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...
우리가 매우 힘들고 어려울 때 ... 우리가 매우 힘들고 어려울 때 우리가 생각하기에 우리에게 큰 도움이 될 만한 이웃에게 도움을 청한다 할지라도 어쩌면 그 이웃은 우리를 도와주지 않는 것이 아니라 도와주지 못할 수도 있습니다 . 그 이유는 하나님께서 그 이웃으로 하여금 우리를 돕지 못하도록 막으실 것이기 때문입니다 . 하나님께서 그리하시는 이유는 우리가 하나님께 한 맹세나 언약이나 약속을 깨뜨렸기 ( 배반했기 ) 때문입니다 ( 참고 : 에스겔 17:17-18, 현대인의 성경 ).