Originally posted by chaney3God also hardened Pharaoh's heart in order to show His power to the children of Israel. It was probably necessary so that they would be willing to follow Moses out of Egypt. Many of them were still not thrilled with their decision to follow Moses when they found themselves being chased by Pharaoh's army.
I've always had a problem with the 'hardening of pharaoh's heart' issue. If pharaoh could make up his own mind, then maybe he would have let the people go after the first plague. But, with God intervening and hardening his heart, it made sure that the other 9 plagues would follow.....which includes children dying. So, in theory.....God Himself caused the ...[text shortened]... I think. But....I know.....forget that silly children dying thing.....praise God...praise God.
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I have been reading a vast amount of posts on this site, and most of them are written with an attitude of certainty that THEY are completely correct about God/Jesus, and that everyone else is wrong....or deceived by Satan. I would challenge all who are reading this to read a post by 'sonhouse' in the thread titled 'A deity does not need to test humans', on page 2.
Sonhouse is an atheist, I think.
And what that usually means to the Christian these days is "The God you don't believe in is not the God I believe in."
Originally posted by sonshipWhat do you call someone who doesn't believe in you god then?
[quote] I have been reading a vast amount of posts on this site, and most of them are written with an attitude of certainty that THEY are completely correct about God/Jesus, and that everyone else is wrong....or deceived by Satan. I would challenge all who are reading this to read a post by 'sonhouse' in the thread titled 'A deity does not need to test huma ...[text shortened]... the Christian these days is "The God you don't believe in is not the God I believe in."
(Please ... no smart a$$ answers!)