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...
범죄한 후에도 회개치 않는 하나님의 백성들 하나님께서는 범죄한 후에도 회개치 않는 하나님의 백성들을 사랑으로 징계하시지만 그런 다음에는 다시 회복시키실 것입니다 . 그들이 하나님께 돌아올 것이며 하나님은 그들의 부르짖는 소리를 들으시고 그들을 고쳐주실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 이사야 19:22, 현대인의 성경 ).