his.
The Greek and Hebrew words so translated mean literally, "Breath" or
"Wind." Both thoughts are in the name as applied to the Holy Spirit.

1. The thought of breath is brought out in John xx. 22 where we read, "And
when He had said this, _He breathed on them_, and saith unto them, Receive
ye the Holy Ghost." It is also suggested in Gen. ii. 7, "And the LORD God
formed man of the dust of the ground, and _breathed_ into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living soul." This becomes more evident
when we compare with this Ps. civ. 30, "Thou sendest forth _Thy Spirit_,
they are created: and Thou renewest the face of the earth." And Job
xxxiii. 4, "_The Spirit of God hath made me_, and _the breath_ of the
Almighty hath given me life." What is the significance of this name from
the standpoint of these passages? It is that the Spirit is the
outbreathing of God, His inmost life going forth in a personal form to
quicken. When we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive the inmost life of
God Himself to dwell in a personal way in us. When we really grasp this
thought, it is overwhelming in its solemnity. Just stop and think what it
means to have the inmost life of that infinite and eternal Being whom we
call God, dwelling in a personal way in you. How solemn and how awful and
yet unspeakably glorious life becomes when we realize this.

2. The thought of the Holy Spirit as "the Wind" is brought out in John
iii. 6-8, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is
born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be
born again. 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." In the Greek, it is the same word
that is translated in one part of this passage "Spirit" and the other part
of the passage "wind." And it would seem as if the word ought to be
translated the same way in both parts of the passage. It would then read,
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the
'Wind' is wind. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
The wind bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth: so is every one that
is born of the 'Wind.' " The full significance of this name as applied to
the Holy Spirit (or Holy Wind) it may be beyond us to fathom, but we can
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