The Calvinism Debate - Way of Life Literature

. As for Pharaoh, the Bible says that he rejected God’s Wordin Exodus 5:2 before God hardened his heart in Exodus 7:3.“Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey hisvoice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will Ilet Israel go” (Ex. 5:2).e Bible twice says that Pharaoh hardened his own heart.“But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, hehardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as theLORD had said” (Ex. 8:15).“And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and thethunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardenedhis heart, he and his servants” (Ex. 9:34).is is not a case of sovereign reprobation. e Scriptureteaches that it is always God’s will for men to serve Him, butwhen they reject Him He rejects them and judges them andmakes examples of them.Compare Proverbs 1:23-33 --“Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spiritunto you, I will make known my words unto you. BecauseI have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand,and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all mycounsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh atyour calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; Whenyour fear cometh as desolation, and your destructioncometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comethupon you. en shall they call upon me, but I will notanswer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fearof the LORD: ey would none of my counsel: theydespised all my reproof. erefore shall they eat of the fruitof their own way, and be filled with their own devices. Forthe turning away of the simple shall slay them, and theprosperity of fools shall destroy them. But whosohearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quietfrom fear of evil.”29