# “The Wind rules the soul” by John Piper

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2009/02/11/the-wind-rules-the-soul-by-john-piper/
- Published: 2009-02-11T17:27:50-06:00
- Author: tollelege

“The declaration of Jesus that we must be born again (John 3:7) is either deluded
or devastating to the one who would be captain of his soul. Not many biblical realities
are better designed by God to reveal our helplessness in sin. ‘The wind blows where
it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where
it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit’ (John 3:8). It is the
Wind, not we, who finally rules the soul.”

–John Piper, _Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again_ (Geanies House,
Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland, Great Britain: Christian Focus, 2009), 9.

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