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...
우리 집은 지혜로 말미암아 더욱더 견고하게 세워지고 각종 귀하고 아름다운 보배로 채워지길 간절히 기원합니다.
새해 2024년을 맞이하여 저는 주님이 나에게 은혜의 선물로 주신 사랑하는 아내와 세 자녀들을 섬김에 있어서 하나님이 주시는 지혜와 총명과 지식으로
내 식구를 섬김으로 우리 집은 지혜로 말미암아 더욱더 견고하게 세워지고 각종 귀하고 아름다운 보배로 채워지길 간절히 기원합니다(참고: 잠언 24:3-4, 현대인의 성경).
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