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Welcome...
Introduce self...
Pray...
What is a hard heart?
Biblical idea of heart:
Described the entirety of who a person was, not just emotions
Heart included the idea of will
A hard heart is one that resists God
A hard heart is one that worships creation rather than creator
A hard heart is sick with sin and against God
Dead in your trespasses
Slave to sin
Cannot please God
Who has hard hearts?
Everyone!
In which you all once walked...
Who can overcome a hard heart?
God and God alone
Our heart is hard, our heart is dead, our heart is a slave...
Our will is hard, our will is dead, our will is a slave...
In our rebellious state, we will not pursue God
Hard hearts are removed through repentance (gifted from God)
What does it mean that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart?
Pharaoh’s heart was always hard...
Pharaoh was always against God (remember killing the babies…)
There are multiple times throughout this story that the Bible says “Pharaoh hardened his own heart.”
I appreciate what RC Sproul commented on this text:
Since in this context “heart” denotes “will,” God states that He will strengthen Pharaoh’s resolve not to release the Israelites.
Strange as this may seem, God will give Pharaoh the courage to do what Pharaoh has chosen to do from the outset.
God does not force Pharaoh to act contrary to his own will.
It may seem “unjust” but we know it is not…
We must not overlay our perception of justice on God
Pharaoh was not good or even neutral, he was evil (remember the killing the babies…)
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?
Or do you begrudge my generosity?
What implications does this have for us today?
Appeal to a God who can overcome hard hearts.
Rest in knowing God began a good work in you and will be faithful to bring it to completion.
Rejoice in any softness you see in yourself.
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