TEXT: Ezekiel 36:26
PREACHER: Pastor Bodunrin Timothy
Ezekiel 36:26
26 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 a heart of flesh.
Medically, a heart is a muscular, hollow, and pump-like structure that circulates blood throughout the body.
Biblically, the heart represents:
1. Emotions: Feelings, passions, and desires (Psalm 103:1)
Psalm 103:1
103 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2. Thoughts: Mind, intellect, and understanding (Mathew 22:37)
Mathew 22:37
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
3. Will: Decision-making, intentions, and commitment (Proverbs 23:27)
Proverbs 23:27
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
4. Spirit: Inner being, soul, and spiritual center (1Samuel 16:7, Roman 8:16)
1Samuel 16:7
7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Roman 8:16
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Without the purity of heart, you cannot see God’s manifestations (Mathew 5:8)
Mathew 5:8
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Your mindset is a thinking pattern and ideology that has been sustained, that either gives room for God or the devil to operate in your life. Your heart and thinking need to be transformed to align with God’s standards so as to facilitate His presence in your life. (Romans 12:2)
Romans 12:2
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Mathew 5:5 laid emphasis on the state of your heart as a condition to seeing God and His miraculous work.
To be pure in heart means you intrinsically avoid falsehood and deception, as evident in the life of Nathaniel (John 1:47).