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Messages by Desiring God

The Free Will of the Wind

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

Christianity, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality, Preaching, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, 163859, Sermons, Messages, John Piper

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2009

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The wind of God’s Spirit gives new birth to whomever he pleases.

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The text for today's sermon can be found in the Gospel of John chapter 3

0:08.7

verses 1 through 10.

0:13.0

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

0:17.9

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher

0:22.2

come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do,

0:26.0

unless God is with Him.

0:28.0

Jesus answered Him,

0:29.0

Truly, truly I say to you,

0:31.0

unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

0:35.4

Nicodemus said to him, how can a man be born when he is old?

0:38.8

Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?

0:42.4

Jesus answered, truly, truly I say to you,

0:45.7

unless one is born of water and the spirit,

0:48.5

he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

0:50.8

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit.

0:56.0

Do not marvel that I said to you, you must be born again.

0:59.0

The wind blows where it wishes and you hear it sound, but you do not know where it comes from or

1:04.9

where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the spirit.

1:09.8

Nicodemus said to him, how can these things be? And Jesus answered him, are you the teacher of Israel,

1:16.4

and yet you do not understand these things? Let's pray together.

1:25.0

Father our hearts desire is that those who are not born of God, not regenerated would be born again through the living and abiding word which is the gospel which we preach. So come and cause new birth and would you grant that those

1:59.7

who are born again would understand more biblically, more fully, more deeply, how it happened so that

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