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...
마땅히 하나님께서는 우리의 허물을 드러내시고 우리의 죄악을 벌하셔야 하셨음에도 불구하고 ... 마땅히 하나님께서는 우리의 허물을 드러내시고 우리의 죄악을 벌하셔야 하셨음에도 불구하고 ( 참고 : 예레미야 애가 4:22) 독생자 예수 그리스도에게 상함을 받게 하시기를 원하사 우리의 허물 때문에 예수 그리스도께서 찔림을 받으셨고 우리의 죄악 때문에 상함을 받으셨습니다 . 하나님께서는 우리의 죄악을 예수 그리스도에게 담당시키신 것입니다 ( 참고 : 이사야 53:5, 6, 10).