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To: kosta50; HarleyD; annalex; stfassisi; aruanan; Dr. Eckleburg
Where does Ezekiel say God will give us new hearts for salvational purposes?

It's in the same passage:

Ezek 36:26-29 : 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. 28 You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you.

A new heart always results in belief. Belief always results in the Spirit entering the believer.

5,367 posted on 05/06/2008 8:35:06 AM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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To: Forest Keeper; HarleyD; annalex; stfassisi; aruanan; Dr. Eckleburg
Kosta: Where does Ezekiel say God will give us new hearts for salvational purposes?

FK: It's in the same passage: Ezek 36:26-29 : 26..."And I will put my Spirit in you...I will save you from all your uncleanness."

Saving from all your uncleanliness is not the same as salvation! All Ezekiel is saying in Hebrew understanding of the words is "I will empower all of you to keep my laws and keep you from tendencies not to obey me."

Belief always results in the Spirit entering the believer

the Hebrew understanding of the Spirit of God meant simply the power of God, not the Christisn concept of the Holy Spirit. You are reading the Jewish Bible with a Christian dictionary.

5,380 posted on 05/06/2008 9:48:01 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodox is pure Christianity)
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