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...
이미 이루심과 아직도 이루실 것임 사이에 살면서 언약의 하나님은 구원을 이미 다 이루셨고 ( 예수님의 초림 때 )( 요 19:30) 구원을 장차 다 이루실 것이며 ( 예수님의 재림 때 )( 계 21:6) 현재 그 구원을 이루어 나아가고 계십니다 . 우리는 " 이미 " 다 이루신 하나님의 구원과 " 아직도 " 다 이루실 하나님의 구원 사이에 살면서 성령님의 인도하심 따라 살아가므로 ( 롬 8:14) 현재의 구원을 이루어 나아가야 합니다 ( 빌 2:12).