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...
다시는 주님을 뵙지 못하고 떠돌아다니는 방랑자가 된 것
죄를 이기지 못하고 죄에 다스림을 받아 동생 아벨을 죽인 가인의 형벌은 주님께서 그를 쫓아내시사 그가 다시는 주님을 뵙지
못하고 떠돌아다니는 방랑자가 된 것입니다(창세기
4:7-8, 14, 현대인의 성경).
죄도 없으신 예수님께서는 우리의 모든 죄를 대신 짊어지시고 우리 죄를 사하시고 구원하시기 위해 십자가에 못
박히셨을 때 하나님 아버지께 버림을 받으셔서 "나의 하나님, 나의 하나님, 어찌하여 나를 버리셨나이까"라고
크게 소리를 지르셨습니다(마태복음 27:46).
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