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...
목자가 자기 양떼를 구출하듯 ... 목자가 자기 양떼를 구출하듯 하나님께서는 자기 자녀들인 우리를 구원하실 것이므로 우리가 면류관의 보석처럼 하나님의 나라에서 빛날 것입니다 . 그 때 우리의 매력과 아름다움이 얼마나 크겠습니까 ! ( 참고 : 스가랴 9:16-17, 현대인의 성경 ).