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...
가장 불쾌한 방법으로 하나님을 모욕하고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? 혹시 지금 우리가 이 세상을 끔찍한 죄로 가득 채워 계속 하나님의 분노를 일으키고 가장 불쾌한 방법으로 하나님을 모욕하고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? 만일 우리가 그러고 있다면 아무리 하나님께 큰 소리를 부르짖어도 하나님께서는 우리의 기도를 듣지 않으실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 에스겔 8:17-18, 현대인의 성경 )