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...
하나님 아버지께서는 하나님의 집을 떠난
하나님의 자녀들이 돌아오기만 기다리고 계십니다.
하나님 아버지께서는 하나님의 집을 떠난 하나님의 자녀들이 돌아오기만 기다리고 계십니다. 그런데 우리들은 거짓된 것에 집착하여 하나님 아버지께 돌아오기를 거절하고 있습니다. 그러므로 하나님 아버지께서는 이렇게 말씀하십니다:
‘사람이 넘어지면 일어나지 않겠느냐? 사람이 떠나가면 돌아오지 않겠느냐? 그런데 어째서 내 자녀들은 항상 나를 떠나기만 하고 돌아오지 않는가?’
(참고: 예레미야
8:4-5, 현대인의 성경)
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