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...
누구를 만나느냐가 중요합니다. 예수님의 도를 따르는 사람들을 만나면 남녀를 막론하고 결박하여 예루살렘으로 잡아오려고 했던 사울이 오히려 부활하신 예수님을 만나 예수님께 결박되고 붙잡힌바 되고 사명을 받아 예수님의 이름을 위하여 고난을 받는 바울로 변화되었습니다 ( 사도행전 9 장 ). 누구를 만나느냐가 중요합니다 . 예수님을 만나 변화받고 예수님의 사람들을 만나 세워져야 합니다 .