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...
인간의 언어로 표현할 수 없을 만큼 위대한 주님 만일 우리가 하나님의 말씀의 은혜로 우리의 죄를 고백하고 또한 죄를 끊은 후 하나님을 경배할 수만 있다면 우리는 영원부터 영원까지 계시고 인간의 언어로 표현할 수 없을 만큼 위대한 주님의 이름을 찬양하며 주님께 경배를 드려야 합니다 ( 참고 : 느헤미야 9:2-6, 현대인의 성경 ).