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...
이 예수님의 형제 중에 아주 보잘 것 없는 사람 하나에게 한 일이 바로 예수님에게 한 일입니다 . 누구든지 하늘에 계신 하나님 아버지의 뜻을 따라 사는 사람은 바로 예수님의 형제입니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 12:50, 현대인의 성경 ). 이 예수님의 형제 중에 아주 보잘 것 없는 사람 하나에게 한 일이 바로 예수님에게 한 일입니다 . 의로운 사람들은 영원한 생명을 누리는 곳에 들어갈 것입니다 (25:40, 46, 현대인의 성경 ).