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...
내가 밝히 보게 되어서 상대방의 눈 속에 있는 티도 빼내는데 도움을 주고 싶다 할지라도 ... 내가 밝히 보게 되어서 상대방의 눈 속에 있는 티도 빼내는데 도움을 주고 싶다 할지라도 상대방이 자신의 눈 속에 있는 들보를 보지 못하고 내 눈 속에 있는 티를 들보로 여기고만 있다면 그 사람은 나의 도움을 거절할 뿐만 아니라 나를 마음 속으로라도 비판할 것입니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 7:1-5).