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...
졸업장(diploma)을 죽음 자격증(death certificate)으로 여겼다?
세상에서는 살고자 스펙을 쌓아 성공의 사닥다리를 올라가려고 하지만 교회에서는 죽고자 자신을 부인하고 자신의 십자가를 지고 예수님을 따라 갈보리 산으로 향한다.
(1550년 즘에 종교개혁이 일어난 프랑스에 The Genevan Academy의 졸업생들이 졸업장(diploma)을 죽음 자격증(death certificate)으로 여겼다는 글을 W. Robert Godfrey 교수님의 "REFORMATION
SKETCHES"란 책에서 읽은 후)
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