I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART / EXODUS 7:3

(KJV) Exodus 7:3-4

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

God did not force Pharaoh to resist Him. Pharaoh’s heart was already hard toward God. So when God confronted the stubborn, rebellious attitude in his heart, Pharaoh resisted even more. This additional hardening was a punishment for Pharaoh’s determined rebellion and opposition toward God (Exodus 5:2; 7:13-14, 22; 8:15, 19, 32; 9:7). 

1. God was demonstrating a principle that applies to all who resist Him and refuse to turn from their own stubborn way. There comes a point where God finally turns people over to the full effects and consequences of their sinful desires (Romans 1:24) and actually hardens their hearts even more (Romans 9:18). People in this dangerous condition are often spiritually blinded to God’s love and the truth of His Word (2 Thessalonians 2:10). God often allows this so that a person will come to a point of hopelessness and finally turn to God for help and salvation (1 Corinthians 5:5).
2. Notice how the judgments of the early plagues softened Pharaoh’s heart a little. But when God removed each plague, Pharaoh’s heart hardened again. This shows that Pharaoh resisted God and hardened his own heart whenever God showed mercy (Exodus 8:8-15).

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1. THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM / EXODUS 6:9
2. I WILL TAKE YOU AS MY OWN PEOPLE AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD / EXODUS 6:7
3. BY MY NAME THE LORD I DID NOT MAKE MYSELF KNOW TO THEM / EXODUS 6:3
4. YOU HAVE NOT RESCUED YOUR PEOPLE AT ALL / EXODUS 5:23
5. IS THIS WHY YOU SENT ME? / EXODUS 5:22
6. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD – THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS / EXODUS 5:1
7. THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIM / EXODUS 4:24
8. ISRAEL MY FIRSTBORN / EXODUS 4:22
9. WHO MAKES HIM BLIND? / EXODUS 4:11
10. I AM SLOW OF SPEECH / EXODUS 4:10
11. STAFF … BECAME A SNAKE / EXODUS 4:2-3
12. ASK … PLUNDER THE EGYPTIANS / EXODUS 3:22
13. I AM WHO I AM / EXODUS 3:14
14. MILK AND HONEY / EXODUS 3:8
15. SEEN THE MISERY OF MY PEOPLE / EXODUS 3:7
16. HOLY GROUND / EXODUS 3:5
17. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / EXODUS 3:2
18. MOSES WAS TENDING THE FLOCK / EXODUS 3:1
19. THEIR CRY WENT UP TO GOD / EXODUS 2:23
20. MIDIAN / EXODUS 2:15
21. KILLED THE EGYPTIAN / EXODUS 2:12
22. MOSES / EXODUS 2:11
23. A SON / EXODUS 2:1-2
24. SLAVE MASTERS OVER THEM TO OPPRES THEM / EXODUS 1:11
25. WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH / EXODUS 1:8
26. MULTIPLIED GREATLEY / EXODUS 1:6-7
27. THE SONS OF ISRAEL / EXODUS 1:1-5
28. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH'S HEART / EXODUS 7:3

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God did not force Pharaoh to resist Him. Pharaoh’s heart was already hard toward God.

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Margarita Crews

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Guided By Grace

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