Discussion Questions:

1. Why was Pharaoh raised up and hardened as king of Egypt (vv17-18)? 

2. How do these verses teach us the principal of God-glorifying hardening? 

3. How does God hardening some people slowly over time allow more people to see what a great Savior Christ is? 

4. What things easily divert you from zeroing in on the glory of God? 

5. Why is it so easy to talk with fellow believers about doctrines we agree or disagree with but so hard to share the Gospel with unbelievers? 

6. How does God willing “that we will will” lead to the most glory to God? 

7. How can you give God glory in school, at work, with friends, in frustration, in heartache, in joy, in success, in failure, and in your immediate neighborhood?