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...
심판하시는 주님께서 나타나실 때 ... 심판하시는 주님께서 나타나실 때 점치는 자와 간음하는 자와 거짓 증거하는 자와 고용인의 임금을 속이는 자 , 그리고 과부와 고아와 외국인을 억압하며 하나님을 두려워하지 않는 자들의 죄상을 드러낼 것입니다 ( 참고 : 말라기 3:5, 현대인의 성경 ).