QT 03/04/2026 Fri. Ezekiel 36:26–27 Gospel Alive: A New Heart 活泼的福音：新的心

QT 03/04/2026 Fri. Ezekiel 36:26–27 Gospel Alive: A New Heart
READ http://www.esv.org/eze36:26-27

Our spiritual “heart” might feel dead once in a while. How do we get a new heart and be refreshed? When Ezekiel 36:26–27 promises a new heart and a new spirit, how do we receive it? Let’s unpack this big promise.

Ezekiel 36:26–27: “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. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.”

The promise in this passage is one of the most beautiful pictures of the Gospel in the Old Testament. God speaks to a people who had repeatedly turned away from Him. Their hearts had become hardened—unresponsive to God’s voice and resistant to His ways. Yet instead of abandoning them, God promises something radical: a new heart and a new spirit.

This is the essence of the Gospel. The good news is not merely that God gives us better instructions or moral improvement. The Gospel is that God gives us new life from within. Where there was once a heart of stone—cold, resistant, and spiritually dead—God replaces it with a heart of flesh, alive and responsive to Him.

This transformation is not something we accomplish through our own effort. Notice how many times God says, “I will.”

• I will give you a new heart.
• I will put my Spirit within you.
• I will cause you to walk in my statutes.

The initiative belongs entirely to God. The Gospel is God acting to rescue and renew His people. Through Jesus Christ, this promise becomes reality. When we trust in Him, God’s Spirit comes to dwell within us. The Spirit awakens our hearts, reshapes our desires, and empowers us to live in ways that reflect God’s character. Obedience becomes not a burden imposed from the outside, but a response flowing from a heart made alive by God.

This is what it means for the Gospel to be alive. It is not simply a message to believe; it is the living work of God transforming us day by day. The same God who promised a new heart is still giving new life today.

Perhaps you feel the weight of your own limitations—habits you cannot seem to break, attitudes that resist change, or a heart that feels spiritually dull. Ezekiel reminds us that our hope does not rest in our ability to fix ourselves. Our hope rests in a God who creates new hearts. The Gospel is alive because God is still doing what He promised: replacing stone with flesh, giving His Spirit, and bringing His people to life.

Prayer

Heavenly Father. We come before You with humble hearts, grateful for Your mercy and grace. Thank You for the promise that You will give us a new heart and put a new spirit within us. Where our hearts have grown hard, soften us by Your love. Where we have been resistant to Your ways, renew us by Your Spirit.

Father, we confess that we cannot change ourselves. Only You can remove the heart of stone and give us a heart that is alive to You. Through the good news of Jesus Christ, breathe new life into us. Let Your Spirit dwell richly within us, transforming our desires, renewing our minds, and guiding our steps.

Make the Gospel alive in us today. Let it shape the way we think, speak, and live. Help us to walk in Your ways—not out of duty alone, but from hearts that love You and delight in Your will. Fill us with Your Spirit so that our lives may reflect Your grace to the world around us. May others see the work You have done in us and be drawn to Your goodness.

We entrust ourselves to You, our faithful Father. Continue Your work in us, renewing us day by day, until our lives fully reflect the new heart You have given. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

QT 03/04/2026 星期五. 以西结书36:26–27 活泼的福音：新的心
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/gb/Eze/36/

我们的属灵 “心” 有时可能会感到死气沉沉。我们如何才能得着新心，得以更新？当以西结书36:26–27应许赐下新的心和新的灵时，我们该如何领受呢？让我们来深入探讨这一重大的应许。

以西结书36:26–27： “我必把新心赐给你们，把新灵放在你们里面；我必从你们的肉体中除去石心，把肉心赐给你们。 我必把我的灵放在你们里面，使你们遵行我的律例，谨守遵行我的典章。”

这段经文中的应许，是旧约中对福音最美丽的描绘之一。神向那些屡次背离祂的子民说话。他们的心已变得刚硬——对神的声音无动于衷，抗拒祂的道路。然而，神并没有弃绝他们，反而应许了一件彻底的改变：一颗新心和一个新灵。

这就是福音的精髓。这好消息不仅仅在于神赐给我们更好的教导或道德上的提升。福音在于神从内里赐给我们新的生命。曾经那颗石心——冰冷、抗拒、灵性死亡——上帝将其替换为一颗有血有肉的心，充满生命且能回应祂。

这种转变并非靠我们自己的努力就能实现。请注意上帝多少次说：“我要……”。

• 我要赐给你们一颗新心。
• 我要把我的灵放在你们里面。
• 我要使你们遵行我的律例。

这完全是出于神的主动。福音就是神为拯救并更新祂的子民所采取的行动。借着耶稣基督，这应许成为了现实。当我们信靠祂时，神的圣灵便来住在我们里面。圣灵唤醒我们的心，重塑我们的心愿，并赋予我们力量，使我们能活出反映神品格的生命。顺服不再是来自外部强加的负担，而是源于被神所活化之心的自然回应。

这正是 “活的福音” 的真义。它不仅仅是一个需要相信的信息；它是上帝日复一日改变我们的活泼作为。那位应许赐下新心的上帝，今天仍在赐予新生命。

或许你正感受到自身局限的重压——那些似乎无法摆脱的习惯、抗拒改变的态度，或是灵性迟钝的心。以西结书提醒我们，我们的盼望不在于自我修复的能力，而在于那位创造新心的神。福音之所以活泼，是因为神仍在成就祂的应许：以血肉取代石心，赐下圣灵，并使祂的子民复活。

祷告

天父。我们怀着谦卑的心来到祢面前，为祢的怜悯与恩典心怀感恩。感谢祢应许要赐给我们一颗新心，并将新的灵放在我们里面。在我们心肠刚硬之处，求祢用祢的爱使我们柔软；在我们抗拒祢道路之处，求祢用祢的灵更新我们。

天父，我们承认自己无法改变自己。唯有你能除去我们心中的顽石，赐给我们一颗向你活着的心。求你借着耶稣基督的福音，将新生命次给我们。愿你的圣灵丰丰富富地住在我们里面，改变我们的欲望，更新我们的心思，引导我们的脚步。

愿福音今日在我们里面活过来。愿它塑造我们的思想、言语和生活。帮助我们遵行祢的道路——不仅出于责任，更是出于爱祢、喜悦祢旨意的心。求祢用圣灵充满我们，使我们的生命能向周围的世界彰显祢的恩典。愿他人看见祢在我们里面所作的工，并被祢的美善所吸引。

我们把自己交托给祢，我们信实的父。求祢继续在我们里面做工，日日更新我们，直到我们的生命完全彰显出祢所赐的新心。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。