“He saith unto them, Moses Because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.”[Matthew 19:8]

“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” [Genesis 6:5-6]

“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.” [Ezekiel 36:26-27]

“Jesus, when He came, He said, "Moses, because of the hardness of your heart, suffered you a divorce from your wife. But it wasn't so from the beginning." Now, we find out they took the commandments of God and made them of non effect. When Jesus came, He found people looking to the church for salvation. What did they get? Creeds. Each denomination makes up its own creed. And then that's what He found the people depending on the church for salvation; and they found man-made creeds. And if He come today in Person and talked to us, He'd find the same thing: man making the Word of God fit their denomination, giving them creeds. A [Things That Wasn't So From The Beginning, Beaumont TX, 61-0120]

“I can hear Him reach over there and say, "Come here, east wind, west wind, north, and south." I tell you everything's in the solar systems and in the heavens obeys Him and turns at His command. But the heart of man thinks they know more than God does, and He can't touch the stony heart of man. How I think this morning He could say, "Let winter change to summer, summer to winter." It'd obey Him like that. He could say, "Mars, you go over here, and Jupiter, you over there." It'd obey Him. Yes, sir. He'd speak it. There He stands in His Majesty. When man fails to recognize Him. When He stood yonder, "Who, what is man that Thou art mindful of him." [What Think Ye Of Christ, Chicago IL, 53-1213M]

“God prophesied through the prophet and said, "I will write My laws in their hearts, where I put them, in the tables of their hearts." Showing that that would be the dwelling place of God in the human heart, not the human head, but the human heart. Amen. "I will write them in My heart--in their heart. And they'll keep My statutes, and so forth," saith the Lord. God said in another place over in Ezekiel, He said, "I will in that day, take out your old fleshly, stony heart. And I'll give you a new spirit, and I'll put a--My Spirit in you." Now, a lot of people, even you Pentecostal people, lot of times get mistaken in that. You get a new spirit; that's not God's Spirit; that's you. That isn't God. You get a little happy, because you got a new spirit and you jump up-and-down, run around over the floor, maybe, and shout a little bit, and speak with tongues, and run around a little bit and think you got the Holy Ghost. That's not it. That's a new spirit, God gave you. That's you. Then after He give you your spirit, then He said, "I'll put My Spirit..." That's what's the matter with the miss-meal cramps you got today. That's right. That's the reason you can't get nowhere with God.” [The Inner Veil, Sturgis MI, 56-0121]

“Notice, you put a new spirit. God has to give you a new spirit, or you couldn't even get along with Him. You can't get along with yourself, that old devil spirit you had in you. So He's got to put a new spirit in your so you can get along with His Spirit. Amen. "I will put a new spirit in them. And I will put My Spirit in them," He said, after He's give you a new spirit; that's you. Don't get it confused with God's Spirit; it's not. It's your new spirit, so you can get along with the Holy Spirit, if He ever gives it to you. Amen. 'Cause you in your condition never get along. You can't get along with your wife. You can't get along with your husband, can't get along with your neighbor. How are you ever going to get along with God? So He has to give you a new spirit, 'fore you can get along with Him. So He puts a new spirit in you, and then He puts His Spirit in you, gives you a new spirit, a new outlook, a new faith, then He puts His Holy Spirit in you. Notice, back there in the beginning when that same manna that fell out here on the ground, every day the people eat it; but notice, those people who eat that manna would get hungry before nine o'clock.” [The Inner Veil, Sturgis MI, 56-0121]

“You get a new spirit; you quit your drinking. You get a new spirit you quit your drink--lying. You get a new spirit; you can do most anything with that spirit, but that isn't what God's talking about. "A new spirit," He said, "I'll give you..." Now watch, "I'll give you a new heart and a new spirit." Why, He'd have to give you a new spirit to live for Him. Why, you couldn't even live with yourself with the spirit you did have. You couldn't live with your neighbor. You couldn't associate with the next man on the next corner. You couldn't associate with these Christians. Why, you'd have had an awful spirit. So He has to give you a new spirit. "I'll give you a new heart, a new spirit." Now, watch. "And I will put My Spirit in you." There's the difference. "I'll put My Spirit in you." And there's where you find it so hard that you go down to church and you get a different concept. "You know what? I believe I ought to go to church."” [Why Is It That So Many Christians Find It So Hard To Live The Christian Life, Phoenix AZ, 57-0303A]

“Did you ever notice how God in His Bible, how wonderful He made things? Just one moment now. Jesus said, "Except a man be borned again, he will in no wise enter into the Kingdom." You've got to be borned again. You've--you've got to be. What is it? That doesn't mean an experience that you shouted or spoke with tongues. Those things are fine, but that--that isn't what I'm talking about this morning. If your life doesn't cooperate, or doesn't testify of your emotions that you receive when you spoke with tongues, then you're deceived, because the Holy Spirit takes your innermost being and controls you as you are, makes you, forms you into Chris--to a Christian man or a woman. It ticks off with your life. There's something in you pushing you, just making you do it anyhow. It makes you love those who spit on you. It makes them love those who say that you're insane.” [What Does It Take To Mak .A Christian Life,  Chicago IL, 57-0113]

“Yes. That's what we need today is experiences of the new birth. Now, I want you to watch the order that Ezekiel brought it in. He said, "I will give you a new heart, and I'll give you a new spirit, and I'll put My Spirit in you." I want you to watch; there's three of it. A new heart. "I'll take the old stony heart away." That's that old different heart you have. "And I'll give you a new spirit." Now, many times, and there's been a terrible mistake, the people has thought sometimes that that new spirit was the Holy Spirit. But it isn't; it's a new spirit. God gives you a new... Why, you couldn't even get along with yourself with your old spirit; how you going to get along with the Holy Ghost? God had to give you a new spirit so you could get along with His Spirit. And sometimes people...?... "A new heart, a heart of flesh, so you will receive it; then a new spirit in that heart, and then I'll put My Spirit in that." You see? New heart, new spirit, "and My Spirit," [Why Some People Can't Keep The Victory, Oakland CA, 57-0324]

“And, Father, we are tired of impersonations of Christian life. Create in us, Lord, today a new heart, a new spirit, and put Your Spirit according to Your prophet's Word in the middle of our new spirit, and control us by love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, gentleness, patience, and faith, and all the fruits of the Spirit may be found in us, as we humbly yield ourselves, our souls, the innermost parts, the life that brings all this earthly potash, and calcium, and petroleum together and holds it thus... When it leaves, we go back to the dust. And we yield our spirits. We yield them to You.” [The Impersonation Of Christianity, Jeffersonville IN, 57-0120M]

“Father, we want to be like Moses. We want to be led by Your Holy Son, Jesus Christ, to Eternal Life. Give It to our hearts tonight, Lord. Tear out the old stony heart; place into us the new heart, the heart of flesh, the heart that You can talk to and deal with, and we will not be haughty or different. May the Holy Spirit never leave, Lord. May It come and ordain this people. Speak to them; tear up their stony will, and put in the will of God.” [Leadership, Covina CA,  65-1207]

Our Bible Study Subject for March 2014: Because of The Hardness of Your Hearts