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...
어쩌면 우리는 하나님의 말씀에 순종하기 위해선 ... 어쩌면 우리는 하나님의 말씀에 순종하기 위해선 세상 사람들과의 관계를 끊어야 할지도 모릅니다 . 아니면 적어도 우리가 하나님의 말씀을 순종함에 있어서 걸림돌이 되는 사람들이 있다면 지혜롭게 건강한 경계선을 두고 거리를 둬야 할지도 모릅니다 ( 참고 : 느헤미야 10:28-29, 현대인의 성경 ).