Forsake
When Jesus said in Matthew 27:46 (also recorded in Mark 15:34) My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? The statement came from the great pain and suffering Jesus experienced on the cross. Through His life, Jesus had experienced both physical and emotional suffering in His life but never knew separation from His Father. Now, in some sense, Jesus knew it. There was a significant sense in which Jesus rightly felt forsaken by God the Father at this moment.
Forsake
In that cry (Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34), Jesus expresses both His partnership with God the Father (My God) and the agonizing feeling of receiving the wrath of God that we deserved (Why have You forsaken Me?)
You cannot forsake your way without leaving your many thoughts. In order to be set free from these sinful trains of thought and evil habits, you have to fight the fight of faith. God will forgive abundantly if you in all uprightness want to forsake this evil way and these evil thoughts, and be truly converted.
Solomon takes for granted that there are mothers and fathers andchildren related in relationship of unique accountability. Verse 8:"Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and do not forsake yourmother's teaching." This is just a given with Solomon. It used tobe with us too. But perhaps it can't be taken for granted any more.Families are God's idea. God's plan. God's way. They are notarbitrary evolutionary developments based on instincts. The familyis ordained by God in creation.
These two commands warn against the two common temptations ofrebellion. One is when a child is home; and the other is when he isaway from home. If he is home, the temptation of rebellion is not tolisten when his parent speaks. So Solomon says, "Hear your father'sinstruction." If he is away from home, the temptation is to forsakewhat he was taught. So Solomon says, "Do not forsake your mother'steaching."
I Will Never Leave You Nor Forsake You - Related Scripture Quotes"Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you." Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." - Deuteronomy 31:6-8God's promise that "I will never leave you nor forsake you" is found in multiple books of the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments. With this promise, we can be assured that He is always with us and encouraged to always be with God in faith and spirit. No matter our past, we can always repent and return to God's loving mercy and grace. Let us give thanks for God's glorious love and compassion for us.Download a free PDF of God's Promises in the Bible to use as a reminder of His everlasting love for us!
Yet we have a promise from God that He will never leave us or forsake us. God is at work in us, in our difficulties, and in situations even though trials and challenges will not always be removed from our lives.
So it seems to me that there is a nuance here. At first glance the conclusion I drew, was that "forsake" is used when "a person" is left ,while "abandon" and "leave" are more general ,as according to definitions they are used to say "a person" or "a place" is left, but today I was reading some materials and I came across this sentence:
It seems a bit odd that "forsake" is used for getting across this concept that a countryside is deserted. Personally, I used to think that the use of " leave" or "abandon" would be more suitable in this case, so it made me question my former speculations about the use of these 3 words again.
Although "Abandon" and "Forsake" can be applied to both places/things and persons it is more usual to find places/things abandoned and people forsaken. But, of course, your example is an exception to this generalisation. Another exception is children for whom parents cannot be found are abandoned, not forsaken.
Forsaken also has overtones of personal involvement such as in the song "Do not forsake me oh my darling" whilst abandonment is less personal, the thing is just discarded or unwanted. Again a generalisation, not a fixed rule.
Being treated with disrespect, we are apt to forsake even the person, whose cause we were studious to espouse. Every honest man, finding his plea not backed by justice, would readily relinquish his claim, and even make his competitor a recompence adequate to the expence and trouble he had put him to. It is an act of the greatest baseness to desert one's friend in time of distress.
We should by no means abandon, while we can keep possession; nor leave, while we are able to stay; we should not forsake, without sufficient reason; nor are we bound to relinquish, but when our title is bad; No colour of excuse can be alledged for desertion; nor should we ever quit, with a view of laying hold again.
I would encourage you to listen to that song but more importantly, you need to let this truth that God will never leave you or forsake you burn deep in your heart. Hold on to this truth and never let it go.
When you look at the promises of these scriptures the reason you can be confident is because of the one who is doing the work. God carries out the work. He protects and provides. He carries you to the end. He keeps you in his hand and presence forever. The hope and the confidence of the promise is the God who made it. It does not depend on you. Salvation did not begin with your own merit and it will not end that way either. God provided the way. God sustains the way. God will keep you in the way. This is your confidence. This is the promise God made when he said he will never leave you or forsake you. 041b061a72