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How did God harden Pharaoh’s heart?

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The Bible says over a dozen times that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart so as not to let the Israelites go. The first one comes in Exodus 4: And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, […]

Was Judas predestined to betray Jesus?

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There are three suggestions in the New Testament that a betrayal by Judas was prophesied, which has led some readers to ask the question above “Was Judas predestined to betray Jesus?” Psalm 41:9 in John In John 13:18 Jesus quotes Psalm 41:9 – originally about David’s enemies – of Judas, “But the Scripture will be […]

Does the Bible teach ‘once saved always saved’?

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The teaching of ‘once saved always saved’ (sometimes abbreviated ‘OSAS’) is found today in churches which teach that after a belief experience, an emotional accepting the Lord Jesus, a person is ‘saved’ and no matter what that person does – even denying Christ a year later, becoming an atheist, even committing murder, that person can never […]

What does Romans 8:28-30 mean?

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And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,  for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom […]

Do we have freewill or is everything God’s will?

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No; God is omnipotent (i.e. ‘having unlimited power; able to do anything’1; Job 42:2; Gen. 18:14; Mat. 19:20) but he has chosen to allow things to happen outside of his will. At the moment, before God is ‘all in all’ (1 Cor. 15:28), God’s will isn’t always carried out. Sometimes it’s man’s will that happens: […]

Are all our destinies predetermined?

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In Romans 8:29-30, we read For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified […]