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1 | Why was his heart hardened? | Ex 4:21 | srinaldi | 163427 | ||
Who hardened pharoahs heart, God or pharoah? | ||||||
2 | Why was his heart hardened? | Ex 4:21 | ebrain | 163442 | ||
Pharoah hardened his own heart, it is unthinkable to suggest that God would do anything to prevent a person accepting Him. Pharoah was considered to be a god by the Egyptians, he allready had a hard heart,and considered that he was in competion with the tribal god of the Hebrews. When it says "the LORD hardened Pharoah's heart", all it means is that an allready hard man was made even harder as a result of what the Lord our God did to the land of Egtpt. It is put this way ,however, so that you have yet another opertunity to exercise faith in God, as required at Heb 11:6. |
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3 | Why was his heart hardened? | Ex 4:21 | humbledbyhisgrace | 163450 | ||
Greetings brother Edwin! Can you please expand on your statements? You said “When it says "the LORD hardened Pharoah's heart", all it means is that an allready hard man was made even harder as a result of what the Lord our God did to the land of Egtpt.” How do you come to this conclusion? What scriptures are you referring to? In Exodus 4:21 it says “The LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.” Not only does God say the He will harden Pharaoh’s heart, but He also says why He will do it. Thanks and God bless! Steve |
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4 | Why was his heart hardened? | Ex 4:21 | ebrain | 163497 | ||
Thank you Steve for your post. The Scriptures to which I refer appear in the post by Mark D Seyler just below yours, please also look at my note to him of 6:55am on 12/2/05. |
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5 | Why was his heart hardened? | Ex 4:21 | humbledbyhisgrace | 163547 | ||
Hello Brother Edwin, I pray all is well with you today! Based on your original response to srinaldi I can only assume at this point you believe that God did not harden Pharaoh's heart. Please correct me if I'm wrong. In my opinion, it clearly says in Exodus 4:21 and the other verses that Mark pointed to in his post that God harden Pharaoh’s heart and the hearts of others. I do not understand how Ezekiel 33:11 and 2 Peter 3:9 change that? Can you explain how they would? Is He not justified in doing so? He is the sovereign almighty creator and He is not dealing with the innocent. We (mankind) have rejected Him from the beginning. We are all sinners (Romans 3:23). Even those of us that have been blessed to receive His saving grace are not worthy of it. But it was His will that we receive it. The way I see this, the sovereign God chooses to do with each of us as He wills for His purpose to bring forth His plan and to glorify Himself to mankind. The fact is, if God doesn't show us, mankind is not capable of knowing Him (1 Corinthians 2:14). Is it harder to understand that He hardened someone's heart then it is to understand the blessing of His salvation for those that He has given it to? Do we deserve His grace or do we deserve His wrath? |
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6 | Why was his heart hardened? | Ex 4:21 | ebrain | 163747 | ||
Thank you Steve for your post. I thought I was sending one to you, but sent it (3:14pm to day) to Mark in error, so please read same, and it will put this post into persoective. Ezekiel, and 2nd Peter were refered to as a contrast to John 12:40, this latter verse was drawn to my attention by Mark, who I in turn asked to reconcile it with E and P above. At first glance, it would appear that these verses disagree with each other, and that is exactly why I used the word "appear" in an eairler post. Of course Scripture does not dissagree with itself, and whats more it cannot be made to do so. There must therefore be another explanation, and that is what I wanted when I asked for a reconciliation of these verses. Yours because I am His. Edwin. |
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