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NASB | John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." |
Bible Question: I can understand everything Jesus is talking about in John 3 except when it gets to verse 8. What does verse 8 mean about the wind? |
Bible Answer: Hi Kings child, John 3:8, is speaking concerning the Spirit of God, that God would send "after" Jesus was raised from the dead. The Holy Spirit can't be seen, only his effects can be seen, such as the wind blowing the branches of a tree. We can feel the wind, we can see it's effects, but we cannot physically "see" the wind. John 1:25-36 gives the order in which God would send the Holy Spirit, by whom he would send him, and who would baptize with the HOly Spirit. John said,"God told him Jesus would be manifest to Israel" John 1:31..It was God the Father that sent John and had given him the instructions he related in this scripture. John 1:29 tells us that John said, "Behold the lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world." How did he know that? God had to have told him how to identify Jesus. How do we know? God must have told John how to identify the true Son of God, because John saw something, that God must have told him! John 1:32-33 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descend from LIKE a dove, and it stayed on him. And I knew him not (as the son of God); but he (God the Father) that sent me to baptize with water, the same (God the Father) said unto me, upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which "baptizes (not with water but)with the Holy Ghost." Who was this that John saw the Holy Spirit descend upon? John 1:34, 36, I saw and bear record (testify) that this is the Son of God. looking upon Jesus as he walked , he said, Behold the Lamb of God. So Jesus was speaking of the Spirit of God in John 3:8 and continued to speak of him througout his teachings in the four gospels and demonstrate the gifts of the Spirit in his ministry through him..You may be surprised to know that Jesus said, John 4:34 "I came to do the will of him that sent me.." John 5:19 "the Son can do nothing of himself.." John 5:30 "I can of my own seld do nothing", John 6:63 "It is the spirit that quickens (makes alive); the flesh profits nothing; the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life"..John 7:16 "My doctrine is not mine, but his (God the Father) that sent me.".. John 12:50 "And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me so I speak." Jesus didn't do his own will or speak his own words, he spoke what God through the Holy Spirit told him to say and do. Why? John 13:15 "I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you." Of course this is in the context of the washing of feet of the disciples, but it would also be true of everything Jesus said and did while he was with his students or disciples..How do we know? John 14:12 "I say unto you, he that BELIEVES on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do: because I go unto my Father." He didn't demonstrate these things for his benefit, but for the benefit of all believers for all time and throughout all eternity. Jesus didn't need to learn any of these things, mankind did need to learn, so he demonstrated them through his life and lifestyle, in his obedience to God and his walking in The directions of the Holy Spirit that indwelt him, just like every believer today and forever will have to walk. John 14:16 Jesus tells all believers, and those standing there with him, "I will pray (ask) the Father; and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you FOREVER." Even the Spirit of truth..(the Holy Spirit)..." The Holy Spirit is our guide into all the truth as you finish reading John chapters 13: 14: 15: 16: 17:... Jesus was giving them the instructions so when he by God the Father sent the Holy Spirit, they would not be surprised, and they would accept his ministry to them as John 1:33-36 tell us. What did it say? God would send the Holy Spirit on Jesus and Jesus would (after his resurrection) baptize with the Holy Ghost, not with water as John was doing. Always in Christ, C.S.M. |