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...
곧 넘어지는 사람이 되어서는 아니 됩니다. 우리는 하늘 나라의 말씀을 들을 때 기뻐하며 즉시 받아들이지만 그것을 마음 속 깊이 간직하지 못하고 잠시 견디다가 그 말씀 때문에 고통이나 핍박이 오면 곧 넘어지는 사람이 되어서는 아니 됩니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 13:20-21, 현대인의 성경 ).