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...
비열함이 인생 중에 높임을 받는 때입니다(시 12:8).
경건한 자가 끊어지고 충실한 자들이 인생 중에 없어지고 있습니다(1절). 그런데 거짓을 말하는 자들, 아첨하는 자들, 두 마음으로 말하는 자들은 더욱더 많아지고 있습니다(2-3절). 그러므로 가련한 자들이 눌림을 당하고 궁핍한 자들이 탄식을 하고 있습니다(5절). 그 때에 순결한 하나님의 말씀이 그들을 단련할 것입니다(6절). 그리고 하나님께서는 가련한 자들과 궁핍한 자들을 안전한 지대에 두실 것입니다(5절). 그리고 하나님께서는 그들을 영원히 지키시고 보존하실 것입니다(7절).
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