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Ezekiel 36:26 ESV

“And I will GIVE you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh…and give you a heart of flesh.”

This verse in the bible foretells of a NEW heart — A new frame of soul, a mind changed, from sinful to holy, from carnal to spiritual.  And a NEW spirit — A new, holy frame in the spirit of man; which is GIVEN to him, NOT by his own power.

Ezekiel's prophecy (likely written between 593 and 565 B.C) speaks of the New Covenant IN Christ!  The new man…is the New Covenant man!  (Jeremiah 31:33)   “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord.  I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.  I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

SO what exactly makes the new man new?  Two things: his NEW heart and the NEW spirit within him…God's Holy Spirit…which enables him to walk in God's ways.  Ezekiel's reference to "a new heart" also parallels Paul's command for a renewed mind in Ephesians 4:24. (RSV) “and put on the NEW nature, created after the likeness of God…IN true righteousness and holiness.”

Selected commentaries from: Charles Whitaker