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...
큰 어려움 가운데서 주님의 진리의 길을 배워야 합니다. 우리가 큰 어려움과 환난을 당할 때에 주님께 부르짖을 뿐만 아니라 하나님이 누구이신 가를 알아가야 합니다 . 그리고 우리는 그러한 때에 주님께서 우리에게 가르쳐 주시는 주님의 진리와 주님의 길을 배워서 한결 같은 마음으로 그 진리를 행하며 그 길을 묵묵히 신실하게 걸어가야 합니다 ( 참고 : 시편 86:1-11, 현대인의 성경 ).