John 3:5-8 5Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
He's speaking to Nicodemus here, a man of the Pharisees, of the new thing that God is about to do. I remember somewhere it says that God will have mercy on whom He will have mercy.
Israel has been the "the son of God", but now the Son of Man is about to redefine what it means to be sons and daughters of the living God. His Spirit is given to all and goes forth outside the boundaries of Jewish nation. As Isaiah said, they would be ever seeing and ever hearing, but would not know. They didn't see that coming, in fact missed the whole thing, even with all the clues given in their law.
Israel has been the "the son of God", but now the Son of Man is about to redefine what it means to be sons and daughters of the living God. His Spirit is given to all and goes forth outside the boundaries of Jewish nation. As Isaiah said, they would be ever seeing and ever hearing, but would not know. They didn't see that coming, in fact missed the whole thing, even with all the clues given in their law.
Those reborn have that Spirit and are of the Spirit. They know from where it comes and where it goes. He is the Alpha and Omega.
The world is unable to perceive that same Spirit today. They may be able to "hear its sound", that is see evidence of its passing, but attribute it to anything but God. Those with the Spirit give witness to and move with its power.
Jesus spoke Spirit words for He is the Word. Without the Spirit, His words are undecipherable. There is just a sound.
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