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...
Day 21: 1 Chronicles 28:9-10
Father
David
As a
father, what words of counsel did David give to his beloved son Solomon? Firstly, Father David told Solomon, 'Know the
God of your father' (1 Chron. 28:9). David
said this to Solomon because he wanted to pass on to his son the right
knowledge about God. The correct
knowledge he wanted to impart to his son was the fact that their God is a God
of covenant. Father David knew that
Solomon desired to know the God of the covenant, for Solomon sought to receive
the blessings of prosperity from God (1 Kgs. 2:3).
Secondly,
Father David told Solomon, 'Serve your father's God with a whole heart and a
willing mind' (1 Chron. 28:9). Father
David desired not only for Solomon to receive the blessings of prosperity from
God but also to keep those received blessings. The key to this was serving the Lord with a
whole heart.
Thirdly,
Father David told Solomon, 'Be strong and do it' regarding the task of building
the holy temple which God had chosen him for (v. 10). Father David encouraged Solomon to be bold in
undertaking the task of building the Lord's temple, assuring him that he had
the capacity to handle it.
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