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...
목회자는 뇌물을 싫어해야 합니다.
목회자는 뇌물을 받으려는 속셈으로 성도들을 자주 불러내어 이야기를 나누지
말아야 합니다(사도행전
24:26, 현대인의 성경). 그 이유는 뇌물은 지혜로운 사람의 눈을 멀게 하고 의로운 사람의 진술을 묵살시키고(신명기
16:19, 현대인의 성경), 모든 일을 정당하게 처리하지 않게 만들기 때문입니다(잠언 17:23, 현대인의 성경). 한 마디로, 그 이유는
뇌물은 사람의 마음을 부패하게 하기 때문입니다(전도서 7:7, 현대인의
성경). 목회자는 뇌물을 싫어해야 합니다(잠언 15:27, 현대인의 성경).
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