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...
예배도 우리를 기쁘게 하지 못하는 이유? 예배도 우리를 기쁘게 하지 못하는 이유는 어쩌면 우리가 하나님보다 더 사랑하는 사람이 우리 마음에 있어서 그 사람과 영적 창녀짓을 하되 그 영적 음행의 값을 좋아하기 때문일 수도 있습니다 ( 참고 : 호세아 9:1, 4, 현대인의 성경 ).