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...
그리스도인들은 소속감이 분명해야 합니다. 우리 그리스도인들은 소속감이 분명해야 합니다 . 우리 모두는 빛의 자녀들이며 낮의 자녀들입니다 . 우리는 밤이나 어두움에 속하지 않았습니다 . 그러므로 우리는 어두움 가운데 있는 사람들처럼 평안하고 안전한 세상이라고 마음 놓고 밤에 술 마시고 취하며 잠자고 있을 것이 아니라 깨어 정신을 똑바로 차리고 믿음과 사랑과 구원의 소망으로 완전 무장해야 합니다 ( 데살로니가전서 5:3-8, 현대인의 성경 ).