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...
하나님께서 어려워서 못하실 일이 있겠습니까 ? 온 인류의 하나님께서 어려워서 못하실 일이 있겠습니까 ? 우리는 슬픔 가운데서도 하나님을 바라보며 기도할 때 위대한 능력과 힘으로 천지를 만드신 주님은 어려워서 못하실 일이 하나도 없다 ( 할 수 없는 일이 없다 ) 는 사실을 믿음으로 간구해야 합니다 ( 참고 : 예레미야 32:17, 27, 현대인의 성경 ).