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...
거짓 증언을 하여 죄 없는 사람에게 억울한 누명을 뒤집어 씌우는 자들을 하나님은 벌하실 것입니다. 악한 왕후 이세벨은 나봇의 성에 사는 지도자들과 귀족들로 하여금 나봇을 주민들 앞에서 높은 곳에 앉히게 한 후 건달 두 사람을 내세워 나봇이 하나님과 아합 왕을 저주했다고 거짓 증언하게 했습니다 ( 열왕기상 21:8-10, 현대인의 성경 ). 이렇게 거짓 증언을 하여 죄 없는 사람에게 억울한 누명을 뒤집어 씌우는 자들을 하나님은 벌하실 것입니다 ( 이사야 29:21, 현대인의 성경 ).