• Special study: “I will harden Pharaoh’s heart.”
    • Exodus 7:1-13
    • How could a just God control Pharaoh’s heart and then punish him for it?
      • God was not controlling Pharaoh’s will, but simply presenting him with a demand He knew Pharaoh would not obey.
    • Key passage: Exodus 14:1-8
    • Passages about Pharaoh’s hard heart fall into three main groups:
      • God hardens his heart
      • Pharaoh hardens his heart
      • His heart is hardened
    • Exodus 6:1
    • Exodus 9:14
    • I Samuel 6:6
    • Romans 9:15-24
      • John Calvin used this passage to teach that God controls people and decides who will be saved.
      • God chooses to use certain people in certain ways, but that does not mean He chooses specific people for salvation.
    • James 1:13-14 – God does not tempt anyone! He does test people from time to time, but He never tries to get people to sin.
    • Ezekiel 33:11; II Peter 3:9 – God does not want anyone to perish. His desire was not to punish people.
    • What does it mean to say God is not partial? Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Galatians 2:6; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25
      • We can all serve God to the extent that our circumstances allow.