tHE WIND OF THE SPIRIT
"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." The great work of the kingdom of God is not with denominations, or religion, nor is it found in men and their means. But it is in the Spirit of God, that the work of God's kingdom is done. And without the Spirit moving, working and being for God's glory, whatever men may do or try is nothing, but vanity. There is an absolute necessity for the Spirit to do the work. In this verse above, the Spirit of God working and moving, is compared to the wind that we know of in our atmosphere. It was a few weeks ago, that the SBC was celebrating the news that baptisms had increased the previous year, 26%. Some state conventions seeing double digit increases. All of this after years and decades of decreases and troubling signs of the time for baptism numbers. But at the same, the contrast of one denomina