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...
몹시 괴로워하시면서까지 끝까지 사랑하시고 섬기신 예수님 예수님께서는 몹시 괴로워하시면서 자기를 팔아 넘길 가룟 유다까지 끝까지 사랑하시사 섬기셨습니다 ( 요한복음 13:1, 21, 현대인의 성경 ). 그런데 저는 그렇게까지 몹시 괴로워하면서 나를 배반할 사람을 끝까지 사랑하고 싶지 않습니다 . 그러나 내 뜻대로 하지 말고 주님의 뜻대로 할 수 있길 기도합니다 ( 마태복음 26:39, 42).