The Holy Spirit - His Nature

Jesus: "‘You must be born again.’ 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 3:7,8)

The words R+W+uH+a and pneuma are used in different senses, both literal and figurative, in the sacred Scriptures. They properly mean wind, as when our Lord says, "The pneuma bloweth where it listeth;" then any invisible power; then immaterial, invisible agents, as the soul and angels; then God himself, who is said to be a Spirit, to express his nature as an immaterial, intelligent being; and finally, the Third Person of the Trinity is called "The Spirit" by way of eminence, probably, for two reasons. First, because He is the power or efficiency of God, i.e., the person through whom the efficiency of God is directly exercised; and secondly, to express his relation to the other persons of the Trinity. As Father and Son are terms expressive of relation, it is natural to infer that the word Spirit is to be understood in the same way. The Son is called the Word, as the revealer or image of God, and the Third Person is called Spirit as his breath or power. He is also predominantly called the Holy Spirit, to indicate both his nature and operations. He is absolutely holy in his own nature, and the cause of holiness in all creatures. For the same reason He is called the Spirit of Truth, the Spirit of Wisdom, of Peace, of Love, and of Glory. (Hodge v 1 p. 522)

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Work

1. I showed my database project to the Infrastructure Planners and that went well.
   
2. They want me to change the way they log in (from using employee id to ad-ent credentials. I said it will be in "release 2"
   
3. I brought my laptop home as I intend to work from home tomorrow and Friday.
   

Home

1. Rachel was mentioned in the Sun Sailer for being an honor student at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato. A misprint as she does not attend this school ... she is at Minnesota State Mankato.
   
2. Roger has USMC reserves tomorrow and Friday
   
3. Rachel is supposed to have her pre-employment physical and urine test at 3M on Friday.