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...
우리가 원하는 것, 하나님께서 원하시는 것? 이스라엘 사람들은 자기들을 블레셋 사람에게 구해 낼 이스라엘 왕을 그리도 원하고 있었던 반면에 사울은 잃어버린 나귀를 찾기를 그리도 원하고 있었습니다 ( 사무엘상 9:20, 현대인의 성경 ). 그런데 하나님께서는 잃어버린 죄인 한 명이 회개하고 하나님께 돌아오기를 그리도 원하고 계십니다 ( 누가복음 15:7, 10, 24, 32, 현대인의 성경 ).