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...
God’s Salvation
“The LORD said,
"I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their
slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I
have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them
up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and
honey--the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and
Jebusites. And now the cry of the
Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing
them. So now, go. I am sending you to
Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt’” (Exodus 3:7-10).
In many instances when we feel overwhelmed by suffering, we may wonder
why God does not seem to be helping us, leading to a sense of abandonment. However, Exodus 3:7, 9 in the Bible declare
that our God is indeed certainly aware of our suffering. So, what is the issue? It lies in our frail faith. When we receive blessings from God, He appears
great, but when we face hardships, the same unchanging God seems small, and our
suffering appears disproportionately significant. God remains unchanged, but our faith in Him
often fluctuates. Despite this, God,
upon seeing the suffering of the Israelites, responded to their prayers,
defeated their adversary Egypt, and saved them, leading them to the promised
land of Canaan. Similarly, God, while
witnessing the agony of His only begotten Son Jesus on the cross, considered
Him an enemy and allowed Him to be crucified, providing salvation to us through
His death on the cross.
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