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...
모든 환난에서 내 영혼을 지키시는 나의 도움이 되시는 하나님
나는 화평케 하는 자로서 화평을 원할지라도 화평을 미워하는 거짓말하고 속이는 자들은 싸우려고 하므로 내가 환난 중에 있습니다. 그러므로 나는 나의 도움이 되시는 천지를 지으신 하나님에게 부르짖었더니 하나님의 기도 응답은 하나님께서 나를 실족하지 않게 하시며 졸지도 주무시지도 않으시면서 나를 지켜주시되 모든 환난에서 내 영혼을 지키신다는 말씀입니다(마태복음 5:9; 시편 120:1-2, 6-7; 121:1-4, 7, 현대인의 성경)
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