"For the HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE ARE HARDENED, and their ears can not hear, and they have closed their eyes- so their eyes can not see, and their ears can not hear, and their hearts can not understand, or they would turn to me for healing!"
The world is becoming more and more HARD HEARTED, when it comes to God. How many people do you know who have heard the Word of God and yet they have not understood it? How many people have heard the "Good News", but have rejected it? They do not comprehend or else they would turn to God for healing and to save their life. In this One Truth Today Paul is telling the Jews that their hearts have hardened. Their eyes can not see and their ears can not hear what God is plainly saying to the them and showing them. If they would only open their hearts and turn to Jesus Christ they would be saved. Seeing they did not understand and hearing they did not comprehend or they would have turned to the Lord for Salvation. These people are a stiff necked and rebellious people and they are HARD HEARTED!
How about you, are you still someone with a hardened heart? Nothing has changed since Paul delivered this message, even to this present moment. Some believe in God the Father but they have never accepted that Jesus Christ is the Lord God. They have never opened their hearts and asked the Lord to come in and dwell with them. They do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and they do not know God. That is why God sent Salvation to the Gentiles. The gentiles have heard and seen and opened their heart to Jesus Christ the Lord God and they have been saved. Stiff necked and rebellious people who have a HARD HEART, have not!
The heart and soul of many have grown dull and hardened and calloused. Only a fool says in his heart that there is no God. Their ears have become heavy and hard of hearing. Their eyes have been shut tight, and they will never perceive or become acquainted with what is right there before them. You can run, but you can not hide from yourself. Keeping your eyes closed does not make things disappear. The real pity is that if you do not use your senses, as God intended, then you will never understand or experience the Truth of God. Thus you will never turn to the only one who can heal you and give you life. If you want to see and hear and know the Lord God then do not be HARD HEARTED!
