“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn so that I should heal them” (John 12:40).
Someone will say, “If God blinds people’s eyes so they cannot see the truth, I want nothing to do with him.” It is not easy to reconcile a loving God with one who will deliberately blind people’s eyes and harden their hearts. Yet are there not times when we too have to cut people out of our lives. When it becomes clearly evident an individual is not interested in a healthy relationship but only wish to manipulate or hurt us, it is time to end the acquaintance.
Yes, God is love. Yes God is merciful. He is also just. He will not continue to allow the abuse of his Son (Genesis 6:3; Proverbs 2:22; Proverbs 29:1).
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God” (Hebrews 10:31).
