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...
이 땅에는 진실이 아닌 거짓이 판을 치고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? 혹시 지금 우리 그리스도인들이 활을 당기듯이 혀를 놀려 거짓말을 쏘아대므로 이 땅에는 진실이 아닌 거짓이 판을 치고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? 혹시 지금 우리들은 악에서 악으로 줄달음치며 하나님을 우리의 하나님으로 인정하지 않고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? ( 참고 : 예레미야 9:3, 현대인의 성경 )