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...
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1) 성령의 검인 하나님의 말씀으로 마음이 찔려야 한다(삼상24:5; 엡6:17).
2) 착한 양심/깨끗한 양심/선한 양심을 가진다(딤전1:19; 3:9; 벧전 3:16).
3) 거짓이 없는 믿음을 가진다(딤전 1:5, 19).
4) 그리스도 안에서 진실을 말해야 한다(롬 9:1).
5) 선한 양심을 위해 기도하며 또한 기도부탁을 한다 (히13:18).
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