Acts 24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
We will discover that presenting truth in a manner that cannot be controverted, does not necessarily translate into conviction. The individuals in question may not be able to dodge the straight truth, but the mind may still not be convinced. That is because the servants of God cannot convict anyone in their conscience; it’s only God who can do the work of convicting. Hence the reason why when a person decides to give his/ her life to Christ today, in very many instances that will not be the first time that they had heard the truth.
One of the problems with fallen humanity is that we often don’t get it with the first round of information given to us in any matter. Very few persons on our planet are able to grasp with clarity, any subject that is presented to the mind, for it often takes several rounds of repetition for persons to understand fully. Case in point is the 27 doctrines of our church which if you were to ask most Seventh Day Adventists of, it will be a teeny tiny minority who would remember, let alone explain what we believe.
Again, the prophecies of Daniel, including the 2300 day prophecy have been explained by preachers and evangelists such as Doug Bachelor and others on a number of occasions, yet very many don’t seem to get it, for one reason or another. That’s because we only use a small percentage of our mental capacity, and therefore, the ability for us to grasp things readily, especially, deep, sacred truth is not something which takes place either rapidly, or regularly.
Daniel 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. 27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!