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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
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
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
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 warthe winds of war
I. Biblical Winds
II. The East Wind
III. Lessons From The Wind
1. Pro.30:1-4, 1. Pro.30:1-4, puts us in our placeputs 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
2. Mt.11:7, 2. Mt.11:7, can cause compromisecan 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
3. Jn.3:…8, 3. Jn.3:…8, invisibleinvisible
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
WindInvisible
See effects in world
New birthInvisible
See effects in life
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)
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
4. Ja.1:6, 4. Ja.1:6, pictures the doubterpictures the doubter
Ja.1:5-8 FaithFaith: settled trust, confidence in God DoubtDoubt: be at variance w. oneself
Doubters are unsteady; they waver World applauds the doubter Doubters have divided heart, Mt.22:37
5. Ja.3:4, 5. Ja.3:4, big wind, little rudderbig 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
6. Acts 27, 6. Acts 27, big wind, big dangerbig 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”
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