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...
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바른 생각의 씨앗을 부지런히 뿌릴 때 우리는 행동이라는 열매를 맺게 되는데 그 행동이 라는 열매는 말로만 사랑하는 것이 아니라 행동으로 진실하게
사랑하는 것이요(요일3:18,
현대인의 성 경), 지혜롭게 행동하는 것이요(골4:5, 현대인의 성경), 거룩하게
행동하는 것이요(벧전1:15, 현대인의 성경), 주 예수님의 이름으로 행동하는 것이요(골3: 17, 현대인의 성경), 단정하게 행동하는 것이요(롬 13:13,
현대인의 성경), 분수에 맞는 행동이요(민 16:3,
6, 현대인의 성경), 진정으로 회개했다는 것을 보여줄 만한 바른 행동입니다(눅3:8).
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