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 14: Acts 4:12
The name of Jesus Christ
The name of
Jesus Christ gives us hope. His name
gives us the hope of resurrection, just as God the Father raised Jesus of
Nazareth from the dead. Through His
name, Apostle Peter also raised a paralyzed man to his feet (Acts 3:6). Through this sign, we receive the hope of
resurrection. We too will be raised on
the day when God, in the name of Jesus Christ, brings us back to life. The name of Jesus Christ brings healing to us.
Just as Apostle Peter healed the
paralyzed man in that name, God also heals us in the name of Jesus Christ. The name of Jesus Christ brings us salvation. The Bible tells us, "Salvation is found
in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by
which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). We praise the glorious name.
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