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...
하나님으로부터 거듭난 자의 삶의 증거는?
하나님으로부터 거듭난 자(born of God), 중생한 자, 새롭게 태어난 자, 새 피조물이 된 자의 삶의 증거(evidence)는 거듭나게 하신 하나님을 사랑하고, 하나님께서 거듭나게 하신 주님 안에서 형제, 자매를 사랑하는 것입니다(요한일서 5:1).
이 사도 요한의 요한일서 5장 1절 말씀은 예수님의 마태복음 22장 37,39절의 이중계명 말씀과 유사합니다. 한 마디로, 하나님으로부터 새롭게 태어난 자는 예수님의 이중계명(Jesus' twofold commandment)을 순종합니다.
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