The Holy Spirit and Ezekiel 36

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Just a Question I thought of during my daily readings…Is there a difference Between the Holy Spirit at Pentecost & the Spirit in Ezekiel 36?

26 And I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit in the midst of you: and I will cause you to walk in my commandments, and to keep my judgments, and do them.

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This article may be helpful.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus, the forming of the human heart of God the Son in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is the fulfillment of the Word of God spoken through the Prophet Ezekiel. Speaking through Ezekiel, God described His work of Redemption with these words: "I will give them a new heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the stony heart from their bodies, and replace it with a natural heart, so that they will live according to My statutes, and observe and carry out My ordinances; thus they shall be My people, and I will be their God" (Ez 11:19-20).

The “new heart” and the “new spirit” is nothing less than a heart animated by God the Holy Spirit because the Heart of God the Son was pierced and welcomes now every contrite heart into the deep and peaceful recesses of its joy and peace.

The prophet Jeremiah provides a profound and ample reflection upon the heart of the people whom God is coming to save. In speaking about His saving work, through the Prophet Jeremiah, God the Father refers to His own Heart, His deepest being: “I will appoint over you shepherds after my own heart, who will shepherd you wisely and prudently” (Jer 3:15). We see the fulfillment of God’s promise to send shepherds to care for us, who are animated by His own divine love, by the grace of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Through the sacramental consecration God transforms a man’s heart, in order that he may act in the very person of Christ for the salvation of the people.

Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Sacred Scripture
by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, D.D., J.C.D.

 

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Just a Question I thought of during my daily readings…Is there a difference Between the Holy Spirit at Pentecost & the Spirit in Ezekiel 36?

26 And I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit in the midst of you: and I will cause you to walk in my commandments, and to keep my judgments, and do them.

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No difference. Catholics receive the Holy Spirit at Baptism and Confirmation. Some Catholics who are called into a charismatic experience don’t receive a pseudo-sacrament, they experience a release or outpouring of what they already received in the sacraments.

Ezekiel 36 refutes the “justification by faith alone” theory.

Entry into Jerusalem (Methodist)

 

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The person of the Holy Spirit is the same. The difference is, Eze 36 is speaking of being born again or indwelt with the Holy Spirit and Acts 2 is speaking of being filled or enpowered by the Holy Spirit. We can be refilled, or re-enpowered by the Holy Spirit daily Eph 5:18. Whereas, to my knowledge we are only indwelt with the Holy Spirit once Hebrews 6:4-6.

Hebrews 6:4-6 (New International Version)

4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

Ephesians 5:18 (New International Version)

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

If I am misunderstanding Hebrews 6:4-6 please show me how.

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