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...
주님은 제일 좋은 포도나무를 심으신 후 좋은 포도가 맺히기를 기다리십니다 . 주님은 제일 좋은 포도나무를 심으신 후 좋은 포도가 맺히기를 기다리십니다 . 주님은 우리가 공정하고 옳은 일과 선한 일을 하기를 바라고 기대하십니다 . 그런데 지금 고통당하는 자들의 부르짖는 소리만 나고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? 주님께서 우리에게 “ 내가 내 포도원을 위해서 이 이상 더 어떻게 하란 말인가 ?” 라고 말씀하고 계십니다 ( 참고 : 이사야 5 :2, 4, 7, 현대인의 성경 )