John 12:37-43 When God Hardens Hearts
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If you’ve ever read “God hardened their hearts” and felt your stomach drop, you’re not alone. We sit in the tension of John 12:37–43 where the crowd watches extraordinary signs from Jesus, yet John says they not only do not believe, they cannot believe. That single line forces a deeper question: if God is the one who gives new birth and draws people to Christ, how can God be love when some are left in blindness?
We walk carefully through the text and its logic. John quotes Isaiah to show that hardening is not presented as God creating fresh unbelief out of nowhere, but as God…
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