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...
우리가 아끼는 사람, 하나님께서 아끼시는 사람?
하나님께서는 우리가 매우 아끼는 것이나 매우 사랑하는 사람을 요구하실 때가 있는 것 같습니다. 그 이유는 하나님께서는 아끼시는 독생자 예수 그리스도를 우리를 위하여 아낌없이 십자가에 내어주신(로마서 8:32) 그 크신 사랑을 우리가 깨달아 알기 원하시기 때문인 것 같습니다.
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