Tom Leonard - March 12, 2017
A New Spirit for Us!
A New Spirit for Us! Ezekiel 36:25-27 Main Point: When we receive Jesus, He gives us a new spirit who transforms our heart so that we want to and do obey Him. *Person of indwelling Christ – not a religion, a dynamic relationship with Jesus’ Spirit who lives in me! 1. The Spirit indwells us and transforms our hard heart. verse 26 verse 26 ‘I will remove your heart of stone… and give you a heart of flesh.’ Jeremiah 17:9 ‘The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?’ 2. The Spirit indwells us and moves us to follow God’s commands. verse 27 verse 27 ‘Move you…’ = Cause you to, accomplish it in you. *Power of the indwelling Christ – Jesus’ Spirit empowering me! Romans 8:5-9 Spiritual transformation – the work of the Spirit in me! Let us live in the fullness of the Spirit!
Scripture References: Ezekiel 36:25-27, Acts 2:38-39, Ezekiel 2:3-6, Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 8:5-9
