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...
많은 이들에게 기쁨이 되는 자녀들이 되길 ... 사랑하는 딜런 , 예리 , 예은이가 태어났을 때 당연히 우리 부부가 기쁘고 즐거워했지만 더 나아가서 많은 사람들도 세 자녀의 태어난 것을 기뻐하길 기원합니다 ( 누가복음 1:14, 현대인의 성경 ).