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...
만족할 줄 모르는 악인 악인은 만족할 줄 모르고 언제나 욕심을 내지만 자기가 갖고 싶은 것은 하나도 간직하지 못할 것이며 남기는 것 없이 닥치는 대로 먹어 치우므로 그가 누리던 번영도 끝장이 나고 말 것입니다 ( 욥기 20:20-21, 현대인의 성경 ).