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Ezekiel 36:26 - I Will Give You A New Heart And Put A New Spirit In You.

Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV) I will give you a new 
heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove 
from you your heart of stone and give you a heart 
of flesh. 

Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT) And I will give you a 
new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I 
will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give 
you a tender, responsive heart. 

WORD STUDY

New Heart. When Jesus speaks of the new 
heart, He means the mind, the life, the whole 
being. To have a change of heart is to withdraw the 
affections from the world, and fasten them upon Christ. 
To have a new heart is to have a new mind, new 
purposes, new motives. What is the sign of a new 
heart? - a changed life. SD100 

Heart of Flesh. "Flesh" in the OT is often a 
symbol for weakness and frailty (Isa 31:3); in the 
NT it often stands for the sinful nature as a 
God-opposing force (as in Ro 8:5-8). Here it stands (in 
opposition to stone) for a pliable, teachable heart. 
[NIV SB] 

INTRODUCTION

God promised to restore Israel not only 
physically, but spiritually. To accomplish this, God 
would give them a new heart for following him and 
put his Spirit within them (see 11:19, 20; Psalm 
51:7-11) to transform them and empower them to do his 
will. Again the new covenant was promised 
(16:61-63; 34:23-25), ultimately to be fulfilled in 
Christ. No matter how impure your life is right now, 
God offers you a fresh start. You can have your 
sins washed away, receive a new heart for God, 
and have his Spirit within you--if you accept 
God's promise. Why try to patch up your old life 
when you can have a new one? [Life Application 
SB] 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   The first documented successful 
open-heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale 
Williams in 1893. This medical pioneer was one of 
only a handful of Black cardiologists in the 
United States at the time. Dr. Williams' amazing 
feat proved that hearts could be fixed medically, 
but how do our stony hearts get fixed - and 
replaced - with a new heart? 
   First, we must withdraw our affection 
from the things of this world. We must be willing 
to let go of even the "little things" about 
which the Holy Spirit keeps prompting us. "All 
[our] filthiness" must be cleansed; "all [our] 
idols" must be removed. 
   But we are unable to do the cleansing; 
that's why Christ promises, "I will cleanse you. 
Our part is to decide that we need a change and 
then humbly ask for it. We then need to allow the 
Holy Spirit to do His transforming work, having 
faith in God's ability to change our minds and 
hearts completely. This is rarely a painless 
process, but Christ knows how much polishing we can 
handle at any given moment. We just need to 
cooperate with His work and timing. 
   This "new heart," the changed life, is 
one that we will have to continually ask Christ 
to keep soft by removing any selfishness or 
pride that creeps in. We need to ask daily, and 
even sometimes moment by moment, for the Lord to 
keep our heart "a heart of flesh. 
   Dear Lord, today I ask You for a new 
heart of flesh. Please cleanse me from all 
filthiness and fill me with Your Spirit. [The Most 
Amazing Bible Promises by Amazing Facts] 

COMMENTARY

Ezekiel wrote that God will "take out your 
stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, 
responsive heart" (Ezekiel 36:26). You received a heart 
transplant when you became a believer. You had to, 
because you can't live the Christian life in your 
own strength. God never expected that. Instead, 
he wants to live the Christian life through 
you. When you realize that, you begin to catch a 
glimpse of the awesome love of a God who wants to 
keep your personality, your character traits, 
your gifts, your likes and dislikes, and yet make 
you holy through his presence in you. [The One 
Year Bible for New Believers] 

   Natural and acquired endowments are all 
gifts of God and need to be constantly held under 
the control of His Spirit, of His divine, 
sanctifying power. You need to feel most deeply your 
lack of experience in this work and put forth 
earnest endeavor to acquire needed knowledge and 
wisdom, that you may use every faculty of body and 
mind in such a way as to glorify God.  
   "A new heart also will I give you." 
Christ must dwell in your hearts, as the blood is 
in the body, and circulate there as a 
vitalizing power. On this subject we cannot be too 
urgent. 7T189-190 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY

Ezekiel 36:26 - I Will Give You A New Heart 
And Put A New Spirit In You. 

https://www.abible.com/devotions/2023/20231019-0904.html 

https://www.abible.com/devotions/2019/20190613-1103.html 

https://www.abible.com/devotions/2017/20170604-1615.html 

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