John 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

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General references

Matthew 7:8

Romans 9:16

Bible References

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who were born of God and not of natural blood nor of physical or human impulse.

He also was saying: "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground,

"For there never is a healthy tree that bears poor fruit, nor a sickly tree that bears good fruit.

For what man can understand his own inner thoughts except by his own spirit within him? Just so no one but the Spirit of God can understand the thoughts of God.

If you know that He is upright, you must know that everyone who practices uprightness is born of Him.

Whoever practices sin belongs to the devil, because the devil has practiced sin from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared, to undo the devil's works.

General references

For everyone who keeps on asking, receives, and everyone who keeps on seeking, finds, and to the one who keeps on knocking, the door will open.

So one's destiny does not depend on his own willing or strenuous actions but on God's having mercy on him.