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...
이미 하늘의 모든 영적인 복을 받았습니다! 화목 제물로 십자가에 우리 대신 죽으신 예수 그리스도 ( 요한일서 2:2) 로 말미암아 하나님과 화목하여 ( 로마서 5:10) 평안을 누리고 있는 우리 ( 요한복음 16:33) 는 이미 하나님 아버지께 그리스도 안에서 하늘의 모든 영적인 복을 받았습니다 ( 참고 : 욥기 22:21; 에베소서 1:3, 현대인의 성경 ).