The Work of the Holy Spirit

584 XXXII. The Love Which Withers “Therefore hath He mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth.”—Rom.ix. 1 ...

submit themselves to the Word. They do not seem to notice the unreasonableness and dis- honesty of this course. It only shows th ...

a man may be, however insolent his treatment of the Holy One, the good and benevolent Father will find a way eventually to lead ...

this matter, or even to have any voice in it, and claim that we and our opponents should 588 unreservedly submit to all that God ...

589 XXXIII. The Hardening in the Sacred Scripture. “He hath hardened their heart.”— Johnxii. 40. The Scripture teaches positivel ...

These words are meaningless if they are made to refer to the private life of the individual Pharaoh. No private individual ever ...

make stubborn the hearts of the Egyptians, and I will get Me honor upon pharaoh and upon all his host” (Exod. xiv. 17). Througho ...

Paul addressed the same words to the Romans (Acts xxviii. 26; x. 8). We have already noticed his words, “To give over to a repro ...

594 XXXIV. Temporary Hardening “Lord, why hast Thou hardened our heart? “—Isa. lxiii. 17. That there is a hardening of heart whi ...

forever. And so dark was the spiritual night that it seemed that no ray of light would ever pierce it. And the same is true of t ...

become more rare and less refreshing. There may be an occasional drop of oil, but there is never a full, fresh anointing. As a r ...

himself is utterly insensible of it. In his temporal hardening the child of God shall weep at last; but the other moves on with ...

598 XXXV. The Hardening of Nations “The election hath obtained it, and the rest were hardened.”— Rom.xi. 7. St. Paul’sword, at t ...

ously vex the Christian nations; and in India our possession is not as undisturbed as once it was. The ancient moral greatness a ...

As a rule, the hardening which in our days and in our own circles manifests itself is confined to the Christian Church, and foll ...

602 fail to notice the difference between sand and clay in Friesland and in Gelderland? But if we possess deeper insight and lar ...

603 XXXVI. The Apostolic Love “He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts.”— Johnxii. 40. It is singular that the hard ...

Therefore they could not believe, because Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts; that they sho ...

and in its base resistance compels Him to hide Himself. And then their hardening of heart becomes manifest. There is no escape f ...

607 measure than if it were less excellent. And knowing this; is it strange that the same law prevails in the highest domain, vi ...