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Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: Hebrews 3:8 May 22, 2011 Rev. David B. Hanson Deaf Liberty Baptist Church Overland Park, Kansas
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What does “Harden your Heart” Mean? Hebrews 3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. Do not open your heart. Do not yield yourself. Increase your stubbornness.
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Why do some People Harden their Hearts? Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. Have unbelief (the deceitfulness of sin). Reject God’s Word. Refuse to have God as their God.
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Pharaoh with His Hardened Heart
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Exodus 7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. Pharaoh rejected God’s Word. Pharaoh refused to accept the Lord as his God. Pharaoh claimed himself as God.
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Pharaoh with His Hardened Heart Pharaoh: the god Horus 1 st Plague: Nile turned to blood: Hapi and Isis and Khnum 2 nd Plague: Frogs: Heqet 3 rd Plague: Gnats: Set 4 th Plague: Flies: Re and Uatchit 5 th Plague: Death of livestock: Hathor and Apis 6 th Plague: Boils: Sekhmet and Sunu 7 th Plague: Hail: Nut, Osiris and Set 8 th Plague: Locusts: Nut and Osiris 9 th Plague: Darkness: Re, Horus, Nut and Hathor 10 th Plague: Death of the firstborn: Min, Heqet, Isis and a god, Pharaoh’s son
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The Jews’ Hardened Hearts
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Numbers 14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? The Jews rejected God’s Word and miracles. The Jews had unbelief. The Jews left the Lord.
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The Christians: Hear God’s Voice Hebrews 3:7-8 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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The Christians: Watch Out for Unbelief Hebrews 3:12-13 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
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