/ Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.Matthew 24:22If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days ...
Because the people were stiffnecked, the Lord appointed the Law of Moses, and through this many signs and wonders were given to the people, He even sent Prophets to teach them. Yet, they still hardened their hearts and did not follow the Law of Moses. They began to rebel against the Lo...
God had led the Israelites to the Red Sea for good reason; it was to give Pharaoh time to plan a strategy and to harden Pharaoh’s heart. The Egyptians found them, but God knew they would. I mean, He’s God after all. He wanted His people to trust Him. It was a way for them ...
Acts 7:51 – you stiff-necked people, you always resist the Holy Spirit. We, by our own freewill, can resist God and His grace, and turn away from Him. Rom. 11:20-23 – in expounding on Jesus’ teaching in John 15, Paul teaches that the Jews (the natural branches) were broken ...
You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? Acts 7:51, 52 Their problem is clearly identified here. They resisted the work of the Holy Spirit just like their...