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...
왜 그랬을까요 ? 아버지 다윗은 압살롬이 도망하여 그술에 있은 지 3 년이 되자 죽은 아들 암논에 대한 슬픔을 거의 잊고 이제는 그 마음이 압살롬을 향하여 그리워하고 있었습니다 ( 사무엘하 13:38-39, 현대인의 성경 ). 그럼에도 불구하고 다윗은 그리워하고 있는 아들 압살롬을 찾지 않았습니다 . 왜 그랬을까요 ? 혹시 그는 아직도 자기 아들 암논을 죽인 또 다른 아들 압살롬을 용서하지 못하고 있었던 것은 아닐까요 ?