Exodus 10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
After the plague was removed, pharaoh went right back to his former rebellion, and he dug in his heels even further by threatening Moses with death if he dared to see his face again. Thus, the words might have been correct, but the heart was not right with God, and therefore the end product of willing obedience became elusive. It has to be pointed out, that with every confession of the king, and his corresponding relapse, it became more and more difficult for him to repent.
This continued for a while, until God was speaking but he wasn’t listening for he had hardened his own heart by a firm decision, never to do God’s will, by letting the people go. It is never a good thing for a person to confess sin, without any intention to do God’s will, for this negates our first passage. In fact, God’s main purpose in giving the Holy Ghost is not merely to speak in tongues or to heal us from diseases; it is primarily to empower us to obey God from a willing mind. Speaking in tongues is just one of the by products that came as a result of the gift of The Spirit, but it’s never the main one.
Romans 8: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 13 For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Acts 5: 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!