I should have put this in the first time.
Romans 9:18
So then He has mercy on whomever He wills (chooses) and He hardens (makes stubborn and unyielding the heart of) whomever He wills.
2006-12-07 02:53:20 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Want the Biblical answer? You may not like it. It is because God does NOT WANT THEM TO BELIEVE UNTO SALVATION. This is an extremely unpopular Truth in America today where everyone wants to think that "God loves everyone". Nonsense. God loves "His people", those whom He has chosen from the foundation of the earth. Only the elect are able to believe.
Read the cause and effect below from John 12
2006-12-07 03:02:34 · answer #1 · answered by 5solas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
those whose hearts are hardened chose that due to the path they were persuing. A yeilding heart already accepts the wonder of love and mercy, but there are times that only through pain can a lesson be fully learned- He hardens the heart so it can break, and become accepting of the offer of love.
God is not going to hand the world to the good and kind- he has guaranteed us that there will be suffering, but that he will be there to help you through it if you let him.
2006-12-07 03:04:34 · answer #2 · answered by belle_vivre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are unbelieving and stubborn God will harden those who simply refuse to listen. Examples of people God hardens the pharisees and saducees who are righteous in their own eyes but are nothing more then blind men, God hardens those who are too blind to see. And opens the eyes of those who are willing to listen and understand.
2006-12-07 03:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pharaoh's heart was hardened against Moses so God could show the Hebrew people his power.
2006-12-07 02:59:38 · answer #4 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the beginning, you will possibly desire to study the bible and locate out what "hardening somebody's heart" actual skill. this does not advise "manipulating" or getting rid of the unfastened will. in case you seek for out all referring texts of the bible you will locate that "hardening the middle" in straightforward terms skill that the hardened heart insists on that's totally place. It gets, which you will possibly desire to declare, reliable and has a tendency to stress via that's targets. The Pharao of Egypt is with the help of very own definition a god. Giving in to Moses'/the Lord's request "permit my human beings bypass" might equivalent a de-deification, the completed loss of his authority. subsequently it relatively is psychologically the terrific option that the Pharao approves loads of discomfort previously giving in. So, what does "hardening the middle" advise? The apostle Paul writes something related to the point of biblical texts: They supply examples for our coaching, and in many memories we can analyze adult men who stay the direction till the lesson turns into evident. So no one gets limited, yet issues replace into sparkling.
2016-10-14 05:10:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person whose heart Is hardened Is a person who already has a hard heart God just allows that person to act on It,we as belivers sometimes harden our heart to God and we reap what we sow for our benefit,for Instance I am dealing with anger and getting even and God allows a person who Is like me to enter my heart so I can see the problem In myself and repent and allow God to change me for his glory and I have peace and joy,and I am Instead of being angery with that person I act like God does for me,I repent and now I walk In His peace and can lead others to that place Of peace and joy In him and for others to .
For his glory I hope that what I wrote gives you the knowledge and the peace and joy that I now have and that we can both share the gospel together,amen
2006-12-07 03:05:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best explanation of this that I have heard is that God is removing His grace from those whose hearts he is hardening. By removing His grace the individual is left to their own accord and turns away from God.
2006-12-07 02:57:05 · answer #7 · answered by Boilerfan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He is God. Who are we to question his motives.
I gave you an answer about hardening the heart. He may do this because they are not lovers of the truth.
2006-12-07 03:01:08 · answer #8 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you not see that perhaps it is your heart that is hardened and not thiers? Not everyone wants to be a christian robot. take the plank out of your eye before scrounging in your neighbors irises.
2006-12-07 03:02:53 · answer #9 · answered by badferret 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is just the writers way of saying that God does not mess around with the truth, those who have stubbornly refused to listen to the revealed word of God can be refused the grace to fathom it.
2006-12-07 03:00:09 · answer #10 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋