DID PHARAOH HAVE
FREE WILL?
We will now look at
some of the most
profound and yet most
misunderstood and not
believed Scriptures in the
entire Bible.
"For He says to
Moses, I will
have mercy on
whom I will have
mercy, and I will
have compassion
on whom I will
have
compassion"
(Rom. 9:15).
Just who is in control in
this statement, puny
man or God? Man’s will
is not free to contradict
what God says He WILL
DO.
"So then it is not
of him that wills,
nor of him that
runs, but OF GOD
that shows
mercy" (Ver. 16).
What puny man "wills"
has absolutely nothing to
do with what God WILL
DO.
"For the Scripture
says unto
Pharaoh, Even for
this same
purpose have I
raised you up,
that I might show
My powers in
you, and that My
name might be
declared
throughout all
the earth.
Therefore has He
mercy on whom
He will have
mercy, and whom
He will He
hardens" (Vers.
17-18).
Pharaoh did not harden
his own heart—God said
that He hardened it.
Remember I said that
God has a stated will as
a goal and an active will
in the plan or process of
obtaining His stated will?
Right here we can see
this principle in action:
1. God states His
will:
"Then the Lord
said unto
Moses, Go in
unto Pharaoh,
and tell him,
Thus says the
Lord God of the
Hebrews, Let
my people go…"
(Ex. 9:1).
There is God’s
stated will—He
wants Pharaoh to
"Let my people
go…" But does
God expect or
even want His
"will be done on
earth" at the
time that He
declares it?
Obviously not. In
fact, it is God
Himself, Who
prevents Pharaoh
from doing God’s
stated will of
letting His people
go. Notice it:
2. "And the Lord
hardened the
heart of
Pharaoh and he
hearkened not
unto them, as
the Lord had
spoken unto
Moses" (Ver. 12).
Most Christians just plain
refuse to believe these
very simple Scriptures.
Yet the ramifications of
these Scriptural truths
are enormous. Notice
what God did with
Pharaoh:
First God tells Moses to
tell Pharaoh to "to let
My people go." And
Pharaoh would have let
the Hebrews go. Sure he
would, had not God
Himself intervened. Why
would Pharaoh let them
go? Because Pharaoh’s
heart was both soft and
weak. A soft and weak
heart was no match for
God. Pharaoh would
have caved in and let His
people go. But God did
not want Pharaoh to let
His people go. He asked
Pharaoh to let His people
go, but He didn’t want
Pharaoh to let them go
this easily.
Next God has to do
something in order to
prevent Pharaoh from
letting His people go.
God actually wants
Pharaoh to go against
His stated will. God’s
stated will is "let My
people go," but God
doesn’t want Pharaoh to
do God’s stated will at
this time. He wants
Pharaoh to resist God.
God has not changed,
God still wants mankind
to resist Him. But
Pharaoh (just like the
rest of humanity) is too
weak and soft to resist
God. So what does God
do? Two things:
1. "And I will
harden [Heb:
qashah—to make
hard] Pharaoh’s
heart, and
multiply My
signs and My
wonders in the
land of Egypt.
But Pharaoh
shall not
hearken unto
you, that I may
lay My hand
upon Egypt, and
bring forth Mine
armies, and My
people the
children of
Israel, out of
the land of
Egypt by great
judgments. And
the Egyptians
shall know that I
am the Lord,
when I stretch
forth Mine hand
upon Egypt, and
bring out the
children of
Israel from
among them"
After God hardens
Pharaoh’s heart [makes
it harder than it was],
and Pharaoh resists
God’s will and refuses to
let the Hebrews go, God
then puts greater and
greater plagues upon
Egypt until even hard-
hearted Pharaoh gives in
and lets the people go.
But notice what God
does after this.
2. "For Pharaoh
will say of the
children of
Israel, They are
entangled in the
land, the
wilderness has
shut them in.
And I will
harden [Heb:
chazaq—to make
strong and
courageous]
Pharaoh’s heart,
that he shall
follow after
them; and I will
be honoured
upon Pharaoh,
and upon all his
host; that
Egyptians may
know that I am
the Lord. And
they did so" (Ex.
14:3-4).
Pharaoh was naturally
too soft of heart to resist
letting the Hebrews go,
and so God hardened his
soft heart so that he
would resist and would
not let the people go
until God first made a
great display of His
strength to the
Egyptians. And after
Pharaoh did let the
people go, God wanted
Pharaoh to try and
follow after them and kill
them. But this time we
find that Pharaoh’s heart
was too weak. And so
again, God strengthens
and gives courage to
Pharaoh’s weak heart,
and Pharaoh charges
after Israel only to be
totally defeated by God
in the Red Sea.
Well, there it is. How
hard is that to
understand? But who will
believe it? From
Pharaoh’s birth until his
death, God had a
purpose for Pharaoh’s
life, and God controlled
every aspect of it.
Pharaoh had not "free
will" in any of these
events. God changes
not; He operates the
same way in everyone’s life the same way today because He changeth not. Believe me from the day you where born and the way you will live your life and the day you die have already been pre-ordained by God you don't have any free will to change that it's a fact.
Now for maybe the most
profound and all-
encompassing
statements in all
Scripture:
"In Whom [GOD]
also we have
obtained
[‘obtained’ not
‘earned’] an
inheritance,
being
PREDESTINATED
[our ‘destiny’ was
‘pre’ arranged by
God, not us]
according to the
PURPOSE OF HIM
[not the free will,
OF US!] Who
WORKS ALL
THINGS
[EVERYthing]
AFTER THE
COUNSEL OF HIS
OWN WILL [not
OUR OWN WILL]"
(Eph. 1:11). In life you will either be a
vessel of honor or a
vessel of dishonor[Rom 9:21], and it
is ALL UP TO GOD! To be Continued. SHALOM.

The most complete statement that described 'Free Will' in the scripture is Deuteronomy 30:11-20 (vs19).
From there , you can understand pre-destination more clearly .
Yes , God has pre-destined certain people for certain things but man's greatest attribute which makes him peculiar to other creations is free Will which enable man to decide whether to allow himself flow in the path God has chosen for him or chose another path to destruction.
ITLOL

Did "pharaoh" have free will? There is no such person as "pharaoh". This was a term used to describe a king of Egypt. Egypt had hundreds of 'pharaohs' who succeeded one another. Which pharaoh are you referring to? Do you even know his name? This is what happens when you forego the study of proper history for religious trash.

According to the story, i believe u know the pharaoh the scripture is refering to.

ITbomb: The most complete statement that described 'Free Will' in the scripture is Deuteronomy 30:11-20 (vs19).
From there , you can understand pre-destination more clearly .
Yes , God has pre-destined certain people for certain things but man's greatest attribute which makes him peculiar to other creations is free Will which enable man to decide whether to allow himself flow in the path God has chosen for him or chose another path to destruction.
ITLOL

Can man on his own supposed "FREE WILL" choose between good and evil without a CAUSE? If there is a CAUSE then that will is far from free. Read Romans 7:18-25 for more understanding. I pray this helps broaden ur understanding. SHALOM.