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...
우리에게 무슨 사랑받을 만한 근거가 있는 것이 아닙니다. 우리에게 무슨 사랑받을 만한 근거가 있어서 하나님께서 우리를 사랑하시사 사탄의 나라에서 죄의 노예 생활하던 우리를 구출해 내신 것이 아니라 하나님은 사랑이시고 우리를 무조건적으로 먼저 사랑하셨기 때문입니다 ( 참고 : 신명기 7:8; 요한일서 4:8, 16, 19, 현대인의 성경 ).