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...
내가 죽은 후에도 주님께서는 나를 부르신 후에도 ( 내가 죽은 후에도 ) 나에게 하신 약속인 요한복음 6 장 1-15 절 말씀대로 생명의 떡이신 주님의 말씀 나눔을 계속해서 이루어 나아가시되 나의 모든 말씀 묵상 나눔을 통하여 계속해서 많은 사람들에게 말씀하실 것입니다 ( 요한복음 19:36; 히브리서 11:4). 나는 언젠가 이 땅에서 멈추고 끝나겠지만 주님의 말씀 나눔 역사는 멈출 수가 없고 끝날 수가 없습니다 . [ 은퇴후 사역도 준비해야겠지만 죽은 후에 사역도 준비해야겠다는 생각을 이 말씀 묵상을 통해 하겠되었습니다 .]