You have to Opt Out, not Opt In

 This came up again in a recent conversation I had. It seemed important to go over it again.
You have to opt out, not opt in.
     That is, there is only one thing which Jesus Christ Himself says won't be forgiven, and that's the Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Specifically, deliberately rejecting the testimony of the Holy Spirit, the things clearly performed by the Holy Spirit which demonstrated who Jesus Christ is. Jesus said, "Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven human beings, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven..." Every sin... except one. That includes the sin of ignorance. God forgives freely, but if someone knowingly and deliberately rejects Him, knowingly works against Him like the Pharisees were doing, then He's not going to force that person to be where they don't want to be, experiencing His presence. As John wrote, they preferred the darkness to the light, because their actions were deranged.
     No one can let go of something they're not holding onto. In this case, it is the person deliberately rejecting the testimony of the Holy Spirit about Jesus Christ who is holding on to something, not God. They are holding on to their own pride, clinging to what they like or want, and so on. They are clinging to the darkness not wanting to experience His love, mercy, peace, and presence. He can't let go of this because it's not His to let go of. They must let go of it, and turn back to Him. The person who deliberately and knowingly shuts their eyes to the light will remain in the darkness because they voluntarily choose to be there.
     Will they stay there forever? That really depends on that particular soul’s choices. Are some so hardened that they refuse to let go? That they refuse to be forgiven? I don’t know. But I do know that it’s not for lack of God’s love and mercy towards them. It’s not because God refuses to let it go. That’s not who He is.
     Souls are tossed into the outer darkness because they choose to be there, that is, because they choose their own derangement over the pure love and mercy that is Yahweh.