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...
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내가 지금 크게 고통을 당하고 있다고 말하면서도 나는 믿습니다(시 116:10). 나는 하나님이 은혜로우시며 의로우시며 긍휼이 많으신 하나님이신 줄 믿습니다(5절). 나는 하나님께서 내 기도를 들으시는 줄 믿습니다(1절). 나는 하나님께서 내 영혼을 고통과 환난과 슬픔에서 건지실 줄 믿습니다(3-4절; 참고: 8절). 나는 하나님께서 나를 지키시고 내가 어려울 때 나를 구원하실 줄 믿습니다(6절). 나는 하나님께서 나를 후대하실 줄 믿습니다(7절). 그러므로 나는 생명이 있는 땅에서 하나님 앞에 행할 것입니다(9절).
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