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...
유익한 고난 혹은 무익한 고난? 만일 우리가 여러 가지 고난을 통해 하나님의 말씀과 순종을 배우면 고난 당한 것이 우리에게 유익이지만 , 아무리 크고 많은 여러 가지 고난을 당한다 할지라도 하나님의 말씀에 순종하는 것을 배우지 못했다면 우리가 당한 그 고난들은 우리에게 무익할 뿐입니다 ( 히브리서 5:8; 참고 : 시편 119:67, 71).