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...
"While he was still confined" "Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still confined in the court of the guard, saying" (Jeremiah 33:1). Sometimes I feel like I'm in jail. There are times when I cannot see the solution of the problem even if I look around everywhere. At that time, I don’t know what to do so I just sit down without doing anything.’ The reason is that I feel a lot of my own incompetence and helplessness in a situation where everywhere looks like a wall. What I can do then is to meditate on the Word of God and to ask God for help. Especially I ask God for help in the Morning Prayer meeting when I don’t know what to do with family ministry and church ministry and when I feel helpless and powerless. When I do that, the Holy Spirit who dwells in me makes me to hold onto the promise Words He gave me. At that time I hold onto that Wor...