Dealing with strongholds

“This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.” (John 3:19)

One of the hardest strongholds to deal with are those who love sin

“Who delight in doing evil and rejoice in the perversity of evil;” (Prov. 2:14)

They are hard of heart

“They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.” (Eph. 4:18)

It’s a sign of the last days

“But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,” (2 Tim. 3:1-2)

What to do

Over the years, I’ve encountered lots of people, some of them family and friends, who loved their sin and were totally resistant to change. And because of that, it was impossible to talk to them about Christ. But God can soften their hearts. Pray earnestly that Christ will remove their hardness of heart. Always be kind and patient, because God is in the business of changing hearts.

“But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.” (2 Cor. 3:14)

Therefore

“And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,” (Ez. 11:19)