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...
'너는 너의 친구들에게 가서 그들이 듣든지 안 듣든지 이것은 주 하나님께서 하신 말씀이다!하고 말하라’ 주님은 저에게 ‘ 사랑하는 내 아들아 , 너는 내가 너에게 한 모든 말을 유심히 듣고 마음에 잘 간직해 두었다가 여러모로 포로 생활을 하고 있는 너의 친구들에게 가서 그들이 듣든지 안 듣든지 이것은 주 하나님께서 하신 말씀이다 ! 하고 말하라 ’ 고 말씀하시는 것 같습니다 ( 참고 : 에스겔 3:10-11, 27, 현대인의 성경 ).