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...
수없이 자신의 노여움을 억제하시고 그 노를 다 발하지 않으십니다 . 우리의 마음이 하나님께 한결같지 않고 우리가 하나님과 맺은 언약에 충실하지 않음에도 불구하고 하나님은 긍휼하시므로 우리의 죄를 용서하시고 수없이 자신의 노여움을 억제하시고 그 노를 다 발하지 않으십니다 . 그 이유는 하나님은 우리가 한번 지나가면 다시 돌아오지 못하는 바람에 불과한 존재임을 기억하시기 때문입니다 ( 참고 : 시편 78:37-39, 현대인의 성경 ).