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...
하나님의 직접적인 뜻(God's directive will)을 이루심에 있어서 서곡과 같은 것
하나님께서는 삼손으로 하여금 이방 민족 블레셋 여자와의 결혼하고 싶어하는
것을 허락하시사[하나님의 허락하신 뜻(God's permissive will)] 딤나로 내려가고 있었던 삼손에게
'여호와의 성령께서 힘을 주시므로' 으르렁거리며 달려 나온 젊은 사자를 찢어 버리게
하셨고 또한 "여호와의 성령께서 삼손에게 힘을 주시므로" 삼손이 아스글론으로 내려가서 그 곳 주민 30명을 죽인 것은 블레셋 사람을 치시는 하나님의
직접적인 뜻(God's directive will)을 이루심에 있어서 서곡과 같은 것이었습니다(사사기 14:1-6, 19, 현대인의 성경).
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