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...
주님은 우리에게도 철저하게 참으시는 인내를 보여주시고 계십니다. 우리 주님은 믿음이 없고 비뚤어진 우리 세대를 향하여 “ 너희를 보고 내가 언제까지 참아야 하겠느냐 ?” 하고 말씀하고 계십니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 17:17, 현대인의 성경 ). 그 주님께서 마치 사울 ( 바울 ) 에게 철저하게 참으시는 인내를 보이신 것처럼 우리에게도 철저하게 참으시는 인내를 보여주시고 계십니다 ( 참고 : 디모데전서 1:16, 현대인의 성경 ).