Entries by David Guzik
Remember How Great God Is
Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – I hope you had a blessed weekend of serving Jesus, His people, and a needy world. For some of you, it was an exhilarating time; for others, there were more than a few discouragements. Whether it was an easy or a difficult ministry weekend for you, I pray […]
Don’t Give Up
Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them! (2 Kings 18:23) The armies of Assyria crushed the northern neighbor of Judah, and the cruelly carried away the ten northern […]
Wenn der Feind vernünftig ist
Und der Rabschake sprach zu ihnen: Sagt doch dem Hiskia: So spricht der große König, der König von Assyrien: Was ist das für eine Stütze, auf die du vertraust? Wenn du sagst: »Es ist Rat und Macht zum Krieg vorhanden«, so ist das leeres Geschwätz! Auf wen vertraust du denn, daß du dich gegen mich […]
When the Enemy Makes Sense
Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust? You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?”’” (2 Kings 18:19-20) […]
Hören und Tun
Weil sie der Stimme des Herrn, ihres Gottes, nicht gehorcht und seinen Bund gebrochen hatten, alles, was Mose, der Knecht des Herrn, gebot; sie hatten nicht darauf gehört und es nicht getan. (2. Könige 18,12) Wie wissen nicht genau, wer der Autor vom 1. und 2. Buch der Könige ist. Doch in diesem Vers sehen […]
No Deal With the Devil
So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s house. At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to […]