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...
What does God do? “Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts” (Acts 3:2). This is a passage reflecting on previously overlooked parts of the Bible. It's a verse that was read casually without attaching any special meaning to it, a passage that was simply passed over. The specific verse mentioned is Acts 3:2a - "Now a man crippled from birth …." Until now, I had only thought of the story as Peter and John going up to the temple and instructing the man who was unable to walk from birth to rise and walk in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (v. 6). However, during a recent early morning prayer meeting, I was reminded of John 9:1, which speaks of a man blind from birth. Perhaps the reason for this connection is that the Acts 3:2 passage caused me to think of the man blind from birth from John 9:1, w...