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...
우리는 진실한 삶을 살아 드려야 합니다 . 우리는 진실한 삶을 살아 드려야 합니다 . 우리는 서로에게 인애와 긍휼을 베풀어야 합니다 . 우리는 과부와 고아와 외국인과 가난한 사람을 억압하지 말고 남을 해칠 계획을 꾸미지 말아야 합니다 ( 참고 : 스가랴 7:9-10).