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...
만일 우리가 하나님이 사랑하시는 자녀라는 확신이 있다면 ... If we have conviction that we are God's beloved children, then since we have confidence in God, we will not try to show somethings to others in order to prove that we are someone because this is act of unbelief! (As I read my beloved daughter Karis' reflection on Henry Nowen's book "Beloved" ...) 만일 우리가 하나님이 사랑하시는 자녀라는 신념(확신)이 있다면 우리는 하나님 안에서 자존감이 있기에 우리가 누구인가라고 증명해 보이려고 무엇인가를 보여주려고 하지 않을 것입니다. 그 이유는 그것은 믿음 없는 행동이기 때문입니다! [사랑하는 딸 예은이가 헨리 나우웬의 책 "Beloved"(사랑의 존재)을 읽고 자기의 삶을 되돌아 보며 쓴 자아 성찰의 글을 읽고 ...]