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...
왜 하필이면 까마귀들과 가난한 과부였을까요? 하나님께서는 까마귀들에게 명령하여 그릿 시냇가에서 엘리야 선지자를 먹이게 하셨을뿐만 아니라 사르밧에서는 통에 가루 한 움큼과 병에 조금 기름밖에 없어서 자기 자신과 자기 아들을 위하여 마지막 한끼 음식을 만들어 먹고 굶어 죽게될 과부에게 명령하여 엘리야 선지자에게 음식을 주게 하셨습니다 ( 열왕기상 17:3, 9, 12). 왜 하나님께서는 까마귀들과 가난한 과부에게 명령하사 엘리야 선지자에게 음식을 주신 것일까요 ?