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...
아버지가 사랑하는 자녀, 어머니가 사랑하는 자녀?
아버지 이삭은 능숙한 사냥꾼인 맏아들 에서가 사냥해 온 고기를 좋아하였으므로 그를 사랑하였고, 어머니 리브가는 집에 머물러 있기를 좋아하는 조용한 둘째 아들 야곱을 사랑하였습니다(창세기 25:27-28, 현대인의 성경). 좀 흥미롭습니다. 집 밖에 나가서 사냥하는 아들을 좋아하는 아버지(아버지가 고기를 좋아하기에), 집 안에 머물러 있기를 좋아하는 조용한 아들을 사랑하는 어머니[어머니는 이 아들하고 집 안에서 음식을 만들고(29절) 대화하는 것을 좋아하기에?]
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