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1 | Doesn't this seem like a contradiction? | Rev 13:8 | Hank | 88495 | ||
John Reformed: Friend, you and your predestined Calvinist brethern seem to take great delight in emphasizing that God hardened Pharaoh's heart "as part of his eternal purpose" so you say. But it seems to me you emphasize one set of facts while ignoring another. There are 18 references in Scripture to the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. In nine of them it is attributed to God's actions. That's half of the references. Now to whose actions do suppose Scripture attributes the hardening of Pharaoh's heart in the other half of the references? --Hank | ||||||
2 | Doesn't this seem like a contradiction? | Rev 13:8 | John Reformed | 88511 | ||
Hank, One cannot simply ignore the fact that God told Moses That HE would harden Pharoah's heart. This was God's decree. Any subsequent hardening on Pharoah's part does not change or mitigate that which God (who always accomplishes His good pleasure) had pre-ordained. The remaining 9 verses, which attribute to Pharoah the hardening of his own heart, show that man is naturally bent against good and that God is not a puppetmaster. John Reformed PS: ("you and your predestined Calvinist brethern") I am gratified to see you recognize that it was God who is responsible for mine, and my brethren's theological perspectives :-) |
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