A good deal has been made of the sin of rejecting God's word. Sir Robert Anderson was one of these. So we may be sure that obstinacy or stubbornness is one of the most fatal of sins. But the Scriptures do not make the division which theology has attempted, which brings in a host of difficulties. In the Scriptures, the amount of light is not in question.
All men have some illumination, and all are declared to be obstinate or stubborn.
This, we submit, is the greatest evil under the sun. Yet God has no hesitancy in declaring that He brought this upon them. In their own consciousness, of course, they think that they have a right to think as they choose. It is not according to God's purpose that they should be conscious of His control. Joseph's brothers did evil, yet God meant it for good.