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...
하나님께서 행하신 일로 즐거워할 것입니다. 하나님께서는 하나님의 백성들을 불쌍히 여겨 그들을 돌아오게 할 것이니 그들이 하나님에게 버림받은 적이 없었던 것처럼 될 것입니다 . 하나님은 그들의 부르짖음에 응답하실 것입니다 . 그 결과 하나님께서는 그들을 강하게 하여 용사와 같게 하실 것입니다 . 그러므로 하나님의 백성들의 마음이 포도주를 마신 것같이 기쁠 것이요 그들의 자녀들도 그것을 보고 기뻐하며 하나님께서 행하신 일로 즐거워할 것입니다 ( 참고 : 스가랴 10:6-7, 현대인의 성경 ).