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  ““ You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth .” Acts 7 : 51 , 54 NKJV Naturally, except at the instance of hardness, the Holy Spirit convicts every heart that responds appropriately to the goodnews. For example, the audience of Stephen were privileged to be exposed to a great disclosure of the historical perspectives on the mercy of God upon the Israelites. But at the end of his scriptural revelation like their fathers did, the Holy Spirit revealed their resistance to the goodnews. Even today, hardened hearts do readily scorn and spurn all scriptural disclosure of the mercy and grace of God through resistances to confession and forsaking of all forms of unrighteousness. Therefore, believers are encouraged to be consistent in their pleadings for the spirit softening, even up to the possible endurance of o...

  “ For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. ” Acts 7 : 25 NKJV The experience of Moses with his brethren during the dispensation of unequal understanding underscores the basis of common crisis in most relationships. While Moses supposed that his brethren would have understood, God was waiting on Moses to be ready as the evangelist. It is always not enough for believers to be fully convinced about God’s vision and mandate as the divine purpose of their existence. A successful mission on godly visions must accommodate the dynamics of unequal understanding of the people on the field. Unfortunately, most supposed servants of God would get mad with both God and the people for their unequal understanding, leading to loss of focus, faithfulness, and fruitfulness. Whereas, Moses had to spend 40 years in Midian to deal with the concept of unequal understanding until God revealed “I have surely seen the ...