While rereading chapter 44, verse 18 stuck out like it hadn’t the first time through. The very thought that God shuts the eyes and hearts of people intrigued me. What are we to make of this? How does God do it? Are the people aware of this happening to them? Can I play a part in this not happening? Am I able to undo any of it?
Who Wrote This
“If you do not contend with your whole heart against the impious government of the pope, you cannot be saved. Whoever takes delight in the religion and worship of popery, will be eternally lost in the world to come. If you reject it, you must expect to incur every kind of danger, and even to lose your lives. But it is far better to be exposed to such perils in this world than to keep silence. So long as I live I will denounce to my brethren the sore and the plague of Babylon, for fear that many who are with us may fall back like the rest into the bottomless pit of perdition.”
The Fall of Nations
God's Sovereignty
Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats
Why is it that believers these days don’t know the names of some of the greatest preachers and missionaries of previous generations? Because… these men’s preaching and writings would condemn much of what passes for preaching today. If these men came back today and heard the average preaching in most Christian and Messianic congregations, they would toss the preachers out of the pulpit. Then, after everybody recovered from that, they would commence to preaching in such away that it would clear out the chaff from the wheat!