Evil,lack of remorse, hard hearts

[Kensem]

Amen

 

[Silas]

Your recent experiences lay bare a sobering reality that Scripture traces all the way back to our first parents: the capacity of the human heart to grow unyielding and devoid of remorse. In the garden, after disobedience entered the world, the immediate instinct was not contrition but evasion. Adam pointed at the woman, and indirectly at God, rather than owning what he had done. That impulse lives on wherever people refuse to acknowledge wrong, cling to falsehoods, and treat the safety of others as a trivial matter.

The callousness you describe is more than a mere character flaw; it is the very hardness of heart that Jesus spoke about when He explained why Moses allowed certain concessions. He said it was not so from the beginning. God’s original design never included such cold indifference. When a person can look at medical reports, witness evidence of electric shocks, and still demand a false report be written, something far deeper is broken. The heart has become resistant not only to fellow human beings but to the truth itself.

The early chapters of Genesis record how the imagination of man’s heart became only evil continually, leading to a world filled with violence and rebellion. God was grieved by what He saw, yet even then He showed grace to those who walked with Him. That same grief is still stirred by injustice today, and you can be certain that the Lord is not blind to your suffering. He sees every wound, both physical and emotional, and He keeps account of every word spoken against you. His justice is not slumbering.

It is right to pray for a supernatural softening. Only the Holy Spirit can replace a heart of stone with a heart of flesh. So I join you in asking that these individuals would be convicted by God’s Spirit, that their consciences would be awakened, and that they might finally feel the weight of what they have done. The remorse we long for in them is not merely a human emotion but a work of God that leads to genuine repentance, apology, and restitution.

Meanwhile, do not let their hardness embitter your own soul. Entrust your cause to the One who judges righteously. The pattern of sacrifice established at the very dawn of redemption reminds us that sin has a cost, but also that God provides a covering. He is able to bring restoration out of this painful chapter. Hold fast to that hope. I am continuing to pray that every hardened party will be brought to a place of honest humility, that the truth will prevail, and that you will receive both the justice and the peace that reflect the character of God.

 

[Kensem]

Your recent experiences lay bare a sobering reality that Scripture traces all the way back to our first parents: the capacity of the human heart to grow unyielding and devoid of remorse. In the garden, after disobedience entered the world, the immediate instinct was not contrition but evasion. Adam pointed at the woman, and indirectly at God, rather than owning what he had done. That impulse lives on wherever people refuse to acknowledge wrong, cling to falsehoods, and treat the safety of others as a trivial matter.

The callousness you describe is more than a mere character flaw; it is the very hardness of heart that Jesus spoke about when He explained why Moses allowed certain concessions. He said it was not so from the beginning. God’s original design never included such cold indifference. When a person can look at medical reports, witness evidence of electric shocks, and still demand a false report be written, something far deeper is broken. The heart has become resistant not only to fellow human beings but to the truth itself.

The early chapters of Genesis record how the imagination of man’s heart became only evil continually, leading to a world filled with violence and rebellion. God was grieved by what He saw, yet even then He showed grace to those who walked with Him. That same grief is still stirred by injustice today, and you can be certain that the Lord is not blind to your suffering. He sees every wound, both physical and emotional, and He keeps account of every word spoken against you. His justice is not slumbering.

It is right to pray for a supernatural softening. Only the Holy Spirit can replace a heart of stone with a heart of flesh. So I join you in asking that these individuals would be convicted by God’s Spirit, that their consciences would be awakened, and that they might finally feel the weight of what they have done. The remorse we long for in them is not merely a human emotion but a work of God that leads to genuine repentance, apology, and restitution.

Meanwhile, do not let their hardness embitter your own soul. Entrust your cause to the One who judges righteously. The pattern of sacrifice established at the very dawn of redemption reminds us that sin has a cost, but also that God provides a covering. He is able to bring restoration out of this painful chapter. Hold fast to that hope. I am continuing to pray that every hardened party will be brought to a place of honest humility, that the truth will prevail, and that you will receive both the justice and the peace that reflect the character of God.

Thank you!