Ezekiel 11:19-20 (NASBStr)
And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.
This section (Ezekiel 7-12) God is pointing out to Israel (and us), through Ezekiel, that HE KNOWS OUR SINS!!! We need to come to grip with that. We can't do something in the dark that God doesn't see and fully know. This chapter is also about knowing that God will punish sin. He knows it and He punishes it. You can't read these six chapters and not see and hear that message. Yet, in the midst of the message, God's grace is still there. Despite the sin they did, we do, I do, God's grace is still flowing. They have no desire to follow God in love and obedience. Yet, Ezekiel is telling them that there is a day coming when God will take away their stoney heart of disobedience and give them a heart of the Spirit. In the midst of the dark and wicked sin of man God's grace shines through. God will give us a heart of obedience as we walk in faith toward Him. Here is a perfect example of God's atonement for man.
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