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The Inseparable Love of God (1) [Romans 8:38-39]

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...

‘너희가 만일 내 말을 듣지 않고 내가 너희에게 준 계명을 지키지 않으며 ...'

‘너희가 만일 내 말을 듣지 않고 내가 너희에게 준 계명을 지키지 않으며 ...'





어쩌면 지금 하나님께서는 우리에게 이렇게 말씀하고 계시는지도 모릅니다: ‘너희가 만일 말을 듣지 않고 내가 너희에게 계명을 지키지 않으며 너희가 지금까지 것처럼 내가 계속 너희에게 보낸 나의 목사들의 말을 듣지 않으면 내가 너희가 제일 귀중하게 여기는 것을 빼앗아 가리라’(참고: 예레미야 26:4-6, 현대인의 성경).


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