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...
하나님의 일하심이 흥미롭습니다. (2) 믿음으로 아기 모세를 떠나보낸 모세의 어머니는 결국에 가서는 이집트 왕 바로의 딸인 공주에게 삯을 받으면서 모세를 데려 다가 양육하게 되었습니다 ( 출애굽기 2:2-9, 현대인의 성경 ). 죽을 수도 있었던 자식이 살아있는 것만해도 감사하고 놀라운 일인데 삯까지 받으면서 양육하게 된 것입니다 . 하나님의 일하심이 흥미롭습니다 .