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...
하나님께서는 말씀하시고 계획하신 것을 분명히 이루시고 말 것입니다!
우리는 오래 전에 있었던 옛일을 기억해야 합니다. 하나님은 하나님이십니다! 하나님 외에는 다른 신이 없고 하나님과 같은 자도 없습니다. 하나님은 처음부터 일의 결과를 말씀하셨으며 오래 전에 벌써 앞으로 일어날 일을 예언하셨으며 하나님의 계획이 실패하지 않을 것이며 하나님께서 원하시는 것을 모두 행할 것이라고 말씀하셨습니다. 하나님께서는 말씀하시고 계획하신 것을 분명히 이루시고 말 것입니다(참고: 이사야 46:9-11, 현대인의 성경).
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