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...
그 이유는 그러한 사람은 하나님 보시기에 형제를 미워하는 ‘살인자’이기 때문입니다.
예수님께서는 누구든지 형제에게 이유 없이 화내는 사람이나,
자기 형제를 어리석다고 욕하는 사람이나 실제로 “이 미련한 놈아”하고 말하는 사람은 법정에 끌려가서 재판을 받고 결국 지옥 불에 들어갈 것이라고 말씀하셨습니다. 그 이유는 그러한 사람은 하나님 보시기에 형제를 미워하는 ‘살인자’이기 때문입니다. 그러한 살인자에게는 영원한 생명이 없습니다(참고: 마태복음 5:21-22;
요한일서 3:15,
현대인의 성경).
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