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...
“칼을 쓰는 사람은 다 칼로 한다”(마26:52, 현대인의 성경)하는 예수님의 말씀을 묵상할 때 요한계시록13장
10절 현대인의 성경 말씀을 묵상하게 됩니다: “잡혀갈 사람은 잡혀가고 칼날에 죽임을 당하도록 되어 있는 사람은 칼날에 죽임을 당할 것입니다. 그래서 성도들에게 인내하는 믿음이 필요합니다.” 이 두 말씀을 연합해서 묵상할 때 우리 성도들은
“칼을 쓰는 사람”이라기보다 오히려 “칼날에 죽임을 당하도록 되어 있는 사람”이란 생각이 듭니다.
그래서 우리뿐만 아니라 시몬 베드로도
“인내하는 믿음이 필요합니다.”
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