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...
하나님께서 말씀하십니다. (2) 하나님께서 말씀하십니다 : ‘ 보라 ! 내가 새 하늘과 새 땅을 창조할 것이다 . 이전 것은 기억되거나 생각나지 않을 것이다 . 너희는 내가 창조하는 것을 보고 영원히 기뻐하며 즐거워하라 . 내가 만들 새 예루살렘은 기쁨이 충만할 것이며 내 백성들은 행복할 것이다 . 내가 예루살렘과 내 백성 때문에 기뻐할 것이니 다시는 거기서 우는 소리와 부르짖는 소리가 들리지 않을 것이다 ’( 참고 : 이사야 65:17-19, 현대인의 성경 ).