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...
내가 많은 고통을 당하고 있다는 것은 ... 내가 주님의 의로운 말씀들을 지키기로 다시 약속했음에도 불구하고 " 내가 많은 고통을 당하고 있 " 다는 것은 어쩌면 주님께서는 나에게 약속하신 말씀대로 나를 다시 살려 주시려는 것일 수도 있습니다 ( 시편 119:106-107, 현대인의 성경 ). 어쩌면 많은 고통은 내가 주님께 약속한 것을 신실하게 지키지 못하고 있다는 것과 주님께서 나에게 약속하신 것을 신실하게 지키시고 계시다는 것을 깨닫게 해주는 주님의 도구일 수도 있습니다 .