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 용서하지 않고 있나요?
아니 다윗은 밧세바와 동침하는 악과 우리아를 죽이는 더 큰 악을 범하고서도(삼하11장) 나단 선지자의 책망을 받고 “내가 여호와께 죄를 범하였노라”고 고백했을 때 하나님께 용서를 받지 않았나요?(12:13, 현대인의 성경) 그런데 어찌하여 다윗은 다말을 강간하는 악을 범한 후 그녀를 쫓아내는 더 큰 악을 범한(13:16) 암논을 죽인 압살롬(29-29절)을 예루살렘에 다시 데리고 오게 한 후(14:21) 2년 동안이나 그의 얼굴을 보지 않을 정도로(24, 28절) 그를 용서하지 않고 있었을까요?(유진 피터슨)
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