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...
Purpose of Marriage 3
“But since there is
so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own
husband. The husband should fulfill his
marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband” (1 Corinthians
7:2-3).
The third purpose of marriage is to avoid sexual immorality. In 1 Corinthians 7:2-3, it states, "“But
since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each
woman her own husband. The husband
should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her
husband." The issue of sexual
immorality is often associated with physical union before or outside of
marriage, but it can also be seen as a matter of the heart and thoughts prior
to physical connection. This is because
immorality that arises in the heart and thoughts precedes physical union.
In our current society, like Sodom and Gomorrah, people seek sexual
pleasure outside the beautiful marital relationship that God has created,
pursuing their own desires. Christian
young people preparing for marriage must safeguard their purity for the spouse
that God has prepared for them. Married
Christian couples should responsibly fulfill each other's needs and
obligations. They should become
individuals who understand and meet each other's sexual satisfaction needs. Husbands should strive to understand their
wives and make efforts to satisfy their needs, while wives should acknowledge
their husbands' sexual needs and strive to satisfy them. This is what Paul is referring to as mutual
obligations in 1 Corinthians 7:3.
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