Will You Harden Your Heart?

The Bible warns about hardening the human heart.  When a person hardens his heart he forces God to take other steps to reach this person he would never have had to reach.  It can be a man.  It can be a woman.

There are reasons for hardening the heart.  But, who hardens the heart?  God?  Or man?  Or both?  God says in Romans 9:18 "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and on whom he will be hardeneth."  God will neve harden a heart that is first hardened against him.

Why do people harden their hearts against God?  Deceitfulness of sin causes it (II Kings 17:13, 14; Heb. 3:13).  Also in Daniel 5:18, 20 Nebuchadnezzar hardened his heart against God.  In Mark 3:4, 5 God hardened some hearts because of prejudice.

What dangers are there in hardening the heart?  It cuts off all hope of salvation.  It then leads to wickedness, for which one will pay in Hell forever.  Dying without Christ means sudden destruction without any hope (Prov. 29:1).  It also means being engulfed in the terrible wrath of God (Rom. 2:5).  Don't forget Proverbs 3:7-14.

The best thing is to keep one's heart open to God.  Be saved early in life.  Live for God.  Be ready to go up in the rapture.  Be ready to live forever with God in eternity.  You will be glad you did.