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

General references

Matthew 7:8

Romans 9:16

Bible References

So

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

Jesus also said: "This is what the Kingdom of God is like-- like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,

There is no such thing as a good tree bearing worthless fruit, or, on the other hand, a worthless tree bearing good fruit.

For what man is there who knows what a man is, except the man's own spirit within him? So, also, no one comprehends what God is, except the Spirit of God.

Knowing him to be righteous, you realize that every one who lives righteously has received the new Life from him.

He who lives sinfully belongs to the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the first. It was for this that the Son of God appeared, that he might undo the Devil's work.

General references

For he that asks receives, he that searches finds, and to him that knocks the door shall be opened.

So, then, all depends, not on human wishes or human efforts, but on God's mercy.