Yes, and there comes a time beyond which God will no longer strive with a man/woman, and then He gives them over to strong delusion. [ Should we add a childish chuckle or a grin, just to let the poor thing know to whom it is indirectly directed? ]
“Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and see my state, may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that.” — John Donne