Ezekiel 36:27

25 ^aThen I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you ^bfrom all your filthiness and from all your idols.

26 I will give you a ^anew heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

27 I will put My ^aSpirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

28 ^aThen you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; ^byou shall be My people, and I will be your God.

29 I will ^adeliver you from all your uncleannesses. ^bI will call for the grain and multiply it, and ^cbring no famine upon you.

30 ^aAnd I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations.

31 Then ^ayou will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you ^bwill loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.

32 ^aNot for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”

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The keeping of the law is directly connected to this new Spirit—God's Spirit! In II Corinthians 3:3, He clarifies this even further.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Eleven)

Ezekiel 36:25-27

This prophecy refers to the Millennium and beyond, when Satan will be bound and thus rendered ineffective in spreading his evil attitudes. At that time, God will repair the damage—first done in the Garden of Eden and in every human heart since—by replacing man's human nature with His Spirit. He will work to change man's heart from a hard, unyielding one to a soft, humble one that will be eager to hear and obey God.

Notice that Ezekiel prophesies that God's Spirit will cause people to walk in His statutes and to keep His judgments. God's Spirit provides both motivation and strength to do what is good and right. We do God's work—believing, obeying, overcoming, growing, producing fruit—not by our power and abilities but by His Spirit (Zechariah 4:6). It is readily, freely, abundantly available to those who have believed, been baptized, and received the earnest of the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands.

But that is not the end of the matter. We must continue to request God's presence in us, our daily Bread of Life, by His Spirit. We must ask, seek, and knock, constantly pursuing God, His Kingdom, and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33). If we do this, He promises to add "all these things," our daily needs.

Jesus tells His disciples just before His arrest, "I am the vine, you are the branches: He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5). If we request His presence in us each day and obey Him in faith, we will, by His power, produce astonishing spiritual growth.

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Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Ezekiel 36:27:

Jeremiah 30:18-20
Ezekiel 22:26
John 6:44

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