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...
When we think about our
children in crises like the lion's den ...
When
Daniel was thrown into the lion's den,
King
Darius said to him, "May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue
you"
(Daniel
6:16).
The
next day, Darius, having risen early in the morning,
rushed to the lion's den and, with a worried
voice, called out to Daniel,
saying,
"Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God,
whom
you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?" (vv. 19-20).
As I
reflect on this passage,
I
believe that when we think about our children in crises like the lion's den,
it is
natural for us to be deeply worried and concerned.
However,
we should also believe that our God,
whom
we serve continually, will rescue our beloved children in times of crisis,
and
we should earnestly pray to the living God for them with faith.
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