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...
종말론을 억지로 해석하여 스스로 멸망을 불러들이고 있습니다 . 무식하고 믿음이 약한 사람들이 다른 성경처럼 종말론을 억지로 해석하여 스스로 멸망을 불러들이고 있습니다 . 우리는 이것을 알고 늘 조심하여 악한 사람들의 꾀임에 빠지지 않도록 믿음을 굳게 지켜야 합니다 ( 베드로후서 3:16-17, 현대인의 성경 ).