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...
사랑은 교만하지 않습니다. 사랑은 교만하지 않습니다 ( 고린도전서 13:4). 교만에서는 다툼만 일어날 뿐입니다 ( 잠언 13:10). 사람이 교만하면 수치를 당합니다 (11:2, 현대인의 성경 ). 하나님은 교만을 미워하시며 (8:13; 로마서 1:30) 교만한 자를 용납하지 않으시며 ( 시편 101:5) 또한 교만하게 행하는 자에게 엄중히 갚으십니다 (31:23). 하나님은 교만하게 행하는 자를 낮추십니다 ( 다니엘 4:37). 사람의 마음의 교만은 멸망의 선봉입니다 ( 잠언 18:12). 그러므로 우리는 교만한 마음을 가지지 말아야 합니다 ( 고린도전서 4:6).