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...
돌려 인도하시고 갇힌 바 되게 하시는 하나님의 인도하심의 의도?
삶을 뒤돌아 볼 때 하나님께서는 저의 기도와 기대대로 저를 지름길로 인도해주지 않으시고 오히려 멀리 돌려 인도해주셨고(출 13:17-18), 또한 제가 아무리 동서남북을 보아도 문제 해결점이 안보이는 갇힌 바된 상황으로 인도해주시기도 하셨습니다(14:3). 왜 하나님께서는 그리 인도하셨을까 생각해 볼 때 어쩌면 하나님께서는 저로 하여금 "가만히 서서 여호와께서 오늘 너희를 위하여 행하시는 구원을 보"길 원하시지 않았나 생각합니다(13-14절).
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