The Gospel Truth – "Hardness of Heart: Episode 2"

Host: Andrew Wommack | Date: October 14, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode is the second installment in Andrew Wommack’s teaching series "Hardness of Heart." It dives deep into understanding what a hardened heart truly means from a biblical perspective, moving beyond obvious sin or rebellion to subtler ways believers lose sensitivity to God. Andrew emphasizes that every Christian can fall into hardness of heart simply by being more attuned to the natural world than to the spiritual, and outlines both the signs and the implications of this condition. Throughout the episode, Wommack shares scriptural insights, personal stories, and practical definitions to help listeners identify and overcome areas of hardness in their own hearts.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Rethinking "Hardness of Heart"

• Not just for the rebellious: Andrew openly shares how he once thought “hardness of heart” described only those openly against God, but realized it subtly affects all believers.
• Universal application: "Every one of us have a hardened heart towards God in some area of our life. And it is completely up to us to change the condition of this heart. You can't change it if you don't realize that you even have this problem." (00:21)

2. Scriptural Foundation & Miraculous Events

• Mark 6 & John 6 Accounts:
  Andrew recounts the story of Jesus walking on water and calming the storm (Mark 6; John 6), highlighting the disciples’ amazement.
• Disciples’ reaction:
  "The disciples, when all of this happened, they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure and wondered. And that is perfectly descriptive of what I was feeling. I was just overwhelmed." (02:51)

3. The Real Meaning of a "Hardened Heart"

• Defining ‘hardened’:
  "The word hardened, if you look it up when it's referring to your emotions and to your heart... means to be cold, insensitive, unfeeling or unyielding." (06:35)
• Natural vs. Supernatural Sensitivity:
  Andrew emphasizes that being more aware of the natural than the spiritual is a form of hard-heartedness, not necessarily open rebellion or gross sin.

4. Relating to Real-Life Examples

• Feelings vs. Faith:
  Many believers struggle to feel God's love, even when they know what Scripture says. Andrew’s response: “You know what the scriptural term would be is that you're just hard hearted… It just means that your perception, your ability to perceive is hindered.” (08:29)
• Everyday choices matter:
  The disciples became hard-hearted by focusing only on natural solutions in a crisis, missing the recent miracle of the feeding of the 5,000.

5. Profound Realizations and Personal Anecdotes

• Having faith, yet lacking expectation:
  Andrew recounts a healing service where a boy’s cross eyes were instantly straightened—but Andrew exclaimed, “I don’t believe it,” which immediately reversed the miracle (18:09). This became a powerful revelation to him about his own limitations in belief.
• Key lesson:
  “I was more sensitive to the natural realm than I was the supernatural. And it shocked me. I was sore amazed in myself beyond measure and wondered when I saw it happen instantly. And what that was was unbelief.” (18:45)

6. Biblical Warnings and Encouragement

• Linking unbelief and hard-heartedness:
  "Over in Hebrews chapter three, it says, take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief… while it is called a day, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin." (19:18)
• The need for spiritual perception:
  Faith must come from the heart, not just mental assent. If your heart is more influenced by the natural than God’s Word, you are spiritually hardened.

7. Why Miracles Might Not Shock the Mature Believer

• Normalization of the supernatural:
  “You can get to a place to where walking in the supernatural is so normal that you're blessed by it, but you aren't shocked by it.” (22:44)
• Personal growth:
  Andrew describes his own journey from being shocked by miracles to expecting them as a natural part of his Christian walk.

8. Practical Application and Self-Examination

• Daily reflection:
  "Everything I do. Is this making me more sensitive to God or is it hardening me towards God? It doesn't have to be sin. It could just be natural things." (29:10)
• Weights versus sins:
  "Lay aside the weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us. It's more than just sin. There's weights, there's things that hinder us." (29:40)

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On the subtlety of hard-heartedness:
  "If you are a Christian and if you love God with all of your heart, but if it seems like you relate to the natural more than you relate to the supernatural… That's an indication that you have a hardened heart." (04:39)

• On not expecting the miraculous:
  "If somebody was to just be instantly healed, it would shock most people." (17:24)

• Andrew's own confession during a healing:
  "I said, 'I don't believe it.' And this guy's eyes crossed the moment I said that." (18:08)

• On growing in supernatural expectation:
  “We've seen people raised from the dead right on our stage... it's not that I'm not sensitive to these things, but I have become so sensitive to the spiritual realm that it no longer shocks me.” (24:42)

• Summary of his main point:
  "How you perceive things and what you relate to, what you're expecting is a huge part of what you get. If you can't see it on the inside, if you can't embrace it… it's going to be a hindrance." (27:32)

Notable Segment Timestamps

• 00:13 – 05:30 — Introduction & Reframing "Hardness of Heart"
• 05:30 – 10:00 — Scriptural Definitions and the Disciples' Example
• 10:00 – 14:30 — Natural Preoccupation vs. Supernatural Sensitivity
• 14:30 – 19:45 — Omaha Healing Incident & Personal Realizations
• 19:45 – 23:00 — Faith, The Heart, and Spiritual Application
• 23:00 – 26:30 — Miracles: Expectation versus Shock
• 26:30 – 29:50 — Application: Weights, Sin, and Growing in Spiritual Sensitivity

Tone & Style

Andrew Wommack’s delivery is gentle, self-reflective, and instructional. He uses personal stories, relatable scenarios, and down-to-earth explanations, aiming to gently challenge listeners’ assumptions while encouraging spiritual growth. The tone is not condemning, but calls for honest self-examination and faith-filled expectation in everyday Christian living.

Summary

This episode challenges listeners to evaluate their own sensitivity to God’s voice and supernatural activity, stressing that hardness of heart is often displayed not in rebellion or obvious sin, but simply in being more aware of the natural world than the spiritual. By re-examining familiar scriptures and personal anecdotes, Andrew equips believers to recognize and begin reversing areas of hard-heartedness—so that walking in the miraculous becomes expected, not shocking.