The Inseparable Love of God (1) [ Romans 8:38-39 ] Why can nothing separate us from the love of God? 1. Because God’s love is eternal. Romans 8:29a says: “For those whom He foreknew…” The word “foreknew” refers to before eternity began —before the creation of heaven and earth . The phrase “those whom He foreknew” does not simply mean knowing about someone intellectually, but rather loving them. In other words, it refers to “those whom God loved from eternity past.” Amos 3:2a says: “You only have I known of all the families of the earth.” If “known” merely meant intellectual knowledge, that would imply that God only knew Israel and did not know the other nations—which cannot be true, because the all-knowing God lacks knowledge of nothing. Therefore, “I have known you only” means “I have loved you only.” God loved Israel among all the nations of the earth. Hosea 13:5 says: “I knew you in the wilderness , in the land of great drought.” The “wilderness” was where the Israelite...
The Reformation doctrine of justification
The
essential elements of the Reformation doctrine of justification:
1.
Christ's active and passive obedience
2. Justification is an undeserved gift of grace that does not depend on anything in the one justified.
3. The work of Christ is imputed to the sinner.
4. The justified person is in the judgement of God as perfect as Christ himself.
5. Faith is not meritorious, but is the only instrument by which justifying grace is received.
6. The good works of Christians always accompany justifying faith, but are not part of justification.
[W. Robert
Godfrey, "The Pattern of Sound Doctrine"]
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