QT 04/09/2025 Thu. Ezekiel 36 A New Heart, A New Spirit 新心与新灵
QT 04/09/2025 Thu. Ezekiel 36 A New Heart, A New Spirit
READ http://www.esv.org/eze36
💡 Key Takeaway:
God doesn't just clean us up — He makes us new. Only He can take a heart of stone and turn it into a heart that beats for Him.
📖 Scripture Focus:
“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.”
— Ezekiel 36:26, ESV
🔍 Background:
Ezekiel 36 shifts from judgment to restoration. After warning Israel for their unfaithfulness and scattering them among the nations, God speaks words of hope and renewal. He promises not only to bring His people back to their land, but to cleanse their hearts, restore fruitfulness, and cause them to walk in His ways.
This chapter is not just about returning to a physical land — it's about spiritual transformation that would one day come through Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit.
🔥 Reflection:
God’s people had defiled the land through idolatry and rebellion. Yet in His mercy, God says:
“It is not for your sake… that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name…” (v. 22)
This is profound. God saves not because we deserve it, but to show His glory, His mercy, His holiness. And how does He do it?
He cleanses His people from sin (v. 25)
He gives them a new heart and new spirit (v. 26)
He puts His Spirit within them, empowering them to follow Him (v. 27)
He causes fruitfulness and restoration in the land (v. 30–36)
This is a clear foreshadowing of the Gospel. In Christ, we are not simply forgiven — we are transformed from the inside out. The heart of stone (hard, resistant, dead) is replaced with a heart of flesh (alive, soft, responsive to God). This is regeneration, the new birth (John 3:3–5).
✝️ Gospel Connection:
“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” — 2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV
Ezekiel 36 finds its ultimate fulfillment in the work of Jesus and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We do not become holy through self-effort, but through divine transformation.
God doesn’t just forgive your past — He makes you new.
🧭 Application:
(1) Have you received the new heart that only God can give?
Christianity is not about behaviour modification — it’s about heart transformation.
(2) Are you relying on your own strength, or the Spirit within you?
God says, “I will cause you to walk in my statutes.” We need His Spirit to live out His will.
(3) Is your life pointing others to the glory of God's grace?
God acts “for the sake of His holy name” — may our lives showcase His goodness, not our own strength.
🙏 Prayer:
Lord, thank You for not giving up on Your people, and for not giving up on me. Thank You for the promise of a new heart and a new spirit. Cleanse me from all sin. Fill me with Your Spirit. Cause me to walk in Your ways. Let my life bring glory to Your name, not mine. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
QT 04/09/2025 星期四. 以西结书 36 新心与新灵
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/Eze/36/
💡 关键要点：
上帝不仅洁净我们，更使我们焕然一新。唯有祂能将一颗铁石心肠，转变成一颗为祂跳动的心。
📖 经文重点：
“‘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。
——以西结书 36:26
🔍 背景：
以西结书 36 从审判转向复兴。在警告以色列因不忠而被分散到列国之后，上帝说出充满希望与更新的话语。祂不仅应许将祂的子民带回故土，更要洁净他们的心，恢复他们的丰盛，使他们行在祂的道路上。
这一章不仅关乎回归物理上的故土——更是关乎通过耶稣基督与圣灵的工作而实现的属灵转变。
🔥 反思：
上帝的子民因偶像崇拜和叛逆玷污了土地。然而，出于怜悯，上帝说：
“...我作这事，不是为了你们，而是为了我自己的圣名”（第22节）
这是深刻的。上帝拯救并非因我们配得，而是为了彰显祂的荣耀、怜悯与圣洁。祂是如何做到的呢？
祂洁净祂的子民脱离罪恶（第25节）
祂赐给他们一颗新心和新的灵（第26节）
祂将祂的灵放在他们里面，使他们有能力跟随祂（第27节）
他使土地丰收并恢复生机（第30–36节）
这是对福音的明确预示。在基督里，我们不仅被赦免——我们从内到外被改变。那颗石心（坚硬、抗拒、死寂）被一颗肉心（活泼、柔软、对上帝敏感）所取代。这就是重生，新的生命（约翰福音3:3–5）。
✝️ 福音关联：
如果有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已经过去，你看，都变成新的了！——哥林多后书5:17
以西结书36的最终应验在于耶稣的工作和圣灵的内住。我们不是通过自我努力成为圣洁，而是通过神圣的改变。上帝不仅赦免你的过去——祂使你成为新人。
🧭 应用：
(1) 你是否领受了只有上帝能赐予的新心？
基督教不是关于行为的改变——而是关于心灵的转变。
(2) 你是否倚靠自己的力量，还是倚靠你里面的圣灵？
神说：“我要使你们遵行我的律例。”我们需要祂的圣灵来活出祂的旨意。
(3) 你的生命是否指向神恩典的荣耀？
神行事“为祂圣名的缘故”——愿我们的生命彰显祂的美善，而非我们自己的力量。
🙏 祷告：
主啊，感谢您没有放弃您的子民，也没有放弃我。感谢您应许赐予我们一颗新心和一个新灵。求您洁净我一切的罪。求您用您的灵充满我。求您使我行在您的道路上。愿我的生命带来您的荣耀，而非我的荣耀。奉耶稣的名求。阿们。
