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...
이스라엘을 위해 싸우신 하나님께서는 ...
이스라엘을 위해 싸우신 하나님께서는 한 사람이 기도함으로 해와 달까지
멈추게 하셨습니다(여호수아 10:14, 현대인의 성경). 동일하신 하나님께서는 사랑하시고 기뻐하시는 독생자 예수 그리스도께서
십자가상에서 "나의 하나님, 나의 하나님, 어찌하여 나를 버리셨나이까"라고 크게 소리를 지르셨을 때(마태복음 27:46) 그 기도를 거절하셨습니다. 그 이유는 예수님의 이름으로 기도하는 우리의 기도를 응답해
주시기 위해서입니다(요한복음 14:13-14; 16:24).
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