The Mystery of the Spirit
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.
John 3:8
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1 Corinthians 12:4-6
In a Sunday school class, a pastor asked a young boy, "What is the Trinity?" The boy had a soft voice and answered quietly, "The Trinity is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." The pastor leaned forward and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't understand what you said." To which the bright young man replied, "You're not supposed to—it's a mystery!"
Perhaps no member of the Trinity is less understood than the Holy Spirit. But He shouldn't be—with the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit is equally God. Jesus Christ said the Spirit is like the wind that goes where it will, but which cannot be predicted or contained. We look around and see evidence of the wind—trees swaying, flags fluttering, leaves tumbling. Yet we cannot see the force that moves them—the wind itself. Like the wind, the Spirit is a mystery. We know of, and often experience, His presence. Yet He "blows" where and when He will, by the will of God.
Life with the Spirit is a life of faith, not sight. He lives in those who belong to Jesus. If that is you, train your spiritual senses to discern His presence.
The Trinity is (not are) God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
Donald G. Barnhouse
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