Posts

Showing posts from August 15, 2008

BLOWN AWAY

"The wind blows where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. SO IT IS WITH EVERYONE BORN OF THE SPIRIT." John 3:8 Unpredictable to say the least. I was in a sandstorm last month and the wind was coming from one direction one minute, and then just when you thought you figured it out...it would change directions. I am not sure what idea people have when they think of what it means to be born of the Spirit. According to God's word it is abundant life, it is repenting and being baptized, it is putting off the works of the flesh (your old sinful nature) and abiding in the newness of life which is Jesus Christ. Being born of the Spirit is not to paint peace symbols on everything you own, decide that haircuts are not for you, or make rainbows the topic of your conversations. It has nothing to do with wearing ti-dyed tshirts and rose colored glasses. It is to be grounded in reality, standing on the solid rock whi