Ezekiel 36:25-27

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be

clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities

and from all your idols. 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.

And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to

follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

importantOld

Testament

verses

The Cleansing

The Method

The Outcome

Ephesians 2:1-6As for you, you were dead in

your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when

you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those

who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one

time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its

desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But

because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when

we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up

with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in

Christ Jesus,

The Old Creation

The Attitude of

GodMade alive with Christ

Position of Authority

God

Through his

Spirit

Creates the

presence of

Jesus

The Church as a Temple

The Christian as a Temple

Ephesians 2:18-22You are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow

citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and

prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together

and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in

which God lives by his Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a

person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are

temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your

own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your bodies.

Created through the Gifts and Fruit of the

Spirit