John 3:8 - The 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."
I've known about this analogy of the wind in relationship to the Holy Spirit. What caught my attention is that Jesus was saying that this is how everyone born of the Spirit should be as well. This makes me think of two areas 1) when we are born of the Spirit we should behave like the Spirit, having the same characteristics and effects and 2) because of the Spirit in us, we should be having a noticeable effect on things around us.
I certainly want to be led more by the Holy Spirit and have his effect on people and situations around me be more noticeable and impactful! Holy Spirit, work in me and lead me!
John 3:19 - This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
This verse always stands out as a basic reason why many do not follow Jesus - they do not want their evil deeds exposed (love darkness, hiddenness) and they don't want to change.
John 3:36 - Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them.
The last part of this verse really stood out to me - "God's wrath remains on them." At the end of the day, all us start out with God's wrath on us because of our sin. That is a scary and sobering thought! It is only by the mercy of God through the work of Jesus that we can be forgiven and have God's wrath removed. God is a god of wrath, but he has been working overtime to try to remove us from that wrath! His wrath is demanded by justice against evil.
Praise be to God for his indescribable gift of forgiveness!
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