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I really like David Guzik; I know him personally from when I completed my Theology degree. I am not a Calvinist, but I go to a Calvinist church and read/listen to probably 90% of Calvinist theologians. I consider myself a follower of Christ: not a follower of another human such as John Calvin. I follow Christ, not Calvin, so I do not call myself a Calvinist but a Christian. I think words matter and my identity is in Christ and not in a human. When people ask my denomination, I would say non-denominational with a lean towards Reformed theology, but the mouthful would be: a Bible-believing, Spirit-filled, born-again follower of Christ (by the grace of God).
For theological podcasts, I listen to a staunch Calvinist, James White. His takes on culture are spot on, though oft heated, but flawless for the most part in the sense of discernment. I also met James in person and he's a great man and someone I like the personality of and even find funny. I love John MacArthur, probably my favorite modern-day pastor. I love my pastor who is a Calvinist. Some of the "best men" and theologians I know of ever are Calvinist. To me it comes down to this: is the Word of God being taught? The whole counsel (Acts 20:27), not just cherry-picked topical messages and Jesus is my guru. No, He is Lord and King and His Word is to be taught, embraced, and obeyed.
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Slavery to sin is the worst kind of slavery, because there is no escape from our self.
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"In the span of a few moments, the disciples saw both the complete humanity of Jesus and the fullness of His deity. They saw Jesus for who He is: truly man and truly God."
David Guzik
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Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Esther 4:14 (NKJV)
"Mordecai reminded Esther that she could not remain insulated from this decree any more than anyone else. Mordecai’s trust was in the faithfulness of God, not in the faithfulness of Esther. He knows that God will not let His people down, even if individuals let God down. Mordecai reminded Esther that though the fate of God’s people rested in God and not in her, her own fate depended on her own faithfulness to God. Mordecai knew that God had promoted this orphan in exile for a reason—and Esther must have the courage and wisdom to see that reason and fulfill it.
This principle applies to us also. God promotes us or puts us in a place for a reason, and we need the courage and wisdom to see that reason and to walk in it."
—David Guzik (via source)
"You have been wishing for another position where you could do something for Jesus: do not wish anything of the kind, but serve him where you are."
—Charles Spurgeon
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Jesus clearly points out that hell was prepared for the devil and his angels. Men only go there because they have willingly cast their lot with the devil and his angels.
David Guzik
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Isaías 25:1
Jehová, tú eres mi Dios; te exaltaré, alabaré tu nombre, porque has hecho maravillas; tus consejos antiguos son verdad y firmeza.
Jehová, tú eres mi Dios: Saber que Jehová el Dios de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, el Dios revelado en y por Jesucristo es nuestro Dios nos hace querer adorarlo. Cuando alguien o algo que no sea Jehová, es nuestro Dios, somos culpables de idolatría. Leer más: https://www.bibliatotal.com/es/comentario-biblico/isaias-25/david-guzik/Reina-valera-1960#:~:text=a.%20Jehov%C3%A1,glorioso%20nombre%20.%20(Spurgeon)
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Cuando Jacob engañó a su padre y también le hizo trampa a su hermano, Dios no cambió su plan para elegir a Jacob para que recibiera la bendición de su padre (primogenitura); pero se llevó a Jacob a la escuela de la vida para disciplinarlo.
David Guzik - Comentario bíblico Génesis 29.
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In the Beginning. . .
(Sunday, March 10, 2024 A.D.)
Genesis 1:1-5
Golden Text: 1)In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4) And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5) And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. - Genesis 1:1-5
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? - II Corinthians 6:14
The Bible begins with ten powerful words: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. If you believe those ten words, as they are written, without trying to wrestle with their obvious, clear meanings, then the rest of the Bible, as it is plainly written and commonly understood, should not be difficult to understand and believe. God provides ample proof. In this plain, honest belief of the Bible, one finds: everlasting life.
As we look in we find Joseph is in bondage where he will be falsely accused of infidelity with the wife of Potiphar. Joseph could have been summarily executed, but Joseph is placed in another prison where Joseph rises to prominence. At that time Joseph is told of two dreams. Then both the baker of Pharaoh and the butler (wine taster) of Pharaoh received dreams. Both of those dreams are interpreted by God for Joseph. Both were correct. The wine tasting butler and the baker received restoration as God had revealed to Joseph. The other man was executed.
Joseph was supposed to be recommended to Pharaoh as one that God would use to properly interpret dreams. However he was forgotten until the Pharaoh had dreams that none of the magicians of Pharaoh could discern. The butler now remembered this Hebrew young man that could interpret dreams, and he was called before Pharaoh.
At that point in time, because of his proper interpretation of the dream of pharaoh, Joseph was appointed second in command of all Egypt as far as the famine was concerned that was coming.
This chapter 38 has to do with a woman named Tamar and her father-in-law the son of Jacob the son of Israel named Judah and it is placed here historically. The story of Tamar and the sin of Judah shows us the need for Judah to be removing this family out of Canaan and sending it down to Egypt, according to commentator Pastor David Guzik.
What this means is simple, that during the time when Joseph had been sold into Egypt, Judah had to be examined. Chapter 38 is one more example of the theme that God’s people should not be marrying the heathen. (Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Amos 3:3)
In the meantime, Judah had gone down from his brethren and found and married a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. Wikipedia says:
“The connection between Judah and Adullam and its surroundings was actually already established in the patriarchal period, when Judah "went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah" (Genesis 38:1). Earlier when Saul was king David, fleeing from Saul, sought refuge in the cave of Adullam and made it a place of reconnoitering and organization, both, for him and his men (1 Samuel 22:1–2)”
Message Text: Genesis Chapter 38: 1 - 30
1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
Adam Clarke tells us
“the very earliest of the transactions here recorded must have occurred long before the selling of Joseph... For Joseph was born six years before Jacob left Laban and came into Canaan; Genesis 30:25, and Genesis 31:41. Joseph was seventeen years old when he was sold into Egypt, Genesis 37:2; Genesis 37:25; Joseph was thirty years old when he interpreted Pharaoh's dream, Genesis 41:46. And nine years after, when there had been seven years of plenty and two years of famine, did Jacob with his family go down into Egypt, Genesis 41:53-54, and Genesis 45:6; Genesis 45:11. And at their going down thither, Pharez, the son of Judah, whose birth is set down at the end of this chapter, had two sons, Hezron and Hamul, Genesis 46:8;Genesis 46:12. Seeing then from the selling of Joseph unto Israel's going down into Egypt there cannot be above twenty-three years... The time therefore here spoken of seems to have been soon after Jacob's coming to Shechem, Genesis 33:18, before the history of Dinah... Judah was about forty-seven years old when Jacob's family settled in Egypt. He could not therefore have been above fifteen at the birth of his eldest son Er; nor Er more than fifteen at his marriage with Tamar; nor could it have been more than two years after Er's death till the birth of Judah's twin sons by his daughter-in-law Tamar...”
While in the area of Adullam, Judah saw there a Canaanite woman named Shuah and he took her to be his wife. According to Adam Clarke, an Adullamite was “An inhabitant of Adullam, a city of Canaan, afterwards given for a possession to the sons of Judah, Joshua 15:1; Joshua 15:35. It appears as if this Adullamite had kept a kind of lodging house...As the woman was a Canaanite, Judah had the example of his fathers to prove at least the impropriety of such a connection.”
Wikipedia says:
“In the King James Version, Genesis 38:2 reads "And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah ..." This is ambiguous as to who is named Shuah, the Canaanite or his daughter. This has led some to say that Shuah was Judah's wife”
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
What is important is the fact that Judah was the father of Er his firstborn. Adam Clarke says,
“Er, the firstborn was to marry Tamar and raise up children. And he was at Chezib when she bare him. — This town is supposed to be the same with Achzib, which fell to the tribe of Judah”
7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
The Bible tells us Er was wicked and God slew him. Adam Clarke says, “Er-was wicked in the sight of the Lord-- What this wickedness consisted in we are not told; but the phrase sight of the Lord being added, proves that it was some very great evil.”
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Judah had told Onan to go into his brother’s wife and raise up seed to his brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore He slew him also.
But Onan refused and was wicked. Onan disobeyed his father’s command to raise up seed with Tamar and this seed was to be considered to be from his brother. This act of defiance apparently occurred when while having intercourse with Tamar, he removed his penis and spilled the seed of copulation upon the ground. The Bible tells us that when he went into his brothers wife he spilled his seed (semen) upon the ground. The Bible tells us these acts of defiance by the brothers displeased the LORD and God slew them both.
Adam Clarke says:
“Onan knew that the seed should not be his -- That is, that the child begotten of his brother's widow should be reckoned as the child of his deceased brother...his crime was his refusal to raise up seed to his brother, and rather than do it, by the act mentioned above, he rendered himself incapable of it. We find from this history that long be fore the Mosaic law it was an established custom, probably founded on a Divine precept, that if a man died childless his brother was to take his wife, and the children produced by this second marriage were considered as the children of the first husband...”
11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
Apparently it was the custom of those days for an unmarried daughter to return to her father’s house. And she did.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
At about the same time, Judah’s wife died and he was without a wife. He decided to go to Timnath. When he arrived at Timnath, was it his express intent to become sexually involved with a women of that era who appeared to be a prostitute?
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
It was in fact his daughter in law acting as if she were a prostitute. She felt righteous because he had withheld his last son from her.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
Judah asks permission to have intercourse with one he believes to be an harlot who is really his daughter in law in the role of a harolt.
His daughter in law playing the role of the harlot becomes pregnant. Before she becomes pregnant she asks for a sign that he would keep his promise to her. He promises to send her a kid of the goats form the flock. When asked for proof he gives her his signet and bracelet and staff. She becomes pregnant.
Adam Clarke says a harlot...
“signifies generally a person who prostitutes herself to the public for hire ... It appears that in very ancient times there were public persons of this description; and they generally veiled themselves, sat in public places by the highway side, and received certain hire. Though adultery was reputed a very flagrant crime, yet this public prostitution was not.”
Adam Clarke describes a pledge as:
“a part of the price agreed for between a buyer and seller, by giving and receiving of which the bargain was ratified; or a deposit, which was to be restored when the thing promised should be given ... He who has the earnest of the Spirit then in his heart shall not only be saved from death, but have that eternal life of which it is the pledge and the evidence.”
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
The next thing we read is that she has gone to her father in law’s home to answer for her whoredom.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
She has gone home to be with her father in law where she is found to be pregnant three months later. Her father in law is upset because of her pregnancy. Then he discovers he is the father of the children.
According to Adam Clarke, “In Genesis 38:15, Tamar is called a harlot, zonah, which, as we have already seen, signifies a person who prostitutes herself for money. ... it appears ... that impure rites and public prostitution prevailed in the worship of the Canaanite in the time of Judah.”
Adam Clarke also tells us:
“Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. — As he had ordered Tamar to live as a widow in her own father's house till his son Shelah should be marriageable, he considers her therefore as the wife of his son; and as Shelah was not yet given to her, and she is found with child, she is reputed by him as an adulteress, and burning, it seems, was anciently the punishment of this crime. Judah, being a patriarch or head of a family, had, according to the custom of those times, the supreme magisterial authority over all the branches of his own family; therefore he only acts here in his juridical capacity.”
Adam Clarke says:
“She hath been more righteous than I — It is probable that Tamar was influenced by no other motive than that which was common to all the Israelite women, the desire to have children who might be heirs of the promise made to Abraham, &c. “
27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Pharez and Zarah - Pharez means “a breach.” He was the twin son with Zarah of Judah by Tamar and ancestor of two families of Judah, the Hezronites and Hamulites; from the Hezronites came the royal line of David and Christ.
More words of wisdom from Adam Clarke:
“THERE are several subjects in this chapter on which it may not be unprofitable to spend a few additional moments. ... The insertion of this chapter is a farther proof of the impartiality of the sacred writer. The facts detailed, considered in themselves, can reflect no credit on the patriarchal history; but Judah, Tamar, Zarah, and Pharez, were progenitors of the Messiah, and therefore their birth must be recorded; and as the birth, so also the circumstances of that birth, which, even had they not a higher end in view, would be valuable as casting light upon some very ancient customs, which it is interesting to understand.”
God will have His way and apparently will use those who sin and will forgive their sin and give us the righteousness if Christ.
We admit that these were sinful acts by Judah and Tamar, but the result is the line through Judah will continue as we learn about our new Great High Priest.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for forgiving our sin and making Heaven our home, only through the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Lord, please keep us mindful of the company we keep, that we do not become dragged down into the ways of this world. Help us to be the salt and light that brings glory to Your precious Name.
Lord, we see Your mercy, in that You allowed a child born out of a sinful situation - Perez - to be part of the line to Messiah. Help us to have that same attitude of mercy to others. To realize your forgiveness and You will help us to be forgiven and used. Please come into our hearts and lives in a bigger way than You have before, assuring us You are in control. We will give You all the praise, all the honor and all the glory - in Mighty Name of Jesus we pray - Amen!
May God bless you in all that you do for Him,
Brother J.R.
Soul winner, Bible teacher, Defender of the Faith
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Psalm 110:5 Verse Study
Psalm 110:5
The Lord is at Your right hand,
He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
Observation
Despite the lent season that focuses on suffering side of Christ, this makes me remember that the God who’s omnipotent and who WILL destroy the “kings” in the judgement day in future is on my right hand side - Who can be against me when I have Him on my side?
On personal note, whatever areas in my life where I’m seated on throne rather than having Him on the throne, He will destroy me in those areas on the judgement day if I don’t surrender to His will and let him be the rightful King in those areas of my life
The right hand is dominant hand and so He is my two-edged Sword that will cut the cancerous sinful areas of me and can also cut the same of my enemies
Application
Let the Lord be the King over me
Let the Lord be at my right hand and Use him as He wills
Trust in the Lord and lean not in your understanding
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Exodus 3: 16-22
16 “Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt. 17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
18 “The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.’ 19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. 20 So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.
21 “And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed. 22 Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
I think the best title for this is When God Sees.
It seems that God is complicated. If He says He will be with His people, then why is He sending Moses? It's because we are co-participants in His mission of salvation. Also, why is God sending Moses to do something that will not even work?
Let's break these verses down.
first, God introduces Himself as the great covenant keeper. Here He says that He is the God of Moses' forefathers. I think He mentions each of them to show Moses that He is the same GOD to every person, regardless of the generation. He was the same then, He's the same now. What He promised, it will come to pass.
Second, God is a God that pays attention. He's not simply a prime mover who is the efficient cause of existence. He is. He is the is-ness of things. As Pastor David Guzik would say, God is separate, but not necessarily distant. God is separate; yet God cares and connects Himself to our needs.
Third, He never tells us to ignore what we are going through. He sees it, and we should see it as well. Some philosophies would command us to ignore our feelings. This is also why Christianity also is different from other religions in that it demands us to pay attention to our suffering, and that it's not simply an illusion. Our circumstances are real, and God pays attention. After all, why would God save us if what we are going through is simply an illusion?
fourth, we are co-participants in His plan. Our obedience is just as important as the plan for salvation. In a way, God tells us to fix the mess we are in. But, God shows us HOW. But the question lingers- why would God ask us to do things knowing they will not work? God is more concerned about our heart in faith than the plan. Also, God wants us to have faith in Him, and not in a plan.
finally,
wherever God sends us, He will never send us empty handed.
The next question lies here. Okay, this sounds cool and dandy, but what does it have to do with me?
what we go through, God sees. Our lives can be quite like slave jobs. we work everyday, barely pay our bills. Sometimes people feel dead inside, and I've said it many times myself. Egypt in the Bible is a form of hell, and so is our everyday circumstance. I have depression, and it constantly feels like my own personal hell. And I know a lot of people go through the same form of internal slavery. As of 2021, suicide remains to be the 11th cause of death for most Americans. Some days are okay, but about 90% of my days consist of a struggle. It feels like Sisyphus, pushing a boulder up the hill. But God's plan for salvation is not some ancient history mumbo-jumbo that was applicable only in the past. The same is applicable to us today.
Salvation is never a one time thing. Sometimes, our own personal Exodus may take over years. But when it seems bleak, God pays attention. And that is what separates believers, we have hope. And we need to keep that hope to live. And everyday, we have a choice to keep suffering and accept it as fate, or to keep our hope that one day, we will be free. It may be freedom from addiction, depression, or whatever keeps us from following God truly. God will set us free.
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The first two signs in the Gospel of John took place at Cana of Galilee. The first was at the best party ever – a wedding party. The second was connected with the worst tragedy ever – the illness and soon death of a child. Jesus is real in both aspects.
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Who can this be?
Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him! The disciples ask a good question: Who can this be? It can only be the LORD, Jehovah, who only has this power and authority. O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty like You, O LORD ? Your faithfulness surrounds You. You rule the raging of the sea; when waves rise, You still them. (Psa_89:8-9) ~ David Guzik
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I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. Hosea 5:15 (KJV)
“This was the goal of God’s judgment against Israel. The goal was not destruction, but restoration. Sadly, it is often only in our affliction that we earnestly seek the LORD. Why not seek the LORD now, before affliction forces you to?”
—David Guzik (via source)
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Grace and pride are eternal enemies. Pride demands that God bless me in light of what I think I deserve. Grace deals with me on the basis what is in God, not on the basis of anything in me.
David Guzik
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Isaiah 45 – Look to Me and Be Saved
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