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...
선한 목자되신 주님의 약속의 말씀입니다. (4) 선한 목자되신 주님의 약속의 말씀입니다 : ‘ 내가 내 양들을 하나하나 심판하여 좋은 양들과 나쁜 양들을 가려낼 것이다 . 내가 내 종 다윗과 같은 목자를 세워 좋은 양들을 다스리게 하겠다 . 그가 그들을 먹이고 그들의 목자가 될 것이다 ’( 참고 : 에스겔 34:22-23, 현대인의 성경 ).