rn of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God," would disappear if we
would only bear in mind that "Spirit" means "Wind" and translate the verse
literally all through, "Except a man be born of water and Wind (there is
no 'the' in the original), he cannot enter the kingdom of God." The
thought would then seem to be, "Except a man be born of the cleansing and
quickening power of the Spirit (or else of the cleansing Word--cf. John xv.
3; Eph. v. 26; Jas. i. 18; 1 Pet. i. 23--and the quickening power of the
Holy Spirit)."

II. _The Spirit of God._

The Holy Spirit is frequently spoken of in the Bible as the Spirit of God.
For example we read in 1 Cor. iii. 16, "Know ye not that ye are the temple
of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you." In this name we have
the same essential thought as in the former name, but with this addition,
that His Divine origin, nature and power are emphasized. He is not merely
"The Wind" as seen above, but "The Wind _of God_."

III. _The Spirit of Jehovah._

This name is used of the Holy Spirit in Isa. xi. 2, A. R. V., "And the
Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him." The thought of the name is, of
course, essentially the same as the preceding with the exception that God
is here thought of as the Covenant God of Israel. He is thus spoken of in
the connection in which the name is found; and, of course, the Bible,
following that unerring accuracy that it always exhibits in its use of the
different names for God, in this connection speaks of the Spirit as the
Spirit of Jehovah and not merely as the Spirit of God.

IV. _The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah._

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of the Lord Jehovah in Isa. lxi. 1-3,
A. R. V., "The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me; because Jehovah hath
anointed Me to preach good tidings to the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up
the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, etc." The Holy
Spirit is here spoken of, not merely as the Spirit of Jehovah, but the
Spirit of the Lord Jehovah because of the relation in which God Himself is
spoken of in this connection, as not merely Jehovah, the covenant God of
Israel, but as Jehovah Israel's Lord as well as their covenant-keeping
God. This name of the Spirit is even more expressive than the name "The
Spirit of God."

V. _The Spirit of the Living God._

The Holy Spirit is called "_The Spirit of the living God_" in 2 Cor. iii.
3, "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly