All of his views, desires, and
pursuits become changed by Charles Simeon. As for you, you were
dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live
when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of
the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who
are disobedient. All of us also lived among them
at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following
its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature
children of wrath. Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1-3
The heart of an unregenerate man is as spiritually dead and
senseless as the nether millstone. The gospel, with all its alluring
promises, may be proclaimed to him, but the unregenerate man
does not receive it. The gospel has no allurements
for him, nor do the denunciations of judgment and hell excite any
alarm in him. But when God gives him a new
heart and puts a new spirit within him and takes away his heart
of stone, then all of his views, desires and pursuits become changed. Being alive to God, he will be
alive to all holy exercises and find his happiness in the enjoyment
of his God. But because of his great love
for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions. It is by grace you have been
saved. Ephesians chapter 2 verses 4
to 5 I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean.
I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your
idols. 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, and I will put My Spirit
in you, and cause you to follow My decrees, and be careful to
keep My laws. – Ezekiel 36 25-27