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...
Three Important Assurances Good morning! May God receive glory from us this Lord’s Day and May God bless you all and your families! Few weeks ago, during Monday afternoon zoom prayer meeting, I asked a sister in Christ 'What is your most need?' and she said "Assurance." So I shared 3 assurances based on Romans chapter 8: (1) Assurance of Love [(Rom.8:38-39) "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor heights, nor depth, nor any other created things, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord"], (2) Assurance of Salvation [(Rom.8:24) "For in hope we have been saved, ..."], (3) Assurance of Victory [(Rom.8:37) "But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us"]. May God give these 3 assurances to you all! God bless!