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...
총명한 그리스도인 총명한 그리스도인은 “ 가장 높으신 하나님께 경배하고 영원히 사시는 그분에게 이렇게 찬양 ” 합니다 : ‘ 하나님은 영원히 다스리시며 하나님의 나라는 대대에 지속될 것입니다 . 하나님은 세상의 모든 사람들을 아무것도 아닌 것처럼 여기시며 하늘에 있는 천사들이나 땅에 있는 사람에게 자기 뜻대로 행하시니 하나님의 뜻을 거역하거나 하나님께서 행하시는 일을 물어볼 자가 아무도 없습니다 ’( 참고 : 다니엘 4:34-35, 현대인의 성경 ).