Air Date: 07 12 21

The Greek the word for wind and the word for Spirit are the same. So the wind is being treated as a picture of the Spirit. “The wind blows where it wishes” —where it wills. So the wind —the Spirit—is free.  Then Jesus says, “and you hear its sound. . . .” This means that there are perceptible effects of the invisible wind, such as sound, you can also see the effects.

Jesus explained that this new birth is not physical, but spiritual. The new birth that we must experience in order to “see the kingdom of God” is a work of the Holy Spirit. Just as a mother does all the work in physical birth, so the Holy Spirit does all the work in the new birth. Upon our faith in the saving power of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit enters our spirits, regenerates us, and begins His work of transforming us into the image of Christ —2 Corinthians 5:17. We are born again.