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...
우리를 죄인으로 단정할 자가 누구입니까 ? 우리를 변호하시는 의로우신 예수 그리스도께서 우리와 함께 계시고 우리를 의롭다고 인정하신 분은 하나님이신데 누가 감히 우리와 다툴 수 있겠으며 누가 우리를 고소할 수 있겠습니까 ? 주님께서 우리를 도우시고 그리스도 예수님은 죽었다가 다시 살아나셔서 하나님의 오른편에서 항상 우리를 위해 기도해 주시는데 우리를 죄인으로 단정할 자가 누구입니까 ? ( 참고 : 이사야 50:8-9; 로마서 8:33-34; 요한일서 2:1, 현대인의 성경 )