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...
가정생활은 잘못하면서 신앙생활을 잘한다는 게 말이 되는지요?
엘가나라는 남자가 매년 실로에 올라가 전능하신 여호와 하나님께 예배하며
제사를 드린 것을 보면 그는 신앙생활을 잘한 것 같아 보이는데 두 아내 중 자식이 없는 한나를 특별히 사랑하여 제사를 드릴 때마다 그 제물의 고기를
브닌나와 그녀의 자녀들에게 나누어 주고 한나에게는 두 몫을 준 것을 보면 가정생활을 잘하지 못한 것 같습니다(사무엘상 1:2-5, 현대인의 성경). 가정생활은 잘못하면서 신앙생활을 잘한다는 게 말이 되는지요?
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