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...
Hypocrisy [Psalms 50] Adrin Gostick & Dana Telford's book "The Integrity: Advantage & Works" reveals the 10 characteristics of a faithful person. The third of those 10 characteristics is that ‘Honestly admit when I make a mistake.’ Regarding this characteristic, the authors are saying these meaningful words: ‘The mistake is not a gross fault. The really gross fault is the act of covering up that mistake’ (Internet). But our nature is to try to cover up our mistakes. In other words, it is our sinful nature to hide our sins. That's why there seems to be a word “hypocrisy”. What is hypocrisy? The Hebrew meaning is ‘concealing one’s real character or motives’ or ‘the hypocrite’. In the New Testament, it was originally us...