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Wind chill index Windmills Jet stream Get wind of something Politicians: how the wind blows

Wind chill index Windmills Jet stream Get wind of something Politicians: how the wind blows Take the wind out of one’s sails Blowing in the wind Jer.18:17. I. Biblical Winds. Gn.8:1, dried water after the Flood Ex.15:10, served God in Egypt Ec.1:6, circulation of wind.

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Wind chill index Windmills Jet stream Get wind of something Politicians: how the wind blows

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  1. Wind chill index • Windmills • Jet stream • Get wind of something • Politicians: how the wind blows • Take the wind out of one’s sails • Blowing in the wind • Jer.18:17

  2. I. Biblical Winds • Gn.8:1, dried water after the Flood • Ex.15:10, served God in Egypt • Ec.1:6, circulation of wind

  3. Pro.25:23, N wind is the coldest in Palestine; blows from June to Sept. Arabs: Simoon (poison) Brings rain (Pro.25:23) Refreshes (S.Sol.4:16) 1 K.18:43-44, W wind carries moisture from Mediterranean, ends droughts Lk.12:55, S wind brings hot weather

  4. II. The East Wind(most mentioned in Bible) • Brought locusts, Ex.10:13 (west wind blew them away, v.19) • Scorched grain, Gn.41:6, 23, 27 (blew from desert) • Withered the vine, Ezk.17:9-10 • Dried up springs of water, Ho.13:15

  5. Got attention of a disobedient prophet, Jon.1:4 Parched fruit of same prophet, Jon.4:8 Jer.18:17, east wind is violent (22:22) Job 27:21, carries away… Ps.48:7, shatters ships In Jeremiah, the winds of war

  6. I. Biblical Winds II. The East Wind III. Lessons From The Wind

  7. 1. Pro.30:1-4, puts us in our place • Wisdom literature often begins w. an advertisement • Agur does the opposite • Questions emphasize man’s limita-tions (= Job 38-39) • 1 Co.8:2 • Ps.135:7; Mk.4:39

  8. 2. Mt.11:7, can cause compromise • John would not let winds of opposition silence his message or shut down his mission. He refused to compromise • Peter? Mt.14:24-30 . . . 26:69-75 • Disciples? Mk.6:…48, 51 • Ac.4-5

  9. 3. Jn.3:…8, invisible • Wind is invisible; we see ieffects • New birth is invisible; we see effects • Ac.9:26-27; 1 Pt.1:22-23…; 2:1-3 Wind InvisibleSee effects in world New birth InvisibleSee effects in life

  10. Mt.7:25…27, serious • The same wind destroys one house, assures another (a good foundation) • Ps.1:4, wind blows away chaff • Contrary winds build character Foundedon rock(stands) Not founded on rock(falls)

  11. Ac.2:2, wind, breath (cf. 2 Pt.1:21) Recalls Ezk. 37:9-14 Wind brought life to old bones Ac.2, life to old sinners If no changes follow, vain, Ro.6

  12. 4. Ja.1:6, pictures the doubter Ja.1:5-8 • Faith: settled trust, confidence in God • Doubt: be at variance w. oneself • Doubters are unsteady; they waver • World applauds the doubter • Doubters have divided heart, Mt.22:37

  13. 5. Ja.3:4, big wind, little rudder • Sails use winds for power to move; rudders determine direction • Ho.8:7 (1 Sm.15; 2 Sm.11-12) • James 3 Tiny rudder:destiny of ship Tiny tongue:destiny of soul

  14. 6. Acts 27, big wind, big danger • Winds can be dangerous to sailors • W/o them, they could perish at sea • Ac.27:4, 7, 13-15, 40; 28:13 • 14, Euroclydon, east-north-east wind, “northeaster”

  15. The most dangerous winds • Ep.4:14, Paul writes from Rome • Concerned about a more deadly wind (1 T.1:19-20) • Some deliberately deceive (1 T.4:1-2) • Jd.12, all bluster; no show

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