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...
저는 본래 사람들 앞에 서서 말하는 것을 기피할 정도로 싫어했습니다 . 저는 본래 사람들 앞에 서서 말하는 것을 기피할 정도로 싫어했습니다 . 그랬던 자가 지금 이렇게 하나님의 은혜로 목사가 되어 성도님들 앞에 서서 하나님의 말씀을 전하고 있습니다 . 하나님의 도우심이 없이는 무슨 말을 어떻게 해야 할지 전혀 모르겠습니다 ( 참고 : 출애굽기 4:10-12, 현대인의 성경 ).