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...
혹시 지금 주님은 우리 교회에게 ‘ 너희들은 다 간음하는 자들이다 ’ 라고 말씀하고 계시는 것은 아닐까요 ? 혹시 지금 주님은 우리 교회에게 ‘ 너희들은 다 간음하는 자들이다 ’ 라고 말씀하고 계시는 것은 아닐까요 ? 마치 빵 굽는 자의 화덕에서 계속 치솟는 불길처럼 우리의 육신의 정욕과 눈의 욕심과 삶에 대한 자랑이 계속 불일 듯 일어나고 있는 것은 아닌가요 ? ( 참고 : 호세아 7:4; 요한일서 2:16, 현대인의 성경 )