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...
만일 하나님께서 상대방의 마음을 충동하여 우리를 대적하게 하신 것이라면 ...
만일 하나님께서 상대방의 마음을 충동하여 우리를 대적하게 하신 것이라면 분명히 거기에도 하나님의 선하시고 기뻐하시고
온전하신 뜻이 있을 것입니다(사무엘상 26:19, 현대인의
성경; 로마서 12:2). 그러나 만일 상대방이 우리를 대적하는 것이 인간들의 책략에 불과한 것이라면(사무엘상26:19, 현대인의 성경)
하나님께서 우리와 상대방 사이를 판단하사 하나님께서 우리를 위하여 그에게 보복하실 것입니다(24:12).
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