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...
염려가 됩니다. 마치 하와가 뱀의 간사한 거짓말에 속아 넘어간 것처럼 성도님들이 다른 예수나 다른 영이나 다른 복음을 쉽게 받아들이기 때문에 마음이 부패하여 그리스도에 대한 진실과 순결을 저버러지나 않을까 염려가 됩니다 ( 고린도후서 11:3-4, 현대인의 성경 ).