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...
“너는 내 아들이라”하는 복음성가 가사가 생각났습니다.
“하늘에서 ‘너는 내가 사랑하고 기뻐하는 내 아들이다.’라는 음성이 들려왔다”는 말씀(마가복음 1:11, 현대인의 성경)을 묵상할 때 “너는 내 아들이라”하는 복음성가 가사가 생각났습니다: “힘들고 지쳐 낙망하고 넘어져 일어날 힘 전혀 없을 때에 조용히 다가와 손잡아 주시며 나에게 말씀하시네 나에게 실망하며 내 자신 연약해 고통 속에 눈물 흘릴 때에 못자국난 그 손길 눈물 닦아주시며 나에게 말씀하시네 너는 내 아들이라 오늘날 내가 너를 낳았도다 너는 내 아들이라 나의 사랑하는 내 아들이라.”
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