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that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
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The Purpose of a New Heart
Commentators stress that God gives a new heart and spirit for a clear purpose: "that they may walk in my statutes." This isn't just about an internal feeling; it's a supernatural change that empowers and results in a life of obedience. As one scholar notes, holy principles and holy practices "must and will go together." The new heart is the cause, and a changed life is the effect.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare Revelation 21:0. The identity of thought and language in Ezekiel, predicting the new kingdom of Israel, and in John, foretelling the kingdo…
19th Century
Anglican
Here follows one of those germinant and ever-developing prophetic promises which, in an ever-fuller measure, have formed from the very beginning, a…
16th Century
Protestant
Since God had already spoken concerning the piety of the Israelites, he shows that they could not forsake their sins until they were renewed and so…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That they may walk in my statutes Have their conversation ordered according to the will and word of God; to which there i…
The pious captives in Babylon were insulted by the Jews who continued in Jerusalem, but God made gracious promises to them. It is promised that God…
