Thread:Superdadsuper/@comment-28478783-20160723200648/@comment-5175866-20160723205903

I reverted the edit, because God did not make Pharoah do anything. Just as you said it was God's soveirgn will that reigned, He hardened the heart of the Pharoah. The Pharoah himself chose  what to do, his heart being hardened made it difficult to choose the other. It is indeed a complicated thing, but much like you said Pharoah wasn't forced to decide anything, rather God affected his emotions and will in order to make a desired result.

This whole hardening the heart thing is complicated, but you are right about it was God's will that made it happen. The edit was reverted because it was apparent that the intent of adding it was to assign blame to God, and it was incorrect that He forced Him. The free will vs God's providence stems into many doctrinal conflicts, and some humans can argue this on a much more complex level than can you and I- however much of it is beyond our comprehension. What the Bible gives us rather is hope and assurance in trusting that will of God, as beyond our understanding, and one that always works out to His glory.