Comments on: From the Word – Ez 36:26-27

By: ez stone

ez stone — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:15:13 +0000

[...] my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:26-27http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2008/05/05/from-the-word-ez-3626-27/Driving Long Beach wild Long Beach Press-TelegramLONG BEACH – Thousands crowded downtown on Saturday [...]

By: Peter Park

Peter Park — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:23:40 +0000

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.

By: Bernard Shuford

Bernard Shuford — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:48:09 +0000

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!

By: Jenny Chapman

Jenny Chapman — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:47:40 +0000

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!

By: Shannon Lewis

Shannon Lewis — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:40:41 +0000

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!