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...
중요한 것은 고통을 안 당하는 것이 아닙니다! 하나님께서 여러 차례 경고하셨는데도 불구하고 계속해서 예수님을 믿지 않는 사람들보다 더 많은 악을 행할 때에 하나님께서는 우리를 치시사 우리로 하여금 고통을 당하게 하실 것입니다 . 중요한 것은 고통을 안 당하는 것이 아니라 고통을 당해서라도 우리가 하나님을 찾고 , 하나님 앞에서 크게 겸손하여 회개 기도하는 것입니다 ( 참고 역대하 33:9-13, 현대인의 성경 ).