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...
진실한 믿음이 저에게 뿐만 아니라 제 자녀들에게도 있길 기원합니다. 외할머니 로이스와 어머니 유니게에게 있던 거짓이 없는 진실한 믿음이 디모데에게도 있었던 것처럼 , 나의 외증조할머니와 할머니와 아버님에게 있는 거짓이 없는 진실한 믿음이 저에게 뿐만 아니라 제 자녀들에게도 있길 기원합니다 ( 디모데후서 1:5, 현대인의 성경 ).