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The promise of a new heart, a new attitude and a new manner of life.
Eze. 36:26 Without a new heart one may be religious but will fail miserably in developing a new life. In Christ Jesus neither living a life filled with religious practices nor abject heathenism have any value. That which the Lord would accomplish in those who come to Him is an entirely new man, a new creature, with a new heart. Gal. 6:15 The beauty of a new heart is the truth that all of the old life is forsaken and abandoned and the new heart will take over. 2 Cor. 5:17 In receiving a new heart and a new life there are instantaneous changes which take place. However there is also a process of spiritual growth. Looking into the mirror, the Word of the Lord, we are changed from glory to glory. The beginning is wonderful, the process may at times be painful but the final results are greatly to be desired and sought after. To be in His total image and likeness is absolutely the apex of the Christian life. 2 Cor. 3:18.
Real life, fullness of life, a totally enjoyable life is to be found in the Lord. Without Christ, no person has ever really lived for they are dead in trespasses and sins. Eph. 2:1 Jesus proclaimed that He had come into this world bringing life, yes, a more abundant life. John 10:10 He has promised that He will circumcise the heart by removing those things which are offensive to Him. The stony heart, the hard heart is removed. In its place He gives us a heart after His heart, pure and clean. Deut. 30:6 Thus, the door is opened for a deep love for Him involving the total man. Loving Him whole heartedly is the absolute epitome of love. He showers an overwhelming love upon the heart which is free from bondage and worldliness. A new heart will thoroughly embrace the commandments given by the Lord Jesus to love the Lord and to love our neighbor with the same measure that we love ourselves. Mt. 22:37-40 The ultimate and finished product of a new heart is to develop a people, who in this case will be the perfected Bride of Christ, making them to be of one heart, united, blended together because they have the heart beat of the Lord within them, and they are perfectly joined with Christ. Jer. 32:39.
A new spirit. His Spirit now blessing those who have had their hearts made new. Eze. 36:26 The new spirit is found in the new birth where one is born of the Spirit of the Lord. As the Lord breathed the breath of life into Adam and he became a living soul, so, in the new birth, the spirit of life in the Lord Jesus Christ is breathed into those who come to Him. It is the law of the Spirit of life, of which He is the only source. Rom. 8:2.