JM
Puritan Board Doctor
In the book of Exodus we find where God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, only three of those 19 times the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart is ascribe to Pharaoh himself, the rest was God effectually hardening his heart. Just as God ‘gave them over to a reprobate mind’ [Rom. 1:28] so did He give up Pharaoh to believe the working of his preacher/magicians, his pagan witch doctors. Where did they get the power to do their wicked magic? The Bible supplies us the answer for the 'working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders.’ ‘And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.’
Brothers and sisters this is what the Bible has to say, ‘And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:’ with the reason given ‘That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.’
God harden Pharaoh’s heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart...
God harden Pharaoh’s heart 16 different times! [note taken from Don Fortner's sermon on reprobation]
If this isn't active reprobation I don't know what is.
Brothers and sisters this is what the Bible has to say, ‘And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:’ with the reason given ‘That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.’
God harden Pharaoh’s heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart, and He harden his heart...
God harden Pharaoh’s heart 16 different times! [note taken from Don Fortner's sermon on reprobation]
If this isn't active reprobation I don't know what is.