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...
하나님께서는 그들의 악을 기억하시고 그 죄에 대하여 그들은 반드시 벌하실 것입니다. 마치 새 잡는 사람이 그물을 쳐서 새를 잡으려고 하는 것처럼 교회 안에서 목사를 잡으려고 별의 별 그물이나 덫을 놓는 몹시 타락한 교인들이 충분히 있을 수 있습니다 . 하나님께서는 그들의 악을 기억하시고 그 죄에 대하여 그들은 반드시 벌하실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 호세아 9:8-9, 현대인의 성경 ).