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...
"너희 이웃집을 탐내지 말아라."
이스라엘 아합 왕은 자기가 살고 있던 궁전 부근에 있는 나봇의 포도원을
탐냈습니다(열왕기상 21:1-2, 현대인의 성경). 다윗 왕은 왕궁 옥상에서 이웃 집 우리아의 아내 밧세바가
목욕하는 광경을 보고 그 여자가 너무 아름다와서 그녀를 탐냈습니다(사무엘하 11:2-4, 현대인의 성경). 출애굽기
20장 17절에 나와있는 십계명의 열 번째 계명이 생각납니다:
“너희 이웃집을 탐내지 말아라. 너희 이웃의 아내나 종이나 소나 나귀나 너희 이웃이 소유한 그 어떤 것도 탐을 내서는 안 된다”(현대인의 성경).
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