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...
Who believes in the word
of God's promises?
God spoke to Gideon,
instructing him to lead the Israelites against
the enemy camp of the Midianites,
saying, "I have given it into your
hand."
However, even after receiving this promise from
God,
it seems that Gideon was afraid to go down to
the Midianite camp.
Perhaps the reason was that the Midianites,
Amalekites,
and the people of the East were as numerous as
locusts,
and their camels were as numerous as the grains
of sand on the seashore.
Ultimately, it seems that Gideon doubted God's
promise,
possibly because he couldn't believe that with
just 300 Israelite soldiers,
God would enable them to defeat such a large
enemy army.
Interestingly, despite Gideon's doubt,
there was someone in the Midianite camp
who knew that God had given the entire camp into
Gideon's hand
(Judg. 7:9-14).
Gideon doubted God's promise,
but this Midianite individual believed in it.
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