided to youtube by cdbaby the wind blows where it wishes david nevue in the soft light of grace. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know. The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not. All of these have a religious meaning which nicodemus would have recognized.
King james 2000 bible the wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it came, and where it goes. The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. There is a play on words here because in greek the word for wind and the word for spirit are the same. In the early verses of john chapter 3, jesus tells nicodemus in no uncertain terms, the. The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not. What the bible says about wind blows where it wishes bible tools. Though the causes are hidden, the effects are plain, when the soul is brought to mourn for sin, and to breathe after christ. I take the passage to mean that the process by which a man is regenerated born again by the spirit of god is no more mysterious than other operations in the natural world, of which operations the blowing of the wind is taken as example. Now when he was in jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did. Just as you can hear the wind but cant tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you cant explain how people are born of the spirit. So the wind is being treated as a picture of the spirit. The wind blows where it wishes by pastor john samson.
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