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...
진정한 사랑하는 친구는 자신의 생명을 내려놓고(죽음을 각오하고) 자기 친구를 위기에서 건지고자 도와줍니다. 귀한 친구의 사랑이 아닐 수 없습니다. 또한 요나단은 다윗을 자기 생명처럼 사랑했기 때문에 죽음 일보 직전에 있다는 다윗을 살리고 싶었기 때문입니다. 하나님께서 우리에게 죽음 일보 직전에 있는 사람을 알게 하실 때에 우리는 그 사람에게 요나단과 같은 친구가 될 수만 있다면 좋겠습니다.
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