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 큰 역경은 우리에게 속한 것이 아닙니다. 우리가 당면한 이 큰 역경으로 인해 두려워하거나 놀랄 필요가 없는 이유는 이 큰 역경은 우리에게 속한 것이 아니라 하나님께 속한 것이기 때문입니다 . 우리가 할 수 있는 것은 아무 것도 없고 우리와 함께 하시는 하나님께서 우리를 구원하시는 것을 보면 됩니다 ( 역대하 20:15, 17).