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...
혹시 지금 우리는 주님에게 찌꺼기처럼 된 것은 아닌지요 ? 혹시 지금 우리는 주님에게 찌꺼기처럼 된 것은 아닌지요 ? 혹시 지금 주님 보시기에 우리는 용광로 속에 있는 구리나 주석이나 철이나 납과 같아서 은을 제거한 찌꺼기에 불과하여 쓸모없는 사람들이 된 것은 아닌지요 ? ( 참고 : 에스겔 22:18-19, 현대인의 성경 ) 그러나 결국에 가서 주님은 우리를 용광로에 넣어 모든 불순물을 제거하시고 우리를 깨끗하게 하실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 이사야 1:25, 현대인의 성경 ).