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.

So

1 John 3:8

General references

Matthew 7:8

Romans 9:16

Bible References

So

They were born from God. It was not from blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man.

As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

He added: The kingdom of God is like this. A man plants seed in the earth.

A good tree does not produce corrupt fruit and a corrupt tree does not produce good fruit.

For what man knows the things of a man, except the mental disposition that is in man? Even so no one knows the things of God, but the Spirit of God.

If you know that he is righteous you know that every one who practices righteousness is born of him.

He who sins is of the devil. For the devil sinned from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was made known (manifested), that he might destroy the works of the devil.

General references

Everyone who asks receives. Everyone who seeks finds, and everyone who knocks will have it opened.

So then it does not depend on mans will or effort, but on God who shows mercy.