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...
항상 하나님을 믿도록 하십니다.
우리가 하나님께서 명령하신 모든 것을 들을 때 우리는 "여호와께서 명령하신 것을 우리가 다 행하겠습니다"라고 반응해야 합니다. 하나님께서는 우리에게 말씀하시사 우리로 하여금 그 하나님의
음성을 듣고 항상 하나님을 믿도록 하십시다(출애굽기 19:7-9, 현대인의
성경). 그러므로 우리는 진심으로
"주 음성 외에는 참 기쁨 없도다", "그 귀한 언약을
이루어 주시고 주 명령 따를 때 늘 계시옵소서"라고 찬양해야 합니다(새 찬송가 446장, "주 음성 외에는"
1, 4절).
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