Deuteronomy 30:19
Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!

Old Testament – Hebrew
ruach – wind; breath; a violent exhalation; a blast of breath

Genesis 1:2
The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

New Testament – Greek
pneuma – a current of air; a blast of breath; a strong breeze

John 6:63
The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LIKE WIND:

1. The Holy Spirit is unseen.

2. The Holy Spirit is unpredictable.

John 3:8
“The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

3. The Holy Spirit is powerful.

An intellectual Gospel is always in danger of creating a God that is just like you.

“As I turned and I was about to take a seat by the fire, I received a mighty baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit descended on me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. I could feel the impression like a wave of electricity going through and through me. Indeed it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love. For I could not express it in any other way. It seemed like the very breath of God.” – Charles Finney

Romans 8:11
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

Fresh Air Principle: Get to know the person of the Holy Spirit.