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...
나 자신에게 올바른 질문을 던지자!
나 자신에게 올바른 질문을 던지자:
1. 나의 모든 수고가 나에게 무슨 유익이 있는가?
(전도서 1:3)
2. 내가 추구하는 희락이 무슨 소용이 있는가?
(2:2)
3. 내게 지혜가 있었다한들 내게 무슨 유익이 있는가?
(2:15)
4. 내가 행하는 모든 수고와 마음에 애쓰는 것이 무슨 소득이
있는가? (2:22)
5. 지금 나는 영원을 사모하는 마음으로(3:11) 영원히 있을 것(3:14)을 추구하고 있는가?
6. 지금 나는 내가 즐거워하는 일을 하고 있는가?
(3:22)
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