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"I will harden Pharaoh's heart"


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Introduction
  • If you were so inclined, could you make a loved one upset?
  • Exodus 7:1-5 – Did God control Pharaoh’s mind in some miraculous way?
  • People lose their faith over these sorts of topics.
  • God presented a choice that He knew Pharaoh would not accept, thus hardening his heart.
  • God hardened Pharaoh’s heart
    • Exodus 4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 10:1, 20, 27; 11:10; 14:4, 8, 17
    • Pharaoh hardened his own heart
      • Exodus 8:15, 32; 9:34
      • Pharaoh’s heart is hardened
        • Exodus 7:13, 22-23; 8:19; 9:7, 35
        • The hearts of Pharaoh and his servants are hardened
          • Exodus 9:34-10:1
          • God’s knowledge of the future does not take away Pharaoh’s free will.
            • Exodus 13:17-18, 21
            • Exodus 14:1-8
            • God’s foreknowledge
              • Exodus 3:19-21; 6:1; 7:4; 8:14-15, 19; 9:11-12, 15-16; 11:1, 9
              • Acts 2:23
              • Pharaoh’s free will
                • Exodus 7:14, 16; 8:2; 9:2, 17, 20-21, 27; 10:3-4, 16-17; 13:15
                • Exodus 6:1 – God knew this stubborn man would resist!
                • Take-aways
                  • Watch out for Calvinist claims.
                    • Romans 9:17-18 – God does not choose salvation for people.
                    • Be assured that God is just.
                      • James 1:13; Colossians 3:25 – Sin is never God’s fault.
                      • Learn from Pharaoh’s terrible mistakes!
                        • Soften your heart to God!
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