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The Inseparable Love of God (1) [Romans 8:38-39]

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...
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Thank You, Pastors

" Thank You, Pastors MAY 18, 2020   |   JEN POLLOCK MICHEL In my Toronto neighborhood every evening, people stand on their front porches, banging pots and pans in celebration of frontline health-care workers. Sidewalks are chalked with rainbows and chirpy messages of gratitude: “Thank you, essential workers!” These gestures, in a global pandemic, feel absolutely right. And yet, there is another group I want to thank. Besides the bus drivers and grocery-store employees, besides the doctors and nurses, besides the daycare workers and teachers, I want to thank the pastors. Now that pastoring and preaching have gone digital, I worry for pastors. I worry for them as they stand in their houses, preaching the Scriptures to empty rooms. I worry for their weariness, for their own discouragement and isolation. Even as certain parts of the economy have begun opening, it’s unclear how long the church will remain scattered, and I worry pastors will forget how much their work matt...
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Pastors are in the most dangerous ...

Pastors are in the most dangerous ... "Dr. Richard J. Krecjir, in a study performed for the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Church Leadership Development, found that pastors are in the most dangerous occupation because of the high percentage of those who burn out, experience conflict, and are I'll equipped.   Some 89 percent of the pastors surveyed in Reformed and evangelical churches said they had considered leaving the ministry at one time or another, while 57 percent of that number would have forsaken the pastoral call if a better opportunity had presented itself."   (Robert D. Stuart, "CHURCH REVITALIZATION FROM THE INSIDE OUT")
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