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...
만일 우리가 하나님의 말씀 듣기를 거절하고 ... 만일 우리가 하나님의 말씀 듣기를 거절하고 완고하게 등을 돌려 귀를 막고 우리 마음을 돌처럼 굳게 하여 성령님께서 전하시는 하나님의 말씀을 듣지 않으면 큰 진노가 하나님께로부터 나올 것입니다 ( 참고 : 스가랴 7:11-12, 현대인의 성경 ).