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...
창녀와 같은 음란한 여자들
음란한 여자들은 집에 붙어 있지 않고 기생처럼 예쁘게 차려
입고 제멋대로 돌아다니면서 남자를 가다리는 창녀와 같은 여자들입니다. 그녀들은 자기 남편이 있음에도 불구하고 다른 남자를 붙잡고
입을 맞추며 부끄러운 줄도 모르고 자기 집안으로 들여서 그에게 “내 남편은 먼 여행을 떠나고 지금 집에 없다.” ‘그러니 우리가 아침까지 마음껏 서로 사랑하며 즐기자’라는 식으로 말하여 그를 유혹합니다(참고: 잠언 7:10-21,
현대인의 성경). 참으로 창녀와 같은 음란한 여자들의 입은 위험한 함정입니다(참고: 잠언 22:14, 현대인의 성경).
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