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...
위선적인 목사들에게는 불행이 닥칠 것입니다. (8) 위선적인 목사들에게는 불행이 닥칠 것입니다 . 그 이유는 그들은 진실된 목사님들을 괴롭히고 심지어 죽이는 악한 일에까지 가담해놓고서도 그 진실된 목사님들의 장례 예배에서는 사랑했던 척하고 그들을 칭찬하고 높이기 때문입니다 . 그러한 위선적인 목사들은 독사의 자식들입니다 . 그들은 지옥의 심판을 피할 수 없을 것입니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 23:29-33, 현대인의 성경 ).