“But the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not heed you, so that My
wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” So Moses and Aaron did all
these wonders before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did
not let the children of Israel go out of his land. Exodus 11:9-10 NKJV
What does it mean that the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart? Do not
misunderstand as if God forced Pharaoh not to listen to Him. What it means is that
God allowed him to harden his heart and not to heed the words of God delivered
through Moses and Aaron. Why? It’s because Pharaoh refused God even though he
witnessed with his own eyes the things demonstrated which no man could even think
to do but God. Such unprecedented and supernatural plagues happened one after
another by the hand of God.
What kind of God is He? He is a kind of God who never forces anyone, not
a single person, to listen and obey Him. Our God never coerces the freedom of
humans to choose. This is true to King Pharaoh and you and me as well. God
completely allows you to choose whatever you like to choose. However, the
consequences are not free to choose for humans but unavoidable to take. For example,
if you choose to do evil, you shall experience the wrath of God unescapably.
But the good news is that you don’t have to succumb to evil anymore in Jesus
Christ. How is it possible? A completely new provision has been made to those
who are in Christ Jesus the Lord. It is eternal life. Yes, you are given that
eternal life, Jesus Christ the Son of God, through faith in the blood. Jesus
Christ died for our sins and rose again from the dead. In this way, Jesus
Christ gives His life to whoever believes in God who sent Him. God implants His
Son’s life into the hearts of His children by means of the Holy Spirit.
This is a new arrangement of life available to anyone who by faith accepts
the marvelous grace demonstrated on the cross by the Son Jesus Christ. That’s
what all humans have been looking for desperately generations after
generations. The true fulfillment of life has been made available through
Christ Jesus who paid the ransom and defeated death. This mystery of God
revealed for you is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Yes, Christ in you! You have
eternal life in you now and forevermore.
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