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...
만일 우리가 주님의 마음에 드는 기도를 드리면 ... 만일 우리가 주님의 마음에 드는 기도를 드리면 , 주님께서는 우리가 구하지 않은 것도 우리에게 주실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 열왕기상 3:10-13). 마태복음 6 장 33 절 말씀이 생각납니다 : “ 너희는 먼저 하나님의 나라와 그의 의를 구하라 . 그러면 이 모든 것을 너희에게 덤으로 주실 것이다 ”( 현대인의 성경 ).