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The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart

The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart. "And I will harden Pharaoh's middle, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Arab republic of egypt." Exodus 7:3. Proof Text For Calvinists?. "God made Pharaoh wicked; that is from a wicked seed" (Martin Luther, "Bondage of the Will" ).

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1. The Hardening of Pharaoh'southward Eye "And I volition harden Pharaoh's middle, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt." Exodus 7:3

2. Proof Text For Calvinists? • "God made Pharaoh wicked; that is from a wicked seed" (Martin Luther, "Bondage of the Volition"). • God "bends them to practise his judgments, only as if they carried their orders engraved on their minds… all the counsels and actions of men must exist held to be governed by his providence, so that he not only exerts power in the elect… but also forces the reprobate to practice him service" (John Calvin, "Institutes of the Christian Faith").

3. God's Foreknowledge, Determined Counsel, and Man'due south Free Will "Him, being delivered past the determined purpose and foreknowledgeof God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to decease" Acts 2:23

4. God's Foreknowledge • God knew Pharaoh would non let Israel go. • "But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not allow you lot become" (3:19). • God also know when Pharaoh would allow Israel go. • "Afterward, he will allow y'all go from hither" (11:one).

5. God's Determined Counsel • Exodus 9:16-17 – God raised up Pharaoh, knowing he was a proud man with a hard heart. • Exodus 7:iii-5 – God adamant to: • Bring Israel out of Egypt. • Bring judgments upon Arab republic of egypt. • Show His power and glorify His name in all the earth.

6. Pharaoh's Free Will • He exalted himself against God's people (9:17). • He did not fearfulness the Lord (nine:xxx). • He refused to humble himself earlier the Lord (10:3). • How could God hold Pharaoh responsible for not letting State of israel get if Pharaoh was not in control of his deportment and decisions?

7. Pharaoh'south Heart Through the Plagues • Aaron's Rod – "Pharaoh'southward centre grew hard" (seven:13).   • Water To Claret – "Pharaoh'southward heart grew difficult" (7:22). • Frogs – "he hardened his heart and did not heed them" (8:15). • Lice – "Pharaoh'south heart grew hard" (8:xix). • Flies – "Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also" (8:32). • Death of Livestock – "the eye of Pharaoh became hard" (ix:7). • Boils– "the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh" (9:12). • Hail – "he hardened his heart" (9:34). • Locusts – "the Lord hardened Pharaoh'south centre" (10:20).   • Darkness – "the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart" (x:27).

8. How God Hardened Pharaoh's Eye "Then shall My word be that goes forth from My oral fissure; information technology shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and information technology shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:xi God's Word performs God'due south intended will.

9. How God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart • A stardom is fabricated between those who feared the word of the Lord and those who did non regard the discussion of the Lord(Ex. 9:20-21). • Those who feared the word of the Lord took information technology seriously and responded in a way that protected themselves and their possessions. • Those who did not regard the word of the Lord did not take it seriously and lost their possessions.

10. How God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart • Later on the plague concluded, Pharaoh "sinned yet more than; and he hardened his heart" (v. 34). • Pharaoh was in command of his actions. • He hardened his heart, simply he did and so in response to God's Word. • Thus, information technology could rightly be said that God hardened Pharaoh's heart.

11. How God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart • Later the plague ended, Pharaoh "sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart" (v. 34). • Pharaoh was in control of his actions. • He hardened his heart, but he did so in response to God's Give-and-take. • Thus, information technology could rightly exist said that God hardened Pharaoh's center. • Pharaoh'southward center was already hard and rebellious. • God'south Word, delivered through Moses, simply served to farther harden Pharaoh'due south heart. • Each plague simply made his heart more hardened.

12. How God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart • God allowed Pharaoh to exercise his own costless will. • God knew what Pharaoh was going to do (Foreknowledge). • God used Pharaoh'southward rebellious heart as a means of accomplishing His will (Determined Counsel). • God hardened Pharaoh's heart, not through any miraculous means, but through His Word and the Plagues. • Through His Give-and-take and the Plagues, God was able to harden Pharaoh's eye while, at the same time, soften the hearts of many of Pharaoh's servants and citizens.

13. Alarm For Today • We must be careful to maintain a humble heart before God, yielding ourselves to His Discussion and His Will (Ex. 10:3). • We must develop a love for the truth - God's Discussion (2 Thess. two:ix-12). • Nosotros must never plow so far away from God that He gives us up (Rom. 1:18-32). five. 24 – "God also gave them up to uncleanness" v. 26 – "God gave them upward to vile passions" v. 28 – "God gave them over to a debased mind"

14. "Blest is the 1 who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity." Proverbs 28:14, ESV

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