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...
그제서야 그들이 하나님은 여호와인 줄 알 것입니다. 주님은 주님의 교회의 대적자들을 치시사 하나님의 위대함과 거룩함을 나타내어 많은 사람들이 보는 데서 하나님 자신을 알리십니다 . 그제서야 그들이 하나님은 여호와인 줄 알 것입니다 ( 참고 : 에스겔 38:21-23, 현대인의 성경 ).