Hello everyone out there.
How can who is His not believe? Matt. 13:18 to 50
Well, that would be because of Isaiah's prophecy, which is listed right in the scripture:
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This is why I speak to them in parables:
‘Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled:
‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has grown callous;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn, and I would heal them.’
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Those whom Jesus was speaking to in parables, was that generation of Israel and that in fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy listed above. But as Paul wrote regarding Israel:
"Just as you (Gentiles) who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their (Israel's) disobedience, so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you. For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.