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...
오늘 여기 미국은 아버지 날(Father's Day)입니다. "위대한 아버지"란 제목 아래 (1) 아버지 아브라함과 (2) 하늘에 계신 우리 아버지 하나님을 묵상했습니다. 저는 세 자녀들의 아버지로서 하나님 아버지의 마음을 본받아 아브라함처럼 믿음으로 딜런, 예리, 예은이를 주님께 드립니다. 그들도 하나님의 크신 은혜와 사랑으로 예수님과 복음을 위해서 살기를 기원합니다. https://youtu.be/Ox8_3C4u-yw