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...
Model of a Healthy Marriage Relationship
“Wives, submit to
your husbands as to the Lord. For the
husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body,
of which he is the Savior” (Ephesians 5:22-23).
In the current era, finding a model of a healthy marriage
and family is challenging. Consequently,
many Christian young people harbor negative thoughts about marriage. However, the fundamental reason for such
negative thoughts stems from the curse resulting from the disobedience of Adam
and Eve, the first couple in human history, as described in Genesis. Adam and Eve, who were supposed to be role
models, brought destruction to the family by disobeying God's command and
succumbing to sin.
Nevertheless, Christian couples should realize that they
are no longer under that curse. We are
followers of Jesus, who becomes the second or last Adam, and we, as “the church,”
become His bride. This is the blessing
we receive in the era of the New Covenant. Ephesians 5:22-33 describes the beautiful
marriage that God intended before the fall of Adam and Eve, portraying the
model of a marriage relationship that we, living in the era of the New
Covenant, should aspire to.
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