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 이 세상에서 애쓰고 수고하여 얻는 것이 무엇입니까 ? 우리가 이 세상에서 애쓰고 수고하여 얻는 것이 무엇입니까 ? 평생을 수고하여도 근심과 고통뿐이며 그 마음이 밤에도 쉬지 못하니 이것도 헛된 것입니다 ( 전도서 2:22-23, 현대인의 성경 ).