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 우리를 버리시고 잊으셨다고 생각할 때 ... 하나님께서 우리를 버리시고 잊으셨다고 생각할 때 하나님의 말씀은 “ 어떻게 여자가 젖 먹는 자식을 잊을 수 있으며 자기가 낳은 아들을 불쌍히 여기지 않을 수 있겠느냐 ? 어머니는 자기 자식을 잊을 수 있을는지 몰라도 나는 너희를 잊지 않을 것이다 ”( 참고 : 이사야 49:14-15, 현대인의 성경 ).