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...
사람들에게 주목 받는 것 성령 충만한 그리스도인은 불쌍한 영혼에게 주목합니다 ( 사도행전 3:4). 또한 그 는 자기 개인의 능력과 경건 ( 신앙 ) 으로 인하여 사람들에게 주목 받는 것을 이상히 여깁니다 (12 절 ). 오히려 그 는 그들로 하여금 예수님을 주목하게 합니다 (4:10-12). 또한 성령충만한 그리스도인은 자기 자신에게도 주목하지 않습니다 . 오히려 그 는 주님만을 주목합니다 .