Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—John 3:6-10
by: Irene B. Saunders.
Wind and fire are two of the earth's greatest forces. We can see what the wind does, but we cannot see the wind. On the day of Pentecost, "the believers were gathered together, when suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven" (Acts 2:2). After the wind, tongues of fire lighted on each person. Jesus described the coming of the Holy Spirit like a wind that blows wherever it pleases (v. 8). John the Baptist prophesied that Jesus would baptize his own with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Matthew 3:11).