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...
음란한 여인은 귀한 생명을 사냥합니다.
음란한 여인은 귀한 생명을 사냥합니다(잠언 6:26). 그 악한 여인의 혀로 호리는 말에 빠지지 않게 해야 합니다(24절). 우리 마음에 그녀의 아름다움을 탐하지 말아야 합니다(25절). 남의 아내를 만지지도 말고 통간하지 말아야 합니다(29절). 그녀와 간음하는 자는 무지한 자입니다. 자기의 영혼을 망하게 하는 것입니다(32절). 상함과 능력을 받고 부끄러움을 씻을 수 없게 됩니다(33절). 그녀의 남편은 투기로 분노하여 용서하지 않을 것입니다(34절).
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