John 3:8

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John 3:8

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Ezekiel 37:9

He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the Lord God says: Breath, come from the four winds and breathe into these slain so that they may live!”

1 Corinthians 2:11

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 12:11

But one and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as He wills.

Job 37:10-13

Ice is formed by the breath of God,
and watery expanses are frozen.

Job 37:16-17

Do you understand how the clouds float,
those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

Job 37:21-23

Now men cannot even look at the sun
when it is in the skies,
after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

Psalm 107:25

He spoke and raised a tempest
that stirred up the waves of the sea.

Psalm 107:29

He stilled the storm to a murmur,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Ecclesiastes 11:4-5

One who watches the wind will not sow,
and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.

Isaiah 55:9-13

“For as heaven is higher than earth,
so My ways are higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Mark 4:26-29

“The kingdom of God is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground;

Luke 6:43-44

“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.

John 1:13

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

Acts 2:2

Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.

Acts 4:31

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak God’s message with boldness.

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

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1 John 3:8-9

The one who commits sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.

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Summary

John 3:8

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

So

1 John 3:8

General references

Matthew 7:8

Romans 9:16

Bible References

So

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

“For as heaven is higher than earth,
so My ways are higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.

“The kingdom of God is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground;

“A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

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The one who commits sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.

General references

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

So then it does not depend on human will or effort

but on God who shows mercy.