The Spirit does what the Spirit wants
“We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life”
5 min readJan 6, 2022
“The wind bloweth where it listeth…” thus King James’ men famously rendered John 3: 8: τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλειπνεῖ. “Wind”, “spirit”, “breath”, are words variously used to translate πνεῦμα, or in Hebrew, רֽוּחַ, ruah. Throughout the Scriptures, the Spirit acts as it “listeth” or wills. In the Hebrew…
