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...
선한 목자되신 주님의 약속의 말씀입니다. (1) 선한 목자되신 주님의 약속의 말씀입니다 : ‘ 내가 너희 목사들을 대적하여 내 양들을 너희에게서 찾을 것이니 너희가 다시는 내 양들을 먹이는 목사가 되지 못할 것이며 너희 자신을 먹이지도 못할 것이다 . 내가 내 양들을 너희 입에서 건져내어 다시는 너희 음식이 되지 못하게 하겠다 ’( 참고 : 에스겔 34:9-10, 현대인의 성경 ).