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 18: Proverbs 9:8, Amos 5:13-15, Micah 6:8 How should we live in this evil time? We are living in a time where we dislike those who rebuke honestly within love. Therefore, the wise advise us not to rebuke the arrogant, lest they hate us (Prov. 9:8a). Even in the time of the prophet Amos, leaders and judges would pronounce judgments and decrees at the city gates, but the arrogant people of Israel did not acknowledge them, rather, they despised them. Another wickedness that occurred in his time was that judges took bribes and oppressed the poor. Referring to such times, in Amos 5:13, it is called a time of evil. In this time, similar to when Amos lived, how should we live? Firstly, we should learn from the wise and remain silent. This silence serves as a judgment against the arrogant. Secondly, we should not seek evil, but pursue goodness. By hating evil and lo...