SELF-WILL

• (Stubbornness)
  • Forbidden 2 Chr. 30:8; Ps. 75:5
  • Proceeds from
    • Unbelief 2 Ki. 17:14
    • Pride Neh. 9:16, 29
    • An evil heart Jer. 7:24
  • God knows Isa. 48:4
  • Exhibited in
    • Refusing to listen to God Pr. 1:24
    • Refusing to listen to the messengers of God 1 Sam. 8:19; Jer. 44:16; Zech. 7:11
    • Refusing to walk in the ways of God Neh. 9:17; Isa. 42:24; Ps. 78:10
    • Refusing to listen to (obey) parents Dt. 21:18,19
    • Refusing to receive correction Dt. 21:18; Jer. 5:3, 7:28
    • Rebelling against God Dt. 31:27; Ps. 78:8
    • Resisting the Holy Spirit Acts 7:51
    • Walking in the counsels of an evil heart Jer. 7:24; with 23:17
    • Hardening the neck (metaphorically) Neh. 9:16
    • Hardening the heart 2 Chr. 36:13
    • Going backward and not forward Jer. 7:24
    • Heinousness of 1 Sam. 15:23
  • Servants should
    • Be without Tit. 1:7
    • Warn the people against Heb. 3:7-12
    • Pray that the people may be forgiven for Ex. 34:9; Dt. 9:27
  • Characteristic of wicked people Pr. 7:11; 2 Pet. 2:10
  • The wicked do not cease from Judg. 2:19
  • Punishment for Dt. 21:21; Pr. 29:1
  • Illustrated Ps. 32:9; Jer. 31:18
  • EXEMPLIFIED
    • Simeon and Levi Gen. 49:6
    • The Israelites Ex. 32:9; Dt. 9:6, 13
    • King Saul 1 Sam. 15:19-23
    • David 2 Sam. 24:4
    • Josiah 2 Chr. 35:22
    • Zedekiah 2 Chr. 36:13
  • See OBDURACY