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If you do not have a new heart, the word of God will never make sense to you. What is the reason for this? When the Holy Spirit changes our heart and gives us a new spirit, He is giving us the spiritual genes of God. When we have this gene of God, our heart would be very sensitive to everything that speaks about Him. If you have this genetic material of God in your spiritual heart, you would want to cry when you mention the name of Jesus. Your new heart would make you sensitive to the glory of God. By this I mean when the presence of God manifests inside you, your spiritual heart would not be able to handle it.

A heart that is sensitive to the presence of God is a heart that is always connected to heaven. You might be walking in the street, but when the presence of the Lord manifests around you, you would just cry tears of joy, appreciating what the cross of Calvary has done for you. You would always be thankful to Jesus for the price He has paid for your …show more content…

Your inability to thank Him more for the work of the cross would make you cry tears of shame and joy at the same time. You would cry because you are frustrated that there is nothing more you could do or say to express your gratitude towards Him.

Indeed, you need a new spiritual heart to please God. That heart is the heart of God that is inside you. It will always understand the word of God. Of more importance, your new spiritual heart would understand what is meant by submission to the word of God. If you do not have a new heart from heaven, you would struggle to submit your life to the authority of the word of God. You cannot fake salvation, as your true colours would always be exposed to God and those who are around you.

‘And I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh’ (Ezekiel

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