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...
하나님과 하나님의 말씀 사무엘하 7장 18-29절 말씀에 앞에서 제 자신과 제 가족과 저의 모든 가족 친척 식구을 생각할 때 다윗처럼 하나님께 이러한 기도를 드립니다: '주님, 제가 누구오며 저희 온 가족 친척 식구들이 무엇이기에 저희를 여기까지 이르게 하셨습니까? 주님께서 저희를 위해 이미 행하신 일도 과분한데 이제 저희 온 가족 친척 식구들의 장래 일까지 말씀해 주셨으니 그런 관대하심이 어찌 인간인 저의 표준과 비교할 수 있겠습니까?'(참고: 삼하7:18-19, 현대인의 성경).
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