“Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.
Despair over unworthiness need not stop you; God promises to fit you for His mercy by His grace before He bestows it. The Spirit sprinkles clean water on the conscience, Christ's blood washes away guilt, and His grace purifies the whole soul. This is the covenant of grace itself, not mere restoration from captivity.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 36:25-38
Thus saith the Lord God, in the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities,.... By the free and full pardon of them; by sprinkling clean water on them, the blood of Christ on their consciences; and by applying the righteousness of Christ to them for their justification; as well as by creating clean hearts in them, for their sanctification; and enabling...
Eze 36:29-38 The Lord will richly bless, multiply, and glorify His people, when thus renewed and sanctified. - Eze 36:29. And I will save you from all your uncleannesses, and will call the corn, and multiply it, and no more bring famine upon you; Eze 36:30.
Commenting on Ezekiel 36:29-38