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...
As I reflect on the ministry I've been carrying out on the internet
until yesterday, I would like to revisit some thoughts and feelings about
family and see if there are any lessons the Lord wants to teach us through
them:
1. When thinking about family, there are tears.
2. The love between husband and wife shines even
more brightly in times of crisis.
3. The pain caused by physical illness makes the
husband and wife weep together, and together they praise and worship God with
joyful hearts.
4. Christ's love enables us to overcome illness
abundantly.
5. The boundless love of the Lord is far stronger
than death.
6. Husband and wife, who love each other with the
Lord's love, are truly beautiful.
7. The beautiful couple in the Lord’s eyes, by
partially reenacting the marriage of the Lamb in the heavenly kingdom, where
Christ is the Bridegroom and the Church is His bride, are used by the Lord as
witnesses to Jesus Christ in this world.
(Thinking of Pastor Jun-Hak Kim and Mrs. Soo-Eun Shim, whom the Lord
loves.)
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