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...
그러므로 우리는 그 사람을 조금도 두려워하지 말아야 합니다 . 우리는 우리에게 재앙을 가져다주는 사람을 두려워하지 말아야 합니다 . 그 이유는 하나님께서 우리와 함께 하셔서 우리를 구원하시며 그 사람의 손에서 우리를 건져 내실 것이기 때문입니다 . 그러므로 우리는 그 사람을 조금도 두려워하지 말아야 합니다 . 하나님은 우리를 불쌍히 여기시고 그 사람도 우리를 불쌍히 여기게 하실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 예레미야 42:11-12, 현대인의 성경 ).