Why did God harden Pharoah's heart?

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  1. thebrucebeat

    thebrucebeat Banned

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    But of course, there is no evidence that Pharoah was lying, and specific reportage in scripture that God did this to him.
    Even less about Uranus in scripture.
    Not seeing alot here.
     
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    OverDrive Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    1 Corinthians 1:18
    For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

    Again, "By your words you will be justified; and by your words you will be condemned."

    Be it 'done' unto you according to your faith (or lack thereof)...
     
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    thebrucebeat Banned

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    You continue to prove my point.
     
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    Do you know how much bible prophesy has been fulfilled?
     
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    thebrucebeat Banned

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    No one does. Much of the supposed fulfilled prophecies are simply the reportage of scripture by people who had an agenda in the reporting. Others were fulfilled intentionally, like Jesus getting the fellas to round up a donkey to ride.
    What I DO know is that you believe the reportage. May that bring you great peace.
     
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    OverDrive Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And you continue to validate my point being this scripture:

    "By your words you will be justified; and by your words you will be condemned."
     
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    All that means is that the authors were inspired to write what they did. There is no inspiration contained in the words themselves, which is why they are so easily twisted to serve the ends of the devil. When Jesus was tempted by the devil to turn stones into bread and replied that man shall live by every word from the mouth of God, it should be clear He didn't refer to anything written down, since anyone who tries to do that might as well be a Jew or a Muslim, and is similarly destined, as the author of that epistle noted elsewhere, to be a victim of the letter which killeth.
     
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    OverDrive Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And so, bruce, I have this question of your participation on this forum:


    You say that you are agnostic and not atheist.

    And you attack the total of scripture as NOT God or Holy Spirit "inspired."

    And so, you would be the one mentioned in this scripture and of which it is about:

    Matthew 12:31. Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

    32 And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come.
     
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    OverDrive Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    As I once said B4, nothing wrong with questioning God. Or even getting mad at Him for not understanding His ways in your life, either in allowing or not delivering one from suffering. But to judge Him and speak against the work of His Spirit, I would say is 'stepping over the line,' and from which one cannot enter into repentance as:

    Hebrews 6:4-8

    4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

    5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

    6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
     
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    thebrucebeat Banned

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    You said you had a question for me, and then you never asked one. Let me know if you think of one.
     
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    thebrucebeat Banned

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    All people everywhere think this about those that don't agree with them.

    But anyway, I'm glad you have found a way to justify your feelings of superiority. It helps.

    For it to be compelling to someone that doesn't attribute divine inspritation to scripture, you would need some other source rather than one used to justify itself.
     
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    Didnt mean to hurt your feelings (superiority?) , but I thought that you had thought all this stuff out when you made your decision to bail?!

    Just want to keep the story straight and an accurate score card...so, are you beyond hope? Am I wasting my time responding to your posts?

    If one has committed the unpardonable sin, it is better to be an atheist who has never known of the gifts of God than to be an apostate...is my Christian theology correct?
     
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    As an agnostic, I have to say that we'll never know.

    The rest of your post I simply didn't understand. Sorry.
     

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