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...
Love does not boast.
Love
does not boast (1 Corinthians 13:4).
The
wise should not boast about their wisdom,
the
strong should not boast about their strength,
and
the rich should not boast about their wealth. (Jeremiah 9:23).
We
should not boast about our actions (Ephesians 2:9).
We
should not boast about the desires of our hearts (Psalms 10:3).
We
should not boast in vain. Such boasting
is evil (James 4:16)
We
should not boast about tomorrow's work. (Proverbs 27:1).
Those
who boast should boast in the Lord (1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17).
We
should boast in the Lord all day long (Psalms 34:2; 44:8).
We
should boast about the work of God in Christ Jesus (Romans 15:17).
And
we should boast about our weaknesses (2 Corinthians 11:30).
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