THEY ARE NOT STUPID- IT'S A HARD HEART

NETTIE-OLOGY: They are not stupid! The problem is worst, they have a hard heart.

MATTHEW 13:15 NEW KING JAMES VERSION
For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them.’

There is a saying that is said when people cannot reason with a person who is speaking illogically- “You can’t fix stupid”. I have thought that on more than one occasion and spoke it a few times as well. The remark is meant to be a put-down towards the person but these people really believe what they believe.

I personally know quite a few people who I place in a category of “not able to fix”. But, the problem is not that they are stupid, the problem is a hardness of the heart.

Jesus said:

MATTHEW 13:13-14
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive;

If Yeshua knew people would not understand Him, why do we expect others to understand what we are saying?

MATTHEW 13:15 THE VOICE
For this people’s heart has become calloused;   they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

It is not that these individuals, are mean and “cold hearted”, most of them can be very kind and considerate; they really don’t see their actions as cruel- take abortion advocates as an example. Yes, there are people who are pure evil, these people have a debased mindset.

ROMANS 1:28 THE EXPANDED BIBLE
[L- And since/just as] People did not ·think it was important [consider it worthwhile; see fit] to ·have a true knowledge of [or acknowledge] God. So God ·abandoned them to [allowed them to pursue; gave them over to] ·their own worthless thinking [a depraved/corrupted mind] to do things they should not do.

Let the reader take note: YHWH released them to their own ways, we do not have to do anything but walk away, distance ourselves from those individuals.

I speak from my own experience because the world is a big place and I don’t know everyone. I know people who frustrate me because they reject basic, common sense, truths. These people strongly disagree with my thinking and even more strongly believe that I am wrong- both religiously and politically. I have tried to accept their truths as truth but in the end I have to disagree.

ROMANS 10:10 NEW KING JAMES VERSION
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

You cannot believe what your heart cannot receive. 

Yeshua is the Truth, He is the ONLY way and in Him there is Light. Many people have lives that go against the way of the Truth. There are individuals that support the words of people who do not support the infallible word of YHWH. These individuals have chosen, CHOSEN, to not see or hear anything that goes against what they have chosen to believe. In rejecting Jesus they have elected to go another way.

No, we can’t fix stupid, we can’t help the unbeliever, only YHWH can. In Psalm 51, David cries out to Abba and ask, begs Him, to fix him.

PSALM 51:10 THE EXPANDED BIBLE
Create in me a ·pure [clean] heart, God,  and ·make my spirit right again [L- renew a right/steadfast spirit in me]. 

This understanding is why I stopped debating Liberals and Super Christians. Both groups have eyes but cannot see and ears but cannot hear. Because they lack understanding (Proverbs 4:&) they reject information.

A Word about Super Christians. I penned this term to categorize individuals who believe they have mastered the word of YHWH and their interpretation is the correct understanding. Unfortunately, with these Believers the foundation of their faith is tradition and not Bible (Matthew 15:6). These individuals are the backbone of most churches, they volunteer, the give, they attend regularly; in their mind they reflect how a “real” Believer should act.

Political debates for many people are along party lines, I don’t share in that understanding. I vote according to my faith, which for the most part is Republican. I don’t vote based on race. I don’t vote based on gender. I will not vote for a person who supports abortion or same gender marriages. It is those who are “die-hard” Republican or Democrat that become deaf and blind to any conversation. When your faith takes second to your political beliefs your heart is hardened to the truth.

If you think about it, when you have a strong disagreement with a person it is because they “just can’t see” things the way you see it. Perhaps you are the one that is blind to the truth! Perhaps you are the one who has become deaf to any different information. 

What I do is:  hear what is being said, I try to understand and then I evaluate the information. If I am being told something that does not agree with Scripture I can reject it. YHWH will help me understand (James 1:5). My heart has been hardened from time to time and the Spirit of God (Ruach Hakodesh)  hasgiven me understanding..

To be “stupid” simply means you don’t know something, you can fix stupid.

A person hardens his own heart by rejecting the Truth. YHWH hardened Pharaoh’s heart temporarily, we read how his heart was hardened and then he became submissive and his heart was hardened again until the children of Israel were released (Exodus 4-14).  Only YHWH can fix a hard heart.

There are many people who do not want to change, they are comfortable with their life as it is. We cannot change them, we cannot convert them, we cannot help them see the error of their ways. We must understand- they feel the same way about us! There are many self-righteous individuals, also known as: hardened heart people.

Today we see many hard hearted people, I try not to be one of them.

                                    written by Marsha L F Randolph

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