Originally posted by chaney3 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.
God 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 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 sonship [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."
What do you call someone who doesn't believe in you god then?
(Please ... no smart a$$ answers!)
Originally posted by wolfgang59 What do you call someone who doesn't believe in you god then?
(Please ... no smart a$$ answers!)
Someone whom Jesus loves. Someone like me when I had no heart for God, no interest in Jesus, shifting from morning to evening like a tossed wave on the sea.