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...
An arrogant person who
relies on his own talents and wealth ...
An
arrogant person who relies on his own talents and wealth
boasts,
brags, and flaunts themselves, exuding excessive pride,
yet he
has achieved nothing.
God
will shatter such a person like a useless vessel,
and he
will wallow in the filth he has vomited,
becoming
a laughingstock to all
(Jeremiah
48:7, 26, 29, 30, 38).
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