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...
모든 일에 만족을 느끼는 것이 하나님의 선물입니다. 우리가 이 세상에 잠시 사는 동안 기뻐하고 선을 행하는 것보다 나은 것이 아무것도 없으며 우리가 먹고 마시며 우리가 수고하는 모든 일에 만족을 느끼는 것이 하나님의 선물을 알아야 합니다 ( 참고 : 전도서 3:12-13, 현대인의 성경 ). 그러므로 우리는 우리 일에 즐거워하면서 살아가야 합니다 ( 참고 : 22 절 , 현대인의 성경 ).