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...
우리 주 예수 그리스도의 영원한 나라에 넉넉히 들어가게 될 것입니다. 더욱 힘써 너희 믿음에 덕을 , 덕에 지식을 , 지식에 절제를 , 절제에 인내를 , 인내에 경건을 , 경건에 형제 우애를 , 형제 우애에 사랑을 더할뿐만 아니라 더욱 힘써 우리의 부르심과 택하심을 굳게 해야 합니다 . 그러면 우리는 언제든지 실족하지 않을 뿐만 아니라 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 영원한 나라에 넉넉히 들어가게 될 것입니다 ( 베드로후서 1:5-7, 10-11, 현대인의 성경 ).