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...
https://youtu.be/3V_atOrN_4E 대장암 말기로 4년 동안 투병중에 있는 사랑하는 사촌 여동생 수정이가 아마 '하나님의 때를 기다립니다'라고 말했나 봅니다. 그 의미가 무엇인지 저는 잘 모르지만 주님은 아시는 줄 믿습니다(욥기 23:10상). 요즘 욥기서를 계속 묵상하고 설교하고 있습니다. 고통 중에 있는 하나님이 사랑하시는 형제, 자매들에게 조금이나마 말씀으로 힘주시길 기원합니다.