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...
과연 나는 너무 어리석어서 짐승만도 못하며 ... 과연 나는 너무 어리석어서 짐승만도 못하며 내게 사람이 마땅히 가져야 할 지각이 없다는 것을 알고 있는가 ? ( 참고 : 잠언 30:2, 현대인의 성경 ) 적어도 악인들이 잘 되는 것을 보고 교만한 자들을 질투하였던 시편 기자 아삽은 하나님의 성소에 들어갔을 때 악인들의 최후를 깨닫고 자기가 어리석고 무식하며 주님 앞에서 짐승같이 되었다고 고백을 했는데 … ( 시편 73:3, 17-22, 현대인의 성경 ).