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...
“죄 없이 벌받는 자가 누구인가?”
욥의 친구 엘리바스가 고난당하고 있는 욥에게 “죄 없이 벌받는 자가 누구인가?”라고 말했는데(욥기4:7,
현대인의 성경) 실제로 죄가 없으실뿐만 아니라 죄를 알지도 못하신 예수 그리스도께서는(고린도후서5:21, 현대인의 성경) 우리의 모든 죄를
짊어지시고 십자가에 우리를 대신하여 하나님의 형벌을 받아 고난을 당하시고 죽으셨습니다(참고:
이사야53:4, 현대인의 성경). 그러므로 우리가 죄사함을 받고(골로새서 1:14) 하나님께 의롭다하심을 받고(로마서
6:7) 그리스도 안에서 하늘의 모든 영적인 복을 받았습니다(에베소서
1:3, 현대인의 성경).
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