Mike manages the pre-operation and post-operation care for heart-transplant patients.
He’s often in the operating room as surgeons remove diseased, discolored hearts and replace them with vibrant, pink ‘new’ donor hearts.
Mike explains that the process for
selecting who gets a ‘new’ physical heart is similar to who can get a ‘new
heart’ from God Ezek. 36:26. In both cases, need alone is the criterion.
Ezekiel’s mention of the people of
Israel someday getting a ‘new heart’ is a foreshadowing of the change that
takes place at salvation.
Ephesians 4:24 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 refer to it as "new man" and "new creation."
For the Israelites of Ezekiel’s day and for those of us living today, only one criterion must be met for us to acquire a ’transplant.’ We must need it.
It matters not whether we’re rich or poor, respected or scorned. Citizenship, social status, and ethnicity are inconsequential. If we need a new heart from God, we can have one through faith in Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.” Ezekiel 36:26
Ephesians 4:24 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 refer to it as "new man" and "new creation."
For the Israelites of Ezekiel’s day and for those of us living today, only one criterion must be met for us to acquire a ’transplant.’ We must need it.
It matters not whether we’re rich or poor, respected or scorned. Citizenship, social status, and ethnicity are inconsequential. If we need a new heart from God, we can have one through faith in Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.” Ezekiel 36:26
Read Ezek. 36:26-31
What indicates that need? As sinners,
all of us need a new heart. Have you had a spiritual heart transplant? —Dave
Branon
Our
Daily Bread
“Christ
asks you for nothing—
Come
just as you are;
Come
sinful, come guilty,
Come
give Him your heart. —Anon.
We
need more than a new start—
we
need a new heart!”
(2/29/12)
“The power of God can
turn a heart
From evil and the power
of sin’
The love of God can
change a life
And make it new and
cleansed within.
—Fasick
Justification means our
guilt gone,
Christ’s righteousness
given.”
(2/26/12)
“being confident of this
very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the
day of Jesus Christ; …And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and
more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are
excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the
glory and praise of God.” Phil. 1:6, 9-11 NKJV
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