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...
The servant of the Lord, like John the Baptist, who prepares for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, will set everything right.
The servant of the Lord, like John the Baptist,
who prepares for the second coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
will set everything right.
The
servant of the Lord, like John the Baptist,
who
prepares for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
will
set everything right.
But
the hypocrites, like the Pharisees,
who
have stubborn hearts that refuse to be set right,
will
persecute that servant of the Lord.
Therefore,
the servant of the Lord
who
prepares for the second coming of Jesus will suffer
(Ref.:
Matthew 17:11-13).
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