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...
새 사람, 새 마음, 새 영, 순종하는 마음 누구든지 그리스도를 믿으면 새 사람이 됩니다 ( 고린도후서 5:17, 공동번역 ). 하나님께서는 그리스도를 믿는 새 사람에게 새 마음 ( 사무엘상 10:9, 현대인의 성경 ) 과 새 영과 순종하는 마음을 주십시다 ( 에스겔 36:26, 현대인의 성경 ).