A New Heart And A New Spirit

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. - Ezekiel 36:26

    One of the undeniable evidences of regeneration is that God, by his sovereign grace, and by his Spirit, has given all those who know Christ, a new heart and a new Spirit. Where there is life in Christ, there is a believing heart and the Spirit of the living God. Before regeneration, there is only a heart of unbelief and the spirit of the natural man, which is a proud spirit of rebellion against God. This is not to say that sin is eradicated, and that we do not have the natural faculties and ability to sin any more. This is saying that the new man, who is created in Christ Jesus, has preeminence and dominion over the old man of sin. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace (Rom 6:14), because it is the Spirit of God that dwelleth in you.

    The new heart believes God. The new heart, without question, unreservedly believes the Word of God—all of the Word of God. The new heart believes the record that God has given us concerning his Son and salvation in Him. These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name (Jn 20:31). The new heart believes the Gospel of God’s free and sovereign grace in Christ alone.

    The new heart renounces and abhors all false gods and religions. The new heart is in no wise sympathetic with, or in agreement with, nor will have any fellowship with the free will, false gods of darkness and deceit. For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God (1 Thes 1:9). The new heart hates every false way and loves that which honours and glorifies God and his Word. There is no exception.

    The new heart loves God. The new heart and new Spirit embraces God, his Christ, his Word, and his people with affection and desire, not just in a theological and doctrinal sense. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him (1 Jn 5:1).

    The new heart and new Spirit is no less than Christ in you, the hope of glory. God has promised this new heart and new spirit, and he will give the same to all his chosen, from the least to the greatest.