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...
더욱더 깊고 큰 은혜 의식을 가지고 신앙생활을 하고 싶습니다.
과거에 하나님께 범한 죄가 얼마나 큰 죄인지 하나님께 가까이 나아갈 수록 깨닫게 될 때 우리는 더욱더 깊고 큰 은혜 의식을 가지고 겸손히 신앙생활을 할 수 밖에 없을 것입니다(마치 사도 바울처럼 죄인 중에 괴수라는 자백속에 '나의 나된 것이 하나님의 은혜입니다'라고 고백한 것처럼; 고 한경직 목사님이 일제시대 때 신사참배한 죄를 크게 여기시면서 하나님의 은혜 의식이 크셨던 것처럼). 그리할 때 우리는 교만할 수가 없으며 욕심을 낼 수가 없을 것입니다.
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