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...
주님은 항상 의로우신 분이시지만 우리는 오늘날 수치를 당하는 사람들이 되었습니다 . 주님은 항상 의로우신 분이시지만 우리는 오늘날 수치를 당하는 사람들이 되었습니다 . 우리 모든 기독교인들이 수치를 당하고 있는 것은 우리가 다 주님께 신실하지 못했기 때문입니다 . 이와 같이 우리가 다 주님께 범죄하였으므로 우리 모두가 수치를 당하고 있습니다 ( 참고 : 다니엘 9:7-8, 현대인의 성경 ).