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...
어리석은 통치자 vs. 청렴한 통치자
어리석은 통치자는 거짓말에 귀가 솔깃하여 어리석은 자들에게 높은 지위를 주고 반면에 부자들은 낮은 자리에 앉히므로 그의 밑에서 일하는 사람들도 악하며, 완강하여 자신의 마음을 돌이키지 않으며, 뇌물을 강요하며, 자기 백성을 탄압합니다.
그러나 청렴한 통치자는 공정하고 의로우며, 의로운 법을 만들어 정의를 실현하며, 악인을 색출하여 가차없이 처벌하며, 자신이 총애하는 지혜로운 신하가 있으며, 나라를 안정되게 하므로 정치 생명이 길 것입니다(잠언 8:15; 14:35; 20:26; 21:15; 25:15; 28:16; 29:4, 12; 전도서 10:5-6, 현대인의 성경).
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