LISTEN or DOWNLOAD MP3: http://westsydefellowship.ca/wp-content/themes/Ezekiel/includes/mp3.php "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." Ezekiel 36:26 OUTLINE: 1. A heart of stone is dead; it's useless. 2. "I will" Only God can perform the heart transplant, and He's willing! 3. "a new heart" God is not interested in self-improvement of the old one - this is why religion fails. The operation will involve you trusting the Surgeon and 'going under.' 4. The old heart has to go. 5. A perfect heart has been found! - Jesus Christ is the donor. Have you signed the waiver yet?

2. The Operation

3. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types

4. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types
• Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)

5. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types
• Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
– Embrace & kiss (v 20)
– Best robe (v 21)
– Ring (v 21)
– Sandals (v 22)

6. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types
• Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
– Embrace & kiss – our acceptance in Christ
– Best robe – Christ’s righteousness put on us
– Ring – legal adoption, an heir’s signet
– Sandals – Holy Spirit equipping us

7. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types

8. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types
• The Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21:4-9)

9. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types
• The Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21:4-9)
– Venomous snakes (v 6)
– Bronze Serpent (v 8)
– Elevated on a pole (v 8)
– Those bitten look and live (v 9)

10. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types
• The Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21:4-9)
Jesus explains… (John 3:14,15)
“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the
wilderness, so the Son of Man must be
lifted up, that everyone who believes
may have eternal life in him.”

11. Allegories, Parables, Metaphors, Types
• The Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21:4-9)
– Venomous snakes – sin, resulting in death
– Bronze Serpent – “God made Him who had
no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might
become the righteousness of God.” (2 Cor. 5:21)
– Elevated on a pole – the cross
– Look and live – eternal life for believers

12. The Operation

13. The Operation
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in
you; I will remove from you your heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh. – Ezekiel 36:26

14. The Operation
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in
you; I will remove from you your heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh. – Ezekiel 36:26

15. The Operation
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in
you; I will remove from you your heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh. – Ezekiel 36:26

16. The Operation
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in
you; I will remove from you your heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh. – Ezekiel 36:26

17. Chapter One: The Symptoms

18. Chapter One: The Symptoms
• Shortness of breath
• Lack of energy
• Fainting
Mere symptoms of an underlying
condition…

19. Chapter One: The Symptoms
“...but I am (…) sold into bondage to
sin. For what I am doing, I do not
understand; for I am not practicing
what I would like to do, but I am doing
the very thing I hate.” Romans 7:14

20. Chapter One: The Symptoms
“Those who live according to the flesh
have their minds set on what the flesh
desires...” Romans 8:5

21. Chapter One: The Symptoms
“Those who live according to the flesh
have their minds set on what the flesh
desires...” Romans 8:5
“For the mind set on the flesh is
death…” Romans 8:6

22. Chapter One: The Symptoms
“Those who live according to the flesh
have their minds set on what the flesh
desires… For the mind set on the flesh
is death… The mind governed by the
flesh is hostile to God; it does not
submit to God's law, nor can it do so.”
Romans 8:5-7

23. Chapter One: The Symptoms
“Those who live according to the flesh
have their minds set on what the flesh
desires… For the mind set on the flesh
is death… The mind governed by the
flesh is hostile to God; it does not
submit to God's law, nor can it do so.”
Romans 8:5-7

24. Chapter Two: The Stress Test

25. Chapter Two: The Stress Test
Just like a stress test is meant to test
the heart’s performance against the
standard of a healthy heart, in the
same way, God’s Law tests the
attitudes and performance of our
heart against the standard of what
God considers a perfect heart.

26. Chapter Two: The Stress Test
• “The Law came in so that the
transgression would increase...”
Romans 5:20

27. Chapter Two: The Stress Test
• “The Law came in so that the
transgression would increase...”
Romans 5:20

28. Chapter Two: The Stress Test
• “The Law came in so that the
transgression would increase...”
Romans 5:20
• “...the sinful passions, which were
aroused by the Law, were at work
within us to bear fruit for death.”
Romans 7:5

29. Chapter Two: The Stress Test
• “The Law came in so that the
transgression would increase...”
Romans 5:20
• “...the sinful passions, which were
aroused by the Law, were at work
within us to bear fruit for death.”
Romans 7:5

30. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis

31. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis
• “The heart is more deceitful than all
else, and is desperately sick (beyond
cure); who can understand it?”
Jeremiah 17:9

32. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis
• “For from within the hearts of men
come evil thoughts, sexual
immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
greed, wickedness, deceit,
debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance,
and foolishness.” Mark 7:21,22

33. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis
• Whose diagnosis will you trust?

34. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis
• Whose diagnosis will you trust?
• Are you still looking for a second
opinion?

35. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis
• Whose diagnosis will you trust?
• Are you still looking for a second
opinion?
• Are you going to argue with the
Physician?

36. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis
• Whose diagnosis will you trust?
• Are you still looking for a second
opinion?
• Are you going to argue with the
Physician?
• Do you have a DIY plan?

37. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis
The diagnosis is clear. The defective
heart has to go. In its place, a healthy
heart must be transplanted.

38. Chapter Three: The Diagnosis
The diagnosis is clear. The defective
heart has to go. In its place, a healthy
heart must be transplanted.
You had better put your name on the
heart transplant waiting list ASAP!

39. Chapter Four: The Donor

40. Chapter Four: The Donor
An ideal donor must be:
• Compatible
• Healthy
• Must die

41. Chapter Four: The Donor
An ideal donor must be:
• Compatible
• Healthy
• Must die
Who could be our Donor?

42. Chapter Four: The Donor
An ideal donor must be:
• Compatible
• Healthy
• Must die
Jesus is our Donor!

43. Chapter Four: The Donor
• Compatible?

44. Chapter Four: The Donor
• Compatible? Yes!
“The Word became flesh and made his
dwelling among us.” John 1:14

45. Chapter Four: The Donor
• Healthy?

46. Chapter Four: The Donor
• Healthy? Yes!
“For we do not have a high priest who
cannot sympathize with our
weaknesses, but One who has been
tempted in all things as we are, yet
without sin.” Hebrews 4:15

47. Chapter Four: The Donor
• Must die?

48. Chapter Four: The Donor
• Must die? Yes.
“He made himself nothing by taking the
very nature of a servant, … And being
found in appearance as a man, he
humbled himself by becoming obedient
to death – even death on a cross!”
Philippians 2:7,8

49. Chapter Four: The Donor
• Must die? Yes.
“He made himself nothing by taking the
very nature of a servant, … And being
found in appearance as a man, he
humbled himself by becoming obedient
to death – even death on a cross!”
Philippians 2:7,8

50. Chapter Five: The Waiver

51. Chapter Five: The Waiver
• “Ask and it will be given to you...”
Matthew 7:7

52. Chapter Five: The Waiver
• “Ask and it will be given to you...”
Matthew 7:7
• “Behold, I stand at the door and
knock; if anyone hears My voice and
opens the door, I will come in to him
and will dine with him, and he with
Me.” Revelation 3:20

53. Chapter Five: The Waiver
• Have you signed the waiver?

54. Chapter Five: The Waiver
• Have you signed the waiver?
• Do you understand that by doing so
you agree to the ‘treatment’?

55. Chapter Five: The Waiver
Your treatment will involve the
following on your part:

56. Chapter Five: The Waiver
Your treatment will involve the
following on your part:
• Trusting the Surgeon

57. Chapter Five: The Waiver
Your treatment will involve the
following on your part:
• Trusting the Surgeon
• Dying…

58. Chapter Six: New Heart, New Life

59. Chapter Six: New Heart, New Life
• “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is
a new creature; the old things
passed away; behold, new things
have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

60. Chapter Six: New Heart, New Life
• “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is
a new creature; the old things
passed away; behold, new things
have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

61. Chapter Six: New Heart, New Life
• “I have been crucified with Christ;
and it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I
now live in the flesh I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and
gave Himself up for me.”
Galatians 2:20

62. Chapter Six: New Heart, New Life
• “I have been crucified with Christ;
and it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I
now live in the flesh I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and
gave Himself up for me.”
Galatians 2:20

63. Chapter Six: New Heart, New Life
• “I will give you a new heart and put a
new spirit in you; I will remove from
you your heart of stone and give you
a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26

64. Chapter Six: New Heart, New Life
• “I gave you a new heart and put a
new spirit in you; I removed from
you your heart of stone and gave you
a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 (In
Christ Version)

65. Chapter Seven: Epilogue

66. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• New Life vs Old Habits

67. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• New Life vs Old Habits
• Who we are stems from what we do.

68. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• New Life vs Old Habits
• Who we are stems from what we do.
• What we do stems from who we are.

69. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• New Life vs Old Habits
• Who we are stems from what we do.
• What we do stems from who we are.
• What is your identity?

70. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• New Life vs Old Habits
• Who we are stems from what we do.
• What we do stems from who we are.
• What is your identity?
• How will you now live?

71. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• God has gone to extreme lengths to
provide us with a perfect heart.

72. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• God has gone to extreme lengths to
provide us with a perfect heart.
• Consider your condition.

73. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• God has gone to extreme lengths to
provide us with a perfect heart.
• Consider your condition.
• Consider the diagnosis.

74. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• God has gone to extreme lengths to
provide us with a perfect heart.
• Consider your condition.
• Consider the diagnosis.
• Consider the Donor!

75. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
• God has gone to extreme lengths to
provide us with a perfect heart.
• Consider your condition.
• Consider the diagnosis.
• Consider the Donor!
• Receive, and live.

76. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
Why?

77. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
Why?
“... to be conformed to the image of His
Son.” Romans 8:29

78. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
Why settle for less?
“... to be conformed to the image of His
Son.” Romans 8:29

79. Chapter Seven: Epilogue
Why settle for less?
“... to be conformed to the image of His
Son.” Romans 8:29
“I will give you a new heart and put a
new spirit in you; I will remove from
you your heart of stone and give you a
heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26