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...
혹시 지금 우리 그리스도인들은 우리 자신을 낮추어서 금식을 한다고 말하지만 ...
혹시 지금 우리 그리스도인들은 우리 자신을 낮추어서 금식을 한다고 말하지만 우리가 하고 싶은 대로 하며 또한 계속 서로 다투고 싸우고 있는 것은 아닌지요? 만일 그렇다면,
주님의 말씀은 ‘너희의 이런 금식은 무슨 소용이 있느냐? 너희가 이런 금식을 한다고 해서 내가 너희 기도를 들어주리라 생각하느냐? 너희는 이런 금식을 내가 기뻐할 것이라고 생각하느냐?’
(참고: 이사야 58:3-5,
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