WHY DO WE HARDEN OUR HEARTS?

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When we don’t want to be told that what we are doing is wrong, we prepare our heart to challenge whoever that tries to remind us that what we are doing is wrong.
A man dropped the bible because he so much wants to divorce his wife and the bible was clearly against it.
A thief intimidated his victim to silence because he doesn't want to be hearing ‘please don’t steal my property, its wrong’.
Many youths stopped going to church that preaches against indecent dresses to churches that allow any form of dressing because they don’t want to be told that nude dressings are sinful.
People shout upon those that sound the truth to them and call them Mr. Preacher, Mr. Right, Mr. Perfect, Holy Person, Mr. Correcter etc. just to harden their heart against the truth they speak.
People excuse an evil because they want to keep doing it, some even search scriptures to look for a portion that they can comfortably misinterpret to permit them into doing evil e.g. like alcohol drinking
To harden one’s heart is an act of covering sin. Cain did it but became a vagabond for it, Saul did it and lost his throne, the bible says, if you cover, excuse, harden, against your sinfulness, you won’t prosper.
Its not sin that makes God bring immediate judgment on us but when we try to protect that sinfulness when He sends someone to tell us the truth. Whenever you sin, God doesn't get angry but He gets angry when He sends His word to you to convict and correct you and you rather excuse yourself of such sin.
David sinned and when Mr. Correcter came (Nathan) he didn’t call him Mr. Correcter, Mr. Preacher, Mr. Perfect, Holier than thou etc. he rather confessed his sin and it was never recorded that he committed similar sin again.
When you sin, how do you handle correction? Do you harden yourself in evil or accept and take corrections even when it’s coming from a most unlikely source? Pr 15:10 ¶ Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
When you sin, don’t harden your hear when correction comes.
God bless you.
Pastor Promise Ikpe
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