• The Statement about Jacob and Esau
  • Jacob have I loved
  • Esau have I hated
    • It is God's will
    • It is God's right
• Man Questioning God's Righteousness
• God's Answer
  • I will have mercy on whom I will
  • I will harden whom I please
• The Example of Pharaoh
  • The meaning of God raising up Pharaoh — Exo 9:6
    • Usual interpretation — for natural purposes only
    • The point — God hates Pharaoh as He does Esau, and hardens Pharaoh for His own purpose
    • God raised up Pharaoh to rebel against Him
      • Pharaoh —rebellion is not contrary to God's purpose
      • Pharaoh and all the wicked are predestinated as vessels of wrath fitted for destruction
      • Pharaoh represents all the unsaved
        • Pharaoh does not mind being hard
        • All the unbelievers do not mind being hard
  • The realization of God's raising up Pharaoh
    • God worked on Pharaoh — He hardened Pharaoh —heart
      • Pharaoh and all the wicked are already unbelievers
      • God hardened an already hardened heart
    • How is this hardening accomplished
      • God gave His Word
      • God put His people in Pharaoh —presence
      • God gave him gifts
      • God used Pharaoh — Pharaoh did not use God
      • God is not struggling with Pharaoh
  • The purpose of God's raising up of Pharaoh
    • God's purpose is stated clearly
      • For God's power to be shown
        • Not just power over Pharaoh
        • But to show that He is God
      • God raised up Pharaoh to show that Pharaoh would rebel against God

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