Ez 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 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.
27 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.
Born again by baptism
What??? Poor exegesis! (Actually eisegesis.)
Here is that complete section from Ezekiel: “‘
I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries(1); then I will bring you to your land. I will sprinkle you with pure water, and you will be clean from all your impurities.
I will purify you from all your idols. (2) I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative, and
you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations(3).
Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers(4); you will be my people, and I will be your God. I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and multiply it; I will not bring a famine on you. I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds that were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds. Understand that it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the Sovereign Lord. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel."
1) Gather you from all the countries clearly refers to exiled Israelites.
2) Purification from idols is self-explanatory (unless you're Catholic and still retain idols!)
3) "Obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations" clearly refers to the Old Testament law.
4) The land is gave to you fathers clearly refers to the physical land of Israel.
Taking a few OT verses out of context to come up with a clearly unScriptural interpretation is eisegesis, bordering on blasphemy. "Born again by baptism" (by sprinkling!) is so far from what this text is saying that it is clearly a severe distortion of God's message.