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...
Day 28: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Seemingly foolish and weak in the eyes of people Paul advises the saints of the Corinthian church to remember when they first heard and believed in the gospel of Jesus Christ and His crucifixion (1 Cor. 1:26). This is because when they received the gospel of Jesus and accepted Him as their Savior, they appeared foolish and weak in the eyes of the world. The majority of the saints in the Corinthian church had converted not because of their outward superiority, but rather, Paul points out, it was due to their lack of it (Yoon-seon Park). Instead, Paul states that God chose the foolish things of the world, the weak things of the world, the base things of the world, and the despised things—things considered nothing—in order to nullify the things that are (vv. 27-28). Why did God choose such individuals to hear the gospel of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ a...