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...
우리에게 죄 지은 형제를 얻기 위해서는 ... 우리에게 죄 지은 형제를 얻기 위해서는 우리는 그 형제와 단둘이 만나 그의 잘못을 타일러야 합니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 18:15, 현대인의 성경 ). 만일 그 형제가 자기를 낮추는 어린 아이와 같이 겸손한 사람이면 ( 참고 : 4 절 , 현대인의 성경 ) 우리의 말을 들을 것이지만 예수님의 제자들처럼 누가 위대한지 서로 다투는 교만한 사람이면 ( 참고 : 누가복음 22:24; 로마서 12:16, 현대인의 성경 ) 우리 말을 결코 듣지 않을 것입니다 .