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...
A Christian with an
immature faith
A
spiritual Christian who has matured in faith
spiritually
discerns, spiritually understands,
and
accepts the things of the Holy Spirit.
However,
Christians who are immature in their faith
have
weak spiritual discernment and lack spiritual understanding,
so
they cannot easily accept the works of the Holy Spirit
(Ref.:
1 Corinthians 2:14).
Christians who are
mature in their faith
Christians
who are mature in their faith
know
the mysterious wisdom of God hidden
through
the Holy Spirit, who is God's spirit.
That
is, they know the heart of the Lord,
the
thoughts of the Lord, and the works of the Lord.
It
was ordained by God before the ages for our glory.
This
is what God has prepared for those who love him.
God
revealed the secret to us through the Holy Spirit.
Therefore,
we know the gift
that
God has graciously given us through the Holy Spirit
(1
Corinthians 2:6-16).
The
free gift that God has given us by grace
is
eternal life in our Lord Jesus Christ
(Romans
6:23).
A spiritual Christian with mature faith
A
spiritual Christian with mature faith
judges
everything correctly with the Holy Spirit of God,
but
people in the world do not evaluate him properly
(1
Corinthians 2:6, 15).
We must not offend the weak conscience of a brother
who is weak in faith.
No
matter how clear our conscience may be,
if we
arrogantly abuse our freedom in the Lord
and
offend the weak conscience of our brothers and sisters who are weak in faith,
we
are sinning against Christ
(1
Corinthians 8:8-12).
It is God's guidance and God's promise
that cannot be accepted
without faith.
After
God appeared to Abraham and said, "Go to the land I will show you,"
the place He eventually led him to was not the
land He would give to Abraham's descendants.
Even
though Abraham had no children yet, God promised him,
"I
will give this land to your descendants" (Acts 7:2-5).
Ultimately,
the "land I will show you" from God was not the "land to set
foot on" for Abraham. Moreover, God promised Abraham, who had no children,
that
He would give "this land" to "his descendants."
How
should we perceive God's guidance and promises?
They
are God's guidance and promises that cannot be accepted without faith.
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