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...
만일 거짓 목사들이 진실한 목사들이라면 ...
만일 거짓 목사들이 진실한 목사들이라면 그들은 하나님의 말씀을 받은 것이 있어야 하며 또한 그 받은 말씀이 이루어지도록 하나님께 간구할 것입니다(참고: 예레미야
27:18, 현대인의 성경). 그러나 거짓 목사들은 하나님의 입에서 나온 말씀이 아닌 자기들 멋대로 생각해 낸 것을 우리에게 설교하면서 우리에게 헛된 희망을 불어넣어 주고 있을뿐만 아니라(23:16,
현대인의 성경)
우리로 하여금 그 헛된 희망 사항이 이루어지기를 하나님께 간구하게 만들고 있습니다.
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