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...
“주여, 주여”하고 부르짖지만 ... 하나님의 말씀을 듣고 하나님에게 “ 주여 , 주여 ” 하고 부르짖지만 하늘에 계신 하나님 아버지의 뜻을 깨닫지도 못하고 그 하나님의 말씀을 실천하지도 않는 사람은 모래 위에 집을 지은 어리석은 사람과 같아서 하늘 나라에 들어가지 못합니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 7:21, 26, 현대인의 성경 ).