Personally, I think you are confusing 'Make' with 'acknowledge'.
Perhaps if you ever go over to the UK, you might like to let the Queen know that you have decided to make her Queen....or not. Do you have authority to do that?
Mat 6:27. And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
Luk 12:25. And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
I don't know how you can think that you exist apart from the will of God..I really don't.
Exo .7:1 And the LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
Exo 7:2. You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land.
Exo 7:3. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
Exo 7:4 . Pharaoh will not listen to you. ...................................................
Sure thttp://community.linuxmint.com/here are passages that speak of Pharaoh hardening his own heart, but in the whole context of the exodus incident, the Lord God was in absolute control hardening pharaoh's heart.
I'm not going to cut and paste half of Exodus though.
another:
Deu 2:30. But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day.
From your profile page::
"I stick to scriptures only"
Pleased to read that!
You will be able to show scripture that tells us we have the authority to 'make' Jesus Lord?
Learn something here..................
Exo 3:19 kjva
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
How is God sure? Because God knows Pharoah. God is pretty sure before the whole thing starts that it's going to take a strong hand against Pharoah.
Why? Because Pharoah is already in a bad heart condition before the thing even starts.
Exo 3:20 kjva And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
God said, once I beat on Pharoah a bit, He will let you go.
This is before any hearts where so called hardened.
Exo 4:8-9 kjva 8 And it shall come to pass,
if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass,
if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
God said, if they don't believe your voice on the first sign, they will hearken after the next sign............... That should fix it, because God knows Pharoah.
God said they will listen after the second sign................ BUT
If Pharoah does not, The first Two signs...... Then we turn Water to blood.
God said they would believe.......... but just in case, we go with the Blood trick. Why? Because God is being kind to Pharoah, knows he is hardened, and figures the first sign should be enough.
Now, a whole bunch of stuff went down with bricks and Pharoah from this point. God is going by knowing Pharoah but later actions show God that Pharoah would most likely not listen to a few signs.
You also don't understand tenses in Hebrew. Hebrew did not have a passive tense that translated well into English.
Exo 7:13 YLT and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.
Exo 7:13 kjva
And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Young fixed these issues in lots of places............ And He hardened is not in the Hebrew, we can thank the translators for that.
How was Pharoah's heart hardened? What did God do?
God helps out Pharoah's own magic users.
Exo 7:22 kjv+ And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
Exo 8:15 kjva But
when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Pharoah is doing this to himself. God was willing to just give one sign, and if that did not work then another sign.
Exo 8:32 kjva And
Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
Here it is again............ It is Pharoah hardening his own heart........by what He is seeing.
That's 3 times now............ Pharoah does it to himself.
Exo 9:11-12 kjva 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
How God do this? through another sign.
Exo 9:34 kjva And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased,
he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
God 2 with signs Pharoah believed.
Pharoah 4 on his own.
God rally's in though with more signs
Rom 9:22 kjva What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known,
endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
So, it was not God. God was willing to just do one sign, and two if needed. It was Pharoah first.
That is Scripture ONLY.
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Rom 6:16 kjva Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
So, if you don't obey the Lord Jesus as Head of the Church, do what He says do. Then you say He is still Lord over your life?
You can have two masters.......... That is what your saying.
Luk 6:46-47 kjva 46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Jesus said, Why are you calling me Lord, but you don't do what I say.
Jesus must also be wrong.............. according to Calvin.