Hardness of heart

Kinds of hardness of heart

As disobedience towards God

Referring to the disobedience of the Israelites in their wilderness wanderings.

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Ephesians 4:18 KJV 1900

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

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As the work of God

God’s judgment on Pharaoh was to confirm him in his stubbornness so that he might feel the full weight of his wrath;

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As an uncaring attitude towards other people

Deuteronomy 15:7 KJV 1900

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

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Examples of hardness of heart

Pharaoh

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Israel

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Zedekiah

2 Chronicles 36:12–13 KJV 1900

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

Jesus Christ’s disciples

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Jesus Christ’s generation

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Paul’s hearers

Acts 28:25–27 KJV 1900

And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

God’s remedies for hardness of heart

Repentance

Psalm 51:17 KJV 1900

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

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A work of grace

God’s promise to Israel.

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