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...
이것이 진정한 회복입니다. 우리 구원의 하나님께서 우리를 다시 살려주셨고 , 우리의 죄를 용서하셨으며 우리의 모든 허물을 덮어주셨으며 우리를 향하신 주님의 모든 분노를 우리에게서 거두셔서 사랑하시고 기뻐하시는 독생자 예수 그리스도에게 다 쏟아 부으셨습니다 . 이것이 진정한 회복입니다 . 그러므로 우리는 주님을 찬양하며 기뻐할 수밖에 없습니다 ( 참고 : 시편 85:2-6, 현대인의 성경 ; 마태복음 3:17).