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...
오히려 뒷걸음질을 하고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? 하나님께서는 우리에게 “ 너희는 나에게 순종하라 . 그러면 나는 너희 하나님이 되고 너희는 내 백성이 될 것이다 . 너희는 내가 명령한 길로 행하라 . 그러면 모든 일이 다 잘 될 것이다 ” 라고 말씀하셨으나 우리는 하나님의 말씀을 듣지도 않았고 귀를 기울이지도 않고 우리들의 고집과 악한 생각을 따라 우리들 멋대로 행하고 전진하기보다는 오히려 뒷걸음질을 하고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? ( 참고 : 예레미야 7:23-24, 현대인의 성경 )