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...
이 사람들은 영원한 형벌을 받는 곳에 들어갈 것입니다. 예수님께서 분명히 말씀하셨습니다 : “ 내가 분명히 말하지만 너희가 이 보잘 것 없는 사람 하나에게 하지 않은 일이 곧 내게 하지 않은 일이다 .” 이 사람들은 영원한 형벌을 받는 곳에 들어갈 것입니다 ( 마태복음 25:45-46, 현대인의 성경 ).