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From the Word – Ez 36:26-27
Posted on May 5th, 2008 in From the Word by Fred McKinnon
26 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. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
(Ezekiel 36:26-27, NIV, @ YouVersion.Com)
What a beautiful verse. I’m especially intrigued by Verse 27, saying that God will “put His Spirit in us and move us to …”. Other translations say “enable us to …”.
Let’s kickoff this week with your thoughts on this passage.
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One of my absolute favorite verses from one of the first books that captured my attention as a non-believer. During the Old Covenant the Spirit would come on individuals, but was rarely WITH an individual, and didn’t seem to ever ‘fill’ them, and least not in the sense that the Holy Spirit took up residence there. I suspect that is because of our sin problem, and that there was no absolute atonement in effect, so we were, in all reality, still ’sinners’ – not blood bought believers. At least something like that, but I think what’s significant here is God is pointing out that a change is coming (which has now come): the Holy Spirit is now available to all, and in every believer, changing their hearts, & empowering them via God’s immediate presence. Good stuff!
I think the main “nerve” that this touches with me is simply that God is so aware of us, concerned about us, powerful… and the HOPE that this scripture holds is immeasurable!
Only through the powerful indwelling of the Holy Spirit can we be changed from the disgusting creatures that we once were into people that truly follow God. Not in the Brian McLaren sense, but EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE!
The verse feels like those times after a trial. Not that it couldn’t mean anything else, but that’s what I feel God is doing after some hard times.
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