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...
광야의 축복 하나님께서는 다윗을 왕궁에서 광야로 몰아내셨습니다 ( 사무엘하 15:23, 현대인의 성경 ). 사랑의 하나님은 우리가 죄를 범했을 때 우리를 광야로 데리고 가서 부드러운 말로 우리를 잘 타이르시고 위로해 주시는 하나님이십니다 ( 호세아 2:14, 현대인의 성경 ). 모든 것이 부족함이 없는 왕궁에서 하나님께 죄를 범하기보다 모든 것이 부족한 광야에서 하나님의 음성을 듣고 하나님께 수종하는 것이 훨씬 더 낫습니다 .