Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Judicial Blindness
A theological dive into passages about God hardening hearts and judicial blindness. The talk examines how disobedience can lead God to withdraw His striving and magnify human unbelief. It contrasts human responsibility with divine action and links the theme to historical examples and modern spiritual decline. Practical guidance is offered on when to cease argument and the limits of revival methods.
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Judicial Blindness As Divine Response
- Judicial blindness describes God withdrawing striving so people become incapable of believing.
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones shows this appears in Paul, Jesus, and Acts as a divine response to persistent rejection.
How God Withdraws Restraint
- God brings judicial blindness by ceasing to strive and by giving people over to consequences of sin.
- Lloyd-Jones ties this to Genesis 6 and Romans 1 where God withdraws restraining influence to teach a lesson.
Hardening Amplifies Human Rejection
- Hardening is a step beyond withdrawal where God amplifies existing resistance, making unbelief more manifest.
- Lloyd-Jones uses Pharaoh and Israel to show God exaggerates human sin rather than creating it.
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Intro
00:00 • 51sec
Purpose of Romans 11 Summary
00:51 • 1min
Warning Against Wrong-Seeking
02:08 • 3min
Introducing Judicial Blindness
04:59 • 3min
Paul's Hardening Doctrine in Chapter 9
08:03 • 4min
Jesus' Use of Isaiah's Quotation
12:13 • 4min
Two Elements: Human and Divine
15:43 • 26sec
God Ceasing to Strive and Giving Up
16:10 • 6min
Judicial Hardening Explained
21:59 • 5min
Scripture on Being Appointed to Condemnation
26:38 • 4min
Election Clarifies Hardening
30:44 • 2min
God Magnifies Human Unbelief
32:52 • 3min
Applying Judicial Blindness Today
35:47 • 3min
When to Stop Arguing with the Obdurate
38:32 • 1min
Limits of Revival Techniques
39:34 • 3min
Pray Always; God Controls Revival
43:01 • 2min
Outro
44:33 • 3min
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