Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

That's what I would— It could be. It could be. However, there is kind of a cognitive reckoning. This is where I would be careful to say that this is my opinion. Yeah, we're not— But I'm not denying that everybody is stained with sin.

Yeah. Go on, go on. So, but these, once again, these are like topics that are, I've been discussed for 2000 plus years, right? The Jews and the pre-Jesus times were also coming up with these questions. So there's a lot of delineation literature and, and like debate about these things.

Yeah. Go on, go on. So, but these, once again, these are like topics that are, I've been discussed for 2000 plus years, right? The Jews and the pre-Jesus times were also coming up with these questions. So there's a lot of delineation literature and, and like debate about these things.

Yeah. Go on, go on. So, but these, once again, these are like topics that are, I've been discussed for 2000 plus years, right? The Jews and the pre-Jesus times were also coming up with these questions. So there's a lot of delineation literature and, and like debate about these things.

Okay. Well, God—I would go to the length of saying God knows things we don't, because he's God. And so Paul talks about this in Romans chapter 8 and 9, where he comments on this and talks about the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. But it says both that Pharaoh hardened his own heart and God hardened Pharaoh's heart. So there's a mutuality going on in there in God's sovereignty and our free will.

Okay. Well, God—I would go to the length of saying God knows things we don't, because he's God. And so Paul talks about this in Romans chapter 8 and 9, where he comments on this and talks about the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. But it says both that Pharaoh hardened his own heart and God hardened Pharaoh's heart. So there's a mutuality going on in there in God's sovereignty and our free will.

Okay. Well, God—I would go to the length of saying God knows things we don't, because he's God. And so Paul talks about this in Romans chapter 8 and 9, where he comments on this and talks about the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. But it says both that Pharaoh hardened his own heart and God hardened Pharaoh's heart. So there's a mutuality going on in there in God's sovereignty and our free will.

Both those things exist. And God uses Pharaoh as a tool to enact his justice. And yet also God can draw a straight line with a crooked stick. And so he does these things, even in instances where we might not totally understand what's going on, but it's ultimately for his glorification and the purpose of God is the main character of the story.

Both those things exist. And God uses Pharaoh as a tool to enact his justice. And yet also God can draw a straight line with a crooked stick. And so he does these things, even in instances where we might not totally understand what's going on, but it's ultimately for his glorification and the purpose of God is the main character of the story.

Both those things exist. And God uses Pharaoh as a tool to enact his justice. And yet also God can draw a straight line with a crooked stick. And so he does these things, even in instances where we might not totally understand what's going on, but it's ultimately for his glorification and the purpose of God is the main character of the story.

And the redemption of his people is accomplished through Pharaoh hardening his own heart and being bitter. And yet God also uses that in hardening Pharaoh's hearts to accomplish that narrative. So the book of Genesis literally ends with the story of Joseph, where Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery, into Egypt. They want to kill him. God restrains their evil.

And the redemption of his people is accomplished through Pharaoh hardening his own heart and being bitter. And yet God also uses that in hardening Pharaoh's hearts to accomplish that narrative. So the book of Genesis literally ends with the story of Joseph, where Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery, into Egypt. They want to kill him. God restrains their evil.

And the redemption of his people is accomplished through Pharaoh hardening his own heart and being bitter. And yet God also uses that in hardening Pharaoh's hearts to accomplish that narrative. So the book of Genesis literally ends with the story of Joseph, where Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery, into Egypt. They want to kill him. God restrains their evil.

They sell him into slavery and he ends up climbing the ranks of being second to Pharaoh. And then there's a famine throughout the land. And the only place that has food because of the wisdom of Joseph via the, you know, God revealing this to him is Egypt. And so Joseph's brothers go back to Egypt and, And they meet with him, not knowing it's their brother.

They sell him into slavery and he ends up climbing the ranks of being second to Pharaoh. And then there's a famine throughout the land. And the only place that has food because of the wisdom of Joseph via the, you know, God revealing this to him is Egypt. And so Joseph's brothers go back to Egypt and, And they meet with him, not knowing it's their brother.

They sell him into slavery and he ends up climbing the ranks of being second to Pharaoh. And then there's a famine throughout the land. And the only place that has food because of the wisdom of Joseph via the, you know, God revealing this to him is Egypt. And so Joseph's brothers go back to Egypt and, And they meet with him, not knowing it's their brother.

And eventually he reveals who he is to them. And he says, you know, what you intended for evil, God intended for good in the saving of nations. And so God uses, he, God allows evil for good that often we don't understand.

And eventually he reveals who he is to them. And he says, you know, what you intended for evil, God intended for good in the saving of nations. And so God uses, he, God allows evil for good that often we don't understand.

And eventually he reveals who he is to them. And he says, you know, what you intended for evil, God intended for good in the saving of nations. And so God uses, he, God allows evil for good that often we don't understand.

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