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...
‘Lord, this cannot
happen. This must never happen.’
It is
the work of God that Jesus suffered many hardships,
was
killed, and then rose again after three days.
However,
the apostle Peter, who was thinking in terms of human matters, said,
“Lord,
this can never be! Such a thing must never happen to You!” and tried to stop
Jesus.
In
response, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan!
You
are a stumbling block to Me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God,
but
merely human concerns” (Matthew 16:21-23).
Satan
is constantly trying to make us think in terms of human concerns.
He
causes us to not want to see our loved ones or those dear to us suffer
for
the sake of Jesus and the gospel, or face even the threat of death.
As a
result, we end up saying, “This should never happen!”
and
we try to stop them from going through such suffering.
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