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Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and WALKED. (John 5/8-9 NKJV) The remains of the Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-9) are in Jerusalem today, just north of the Temple Mount. Excavations have discovered that it had five porches, just as John described (John 5:2). This pool was surrounded by a multitude of hurting humanity. They waited for an angel to come down and stir up the waters – believing that the first person in the water after the stirring would be healed. We don’t know if the promise of healing was real or merely a hopeful legend; nevertheless, people believed it. Coming to a well outside Sychar, Jesus sent His disciples into the village to get some food. When the disciples left, Jesus had an amazing conversation with a Samaritan Jesus asked the lame man an unusual question: “Do you want to be made well?” (John 5:6) Jesus knew that not every sick person wants to be healed,...

The Man Jesus Would Not Answer David Guzik — enduringword.com Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him. Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing. Luke 23:8-9 When Jesus was put on trial before the Roman authorities, there were three aspects. There was a first appearance before Pilate (Luke 23:1-7), and then a second appearance (Luke 23:13-25). In between, Jesus appeared before Herod . This Herod – usually known as Herod Antipas – was the son of Herod the Great , who ruled when Jesus was born. The Romans only allowed him to govern one-fourth of his father’s domain. For this reason, he is also known as Herod the Tetrarch – the word tetrarch meaning “ruler of one-fourth.” His ruled included Galilee, and since Jesus was from Galilee, Pilate was happy to send Jesus to Herod. ...

This is probably the most difficult dilemma for pastors and church leaders: how to balance nurturing church members with the desire to save people around us. To this day, there is no consensus on this issue, as communities are made up of people from many different backgrounds, countless characters work together, and average age is also an important factor in activity levels. Below, I summarize some of the opinions from fruitful servants, along with references to detailed articles. The Church and Evangelism Desiring God 2009 Conference for Pastors Commending Christ - Message by Mark Dever This article emphasizes developing a culture of evangelism within the church while building up believers, noting that the church calendar should be kept simple so members aren't clogged with church responsibilities and can instead live the Christian life with their families and non-Christian friends Two things we pastors must teach on evangeli...

David Guzik's Bible commentary In Psalm 1 Verse 6 presents a key to understanding the Psalm: “For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” In this psalm, the way of the righteous and the way of the ungodly are contrasted. A. The way of the righteous 1. (1) What the righteous man does not do. Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; a. Blessed is the man : The Hebrew word esher is here translated blessed, which has the idea of happiness or contentment. Esher is a form of the Hebrew word ashar , which in its root means “to be straight” or “to be right.” Blessed is the man speaks of the happiness, the blessedness, the contentment in the life of the man or woman who is right or “straight” with God. The righteous man will be a blessed man, a happy man. i. “Blessed means supremely happy or fulfille...

David Guzik – Enduringword.com ... a Rabsaké azt mondta nekik: „Üzenetet hoztam Asszíria királyától Ezékiásnak. Mondjátok meg uratoknak: »Azt mondja Asszíria nagy királya: Ugyan miben reménykedsz? Azt hiszed, van elég erőd és bölcsességed, hogy harcolj ellenem? Ez csak üres fecsegés! Kiben bízol, hogy fellázadtál ellenem? Talán Egyiptom segítségében? Hiszen olyan az, mint a törött nádszál! Támaszkodj csak rá, majd meglátod, hogy felhasítja a tenyered! Bizony, ilyen a fáraó, Egyiptom királya azok számára, akik benne bíznak! ... «” Ézsaiás könyvének 36. és 37. fejezete leírja az Úr munkáját a szíriai fenyegetéssel szemben. Mindezek a dolgok az istenfélő Ezékiás király uralkodása alatt történtek Júdában Kr. e. 700-ban. ... Láthatjuk ebben a helyzetben Izrael ellenségeinek rút arroganciáját és a Júda népének és vezetőinek szívében felemelkedő kétségbeesést. ... a Rabsake nem név, hanem a szíriai hadsereg egyik tábori parancsnokának címe volt. A Rabsake a szíri...

David Guzik – Enduringword.com ..the Rabshakeh said to them (Judah), “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me? Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him...‘” Isaiah 36:4-6 Isaiah chapter 36 and 37 describes the Lord's work against the Syrian threat.. All these things happened during the reign of the godly king Hezekiah in Judah 700 BC. ... We can see the ugly arrogance of the Israel's enemies, and the raising despair in the hearts of the people and leaders of Judah. ... the Rabshakeh was not a name but a title of a field commander of the Syrian army. He was there to represent the Syrian king. He challenged the servants of king Hez...

Daily devotion from David Guzik – enduringword.com Today let's talk about God's highway of holiness. I'm going to read you from Isaiah chapter 35 verse 8 where we read. A highway shall be there and a road and it shall be called the highway of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others, whoever walks the road although a fool shall not go (astray). Most of us today take good roads for granted. We may have to live with the frustrations of endless road construction, detours and delays, but it's all for the purpose of giving us good, safe roads. We travel today over distances and at speeds that were absolutely unthinkable for people in the ancient world and we rarely think that it's something special. But in the ancient world it was different. A good road was a remarkable technological achievement. A good road meant trade, progress and security. A good road cost a lot of money to make and to maintain and most people traveled ...

by David Guzik – Enduringword.com Ma arra akarlak emlékeztetni benneteket, hogy a mi harcunk nem test és vér ellen folyik . A részt az Efézus 6:12. verséből olvasom fel nektek, ahol ezt olvassuk: a mi harcunk nem test és vér ellen folyik, hanem erők és hatalmak ellen, a sötétség világának urai és a gonoszság szellemei ellen, amelyek a mennyei magasságban vannak. Ef 6:12 {NT HU} Jézus sok követője nem tudja, hogy az igazi harca nem test és vér ellen folyik. Minden erőfeszítésüket ebbe az irányba fordítják. Pál gondolata itt az Efézus 6-ban nagyjából ugyanaz, mint a 2Korinthus 10. levél 3. és 4. versében, ahol ezt írja: Mert testben élünk, de nem test szerint hadakozunk; hadakozásunk fegyverei ugyanis nem testiek, hanem erősek az Isten kezében erődítmények lerombolására. 2Cor 10:3-4 {NT HU} Aztán Pál leírja, hogy kik ellen harcolunk. Azt mondja, fejedelemségek, hatalmasságok, e kor sötétségének urai, a gonoszság szellemi seregei ellen a mennyekben. Pál tö...

by David Guzik – Enduringword.com I'm David Guzik and today for a brief devotional thought I want to read to you what the Holy Spirit spoke through the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6 verse 13 where we read this: “Therefore, take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand.” Eph. 6:13 (NKJV) Now, Paul introduced the idea of the whole armor of God way back in Ephesians 6 verse 11, two verses prior. And in the following verses he detailed the specific items related to the armor of God. In this verse, Ephesians 6 verse 13, he simply states what the main purpose of spiritual warfare and the armor of God is. Simply said, we're given the spiritual armor so that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand. This describes what we use the strength of God for and the armor of God for. You see, the primary picture in Paul's mind is not that the Christian goes out attacking spir...

by David Guzik – Enduringword.com Today I want to remind you that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, and read you from Ephesians 6, verse 12, where we read this: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Eph. 6:12 (NKJV) The fact that our real battle is not against flesh and blood is lost on many followers of Jesus. They put all their efforts in that direction. Paul's idea here in Ephesians 6 is much the same as in 2 Corinthians 10, verses 3 and 4, where he wrote this: “for though we walk in the flesh, we do not war, according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.” 2 Cor. 10:3-4 (NKJV) Then Paul described just whom we do battle against. He said its principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of t...

The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.. Psalm 121:8 New King James v. It's a beautiful phrase in the verse 8: "The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in" that's another way of saying: "in every event of life." And then, the last line: "from this time forth, and even forevermore" that's a way of saying: "at all time " will God do this. How we can thank and praise our God for His preserving power in our lifes! See the full Bible comment about Ps121 in David Guzik's website: Enduringword.com

.. faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God Rom 10:17 (NKJV) Supernaturally faith is built into us as we hear, as we understand, as we trust in God's word. David Guzik Enduring Word – YouTube channel

David Guzik – enduringword.com ..let's talk about the man after God's own heart, reading from 1 Samuel chapter 13 verses 13 and 14. “You have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said {to king Saul}. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.” NIV King Saul sinned foolishly before the Lord. He failed to keep God's commandment and Saul made excuses instead of getting right with God. It wasn't only that Saul sinned, the sin came from a heart far from God. Therefore God promised to take the kingdom away from Saul and his family. Through the prophet Samuel, God told Saul, 'but now your kingdom shall not continue'. From these words, we might expect Saul to be removed as king right at that m...

David Guzik – enduringword.com ..beszéljünk az Isten szíve szerint való emberről, az 1Sámuel 13. fejezetéből olvassuk fel a 13. és 14. verset: Sámuel.. ezt válaszolta {Saulnak}: „Mekkora ostobaságot követtél el! Megszegted Istened, az Örökkévaló parancsát! Pedig ha engedelmeskedtél volna neki, most az Örökkévaló örökre megerősítette volna családod kezében a királyságot Izráel fölött! Így azonban még a te uralmad sem lesz tartós. Mivel nem engedelmeskedtél annak, amit az Örökkévaló parancsolt neked, keresett az Örökkévaló mást helyetted. Választott magának szíve szerint való férfit, és őt teszi majd népe fejedelmévé.” Saul király ostobán vétkezett az Úr előtt. Nem tartotta meg Isten parancsolatát, és kifogásokat keresett ahelyett, hogy rendbe hozta volna a dolgot Istennel. Nemcsak arról van szó, hogy Saul vétkezett. A bűn Istentől távol álló szívéből fakadt. Ezért Isten megígérte, hogy elveszi Saultól és családjától a királyságot. Sámuel próféta által Isten azt mondta Sa...

by David Guzik - Enduring Word Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? 1Sam 6:19-20 the whole story: 1Sam 6:1-21 You see, in their disrespect for God, the men of Beth Shemesh offended the holiness of the Lord. They knew that the Lord was holy, but it didn't make them want to be closer to God. It made them want to distance themselves from God. The basic idea behind holiness is not moral purity, although it includes moral purity, but the basic idea behind holiness is the idea of apartness, that God is separate. He's apart different from His creation, both in His essential nature that's who He is and in the perfection of His attributes, His character and what He does. When men encounter the holiness of God, they are not necessarily attracted to it. When Peter saw the holy power of Jesus, he said, depart from me for I am a sinful man, O Lord. (That's in Luke chapter 5, verse 8.) When the disciples on another occasion saw the holy Jesus shini...

by David Guzik - Enduring Word Today, I want to talk to you about walking forward with God and to do so by looking Inward. Teaching from the Apostle Jude I'm going to read you from Jude, chapter 1, and thoroughly is one chapter in this book of Jude... This is Jude, chapter 1, verses 20 and 21, where we read: But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (previously) Jude explained in his letter warnings about certain men who were a danger to the church. And in response, Jude did not tell us to go out and crush those certain men who were a danger to the church, instead, he told us to focus on our walk with the Lord, to help others who were affected by those certain dangerous men, and for us to put our focus on God. ... We are simply to pay such dangerous men no attention except what is necessary for our warnin...

by David Guzik - Enduring Word Ma arról szeretnék beszélni nektek, hogyan haladjunk Istennel együtt előre. Ezt tegyük úgy, hogy befelé nézünk. Júdás apostol tanítása Júdás könyvének 1. fejezetéből fogok felolvasni nektek, alaposan végigvesszük a fejezetet ebben a könyvben... (részlet a tanításból) Ti azonban, szeretteim, épüljetek szentséges hitetekben, imádkozzatok a Szent Szellem által, tartsátok meg magatokat Isten szeretetében, várván a mi Urunk Jézus Krisztusnak irgalmát az örök életre. Jud 1:20-21 (korábban) Júdás a levelében figyelmeztetett bizonyos emberekre, akik veszélyt jelentettek az egyházra. És válaszul Júdás nem azt írta nekünk, hogy menjünk ki és zúzzuk szét azokat a bizonyos embereket, akik veszélyt jelentettek a gyülekezetre, hanem azt tanítja, hogy összpontosítsunk az Úrral való járásra, segítsünk másokon, akiket ezek a bizonyos veszélyes emberek érintettek, és hogy összpontosítsunk Istenre. ... Egyszerűen nem szabad az ilyen veszélyes em...

About Zech 12:10 By David Guzik – Enduring Word - YT Today, let's talk about looking, weeping, and living . I'm going to read you from Zechariah 12, verse 10, where we read this. And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplication. Then they will look on me whom they have pierced. Yes, they will mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for him as one grieves for a firstborn. Zechariah 12:10 Zechariah 12 is all about a great outpouring of the spirit of God upon his ancient people of Israel. He promises to bless, restore, and strengthen them in the last days. As Zechariah tells us in chapter 12, verse 10, part of this great outpouring of strength and might to defend Jerusalem will be an outpouring of his spirit. But it will be for grace and supplication. God will move among Israel and bring saving grace and repentant prayer. Then God made a remarkable promise: Then they will l...

By David Guzik {enduringword.com} on May 26, 2024 (Abraham) said, “Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” Genesis 15:8 Jesus spoke of faith that could move mountains (based on Matthew 17:20), but often our doubts seem to create those mountains. Trusting God and His promises is a constant challenge, faced by everyone who has ever tried to chase away doubt. Sometimes doubt comes from unbelief – an attitude that doubts God will keep His word or can keep His promises. Other times doubt is connected to faith that is growing and maturing; a doubt that recognizes that there is no weakness or wavering in God, but we are weak in our ability to trust. This was the kind of doubt that led a desperate father to say to Jesus, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24) God promised Abram a son and he waited ten (10!) years. Abram was successful in business and every other enterprise, but he thought “what good is all that without the fulfillment of God’s promis...

24th of May 2024 by David Guzik Let's talk about when Gd makes a "Big Use of Small Things". For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth. Zech 4:10 Zechariah's question rings through us today. Almost every one of us might answer: "I have despised the day of small things." After all, God has a wonderful, though perhaps difficult, purpose for those days. These words were first directed to Zerubbabel, who led the city government of Jerusalem and was in charge of the project to rebuild the Temple. The work had stalled for many years, yet the Lord called it only a day of small things for Zerubbabel. It must have seemed like a very long day because the work of the temple was paused for almost 20 years. He probably would say to God, what do you mean a day of small things? I've live...