Acts 28:24-27
And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved….The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet..”Go to this people and say: ‘Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand, and seeing you will see, and not perceive….And their eyes they have closed.'”
How it all works is a mystery beyond our comprehension. The Holy Spirit would have us all to believe, otherwise Paul’s reference to Isaiah’s prophecy would not make sense. Yet not all do.
It is not within our power to believe, apart from God’s grace. But it is within our power to disbelieve.
