It is so reassuring to know that God Himself said He would never leave you nor forsake you, but when you look at the Greek text, the meaning becomes even stronger.
I love how Kenneth Wuest breaks the Greek text down here. He says "The word 'leave' is preceded by two negatives in the Greek text which serves to strengthen the negation. It is "I will not, I will not cease to sustain and uphold thee." The word "forsake" is a compound of three Greek words, egkataleipo, eg meaning "in," kata meaning "down," and Leipo meaning "to leave." Leipo has the idea of forsaking one, kata suggests rejection, defeat, helplessness, and eg refers to some place or circumstance in which a person may find himself helpless, forsaken. The meaning of the word is that of forsaking someone in a state of defeat or helplessness in the midst of hostile circumstances. The word in its totality means "to abandon, desert, leave in straits, leave helpless, leave destitute, leave in the lurch, let one down." There are three negatives before this word, making the promise one of triple assurance. It is, "I will not, I will not, I will not let thee down, leave thee in the lurch, leave thee destitute, leave thee in straits and helpless, abandon thee." All of which means that our God will come to our rescue when we find ourselves in difficult circumstances.—Wuest's Word Studies
God will always be with you as He Himself has promised! Remember Him in the good times as well as the bad times. Praise Him and Thank Him for all He has done for you - Past, Present, and Future! Live your life for Jesus every second of the day; Don't waste a single moment!
Thank you so much for this :) I love how there is so much that each and every one of us can learn about and in the Bible. I forget somethings sometimes and I don't like that so much but I love that I can learn so much the more <3 Thank you for creating this Bible study and this whole website :) May God bless you and your family and all of your loved ones :D <3 I have been wanting to start a Bible study :) I have been shown some of what was mentioned in this study and am learning about it :) I thank God for you :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Raquel for your kind words! It means so much to us that our ministry has touched your life. We have previous Bible studies that we have done available to watch the innovative videos, listen to the audio, and/or read the notes... you will see them listed above under 'Empowered Bible Studies' tab on the left hand side. We are starting a new study on the Life of Joseph this week... I pray it will be a blessing to you. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave a comment or email us ... we would love to hear from you. Email: studygodsword@live.com Blessings to you
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