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example of God’s refusal to grant repentance

to a person is God’s rejection of Esau when

Esau sold his birthright to his brother Jacob

for one morsel of meat. Hebrews 12:17 tells

us that afterward when Esau would have

inherited the blessing, he was rejected by

God “for he found no place of repentance,

though he sought it carefully with tears”

(See Hebrews 12:16-17).

Hardened hearts and seared consciences

are part of the perilous times that will come

upon the earth in the last days (See 1

Timothy 4:1-2). When I used to teach ladies

Bible studies, I would often warn the

women of the danger of trifling with God’s

Word and misrepresenting Christianity. I

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