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...
형제를 사랑하면서 무엇이든지 하나님의 뜻대로 구하면 ... 하나님의 아들이신 예수 그리스도를 믿는 우리는 이미 영원한 생명을 소유하고 있습니다 . 그리고 영원한 생명을 소유한 우리는 형제를 사랑합니다 . 이렇게 하나님의 계명대로 형제를 사랑하면서 무엇이든지 하나님의 뜻대로 구하면 우리는 하나님이 우리의 기도를 들어주신다는 확신을 가지고 있습니다 . 뿐만 아니라 우리는 우리가 구한 것을 받을 줄도 알고 있습니다 ( 요한일서 3:14, 23; 5:13-15, 현대인의 성경 ).