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...
죄를 물 마시듯 하는 더럽고 추한 사람이 무엇인데 깨끗할 수 있으며 의로울 수 있겠습니까 ? 죄를 물 마시듯 하는 더럽고 추한 사람이 무엇인데 깨끗할 수 있으며 의로울 수 있겠습니까 ? ( 참고 : 욥기 15:14, 16, 현대인의 성경 ) 그러나 하나님께서는 독생자 예수 그리스도를 십자가에 피 흘려 죽게 하시므로 우리를 깨끗케 하셨으며 ( 디도서 2:14; 히브리서 9:14; 요한일서 1:7) 예수 그리스도를 다시 살리시므로 우리를 의롭다 하셨습니다 ( 로마서 4:25).