Softening Our Hearts

We need to be vigilant to keep our hearts from becoming hard and to soften our hearts when we begin to see hardness happening. Our text reminds us that disciples can have hard hearts and that the hard heart both grieves our Lord and draws His rebuke.

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1. The Description of a Hard Heart

a. A hard heart is not easily penetrated or pierced by the Word of God.  Matthew 13:4

b. A hard heart is resistant to pressure and unyeilding to the touch.

c. A hard heart is stiff and unyielding, not easily shaped or unpliable.

2.  The Development of a Hard Heart.

a. The deceitfulness of sin

b. The refusal or slowness to believe God's Word

c. The lack of response to God's voice

3.  The Softening of a Heart

a. Careful attentiveness to God's voice.  Hebrews 3:13

b. Obedience to God's voice

c. The body of Christ exhorting one another.