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...
진실한 마음으로 부르짖는 모든 자 하나님은 자기에게 진실한 마음으로 부르짖는 모든 자에게 가까이하십니다 ( 참고 : 시편 145:18, 현대인의 성경 ). 이렇게 우리가 하나님께 기도할 때마다 우리에게 가까이하시는 하나님을 모신 민족이 우리외에 어디 있겠습니까 ? ( 신명기 4:7, 현대인의 성경 )