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...
왜 자신을 옳게 보이려고 하는 것입니까?
우리가 우리 자신을 옳게 보이려고 할 필요가 있나요? (눅10:29) 만일 우리가 옳바른 성경적인 지식(예: 예수님의 이중 계명, 27절)을 가지고 있고 또한 옳바른 그리스도인 다운 행동(예: 이웃을.사랑하여 불쌍히 여겨 자비를 베푸는 것, 30-37절)을 하고 있다면 왜 사람들 앞에서 우리 자신을 옳게 보이려고 하겠습니까? 옳바른 지식과 옳바른 말만 하는 입술만 있으면 뭐합니까. 주님은 우리에게 "가서 너도 이와 같이 하라"고 말씀하고 계십니다(37절).
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