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...
“If God is for us” (6) [Romans 8:31-34] Last week, we meditated on Romans 8:33b-34a, “… It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns?” Whoever God justifies can never be condemned. In John 8:3-11, the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, put her in the center of the court (v. 3) and said to Jesus: “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” (vv. 4-5) They asked this question in order to find an excuse to test Jesus and accuse him (v. 6). In conclusion, Jesus said to the woman: “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you? … I do not condemn you, either Go From now on sin no more” (vv. 10-11). If Jesus did not condemn her, who would dare to accuse and condemn her? On one! Never! It is God who justifies, and who is...