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...
은혜를 호의로 갚는 것은 좋은 일이지만 ... 상대방이 나에게 은혜를 베풀었으므로 나 또한 그 사람에게 호의를 베풀려고 했는데 그 사람이 나를 오해하여 나를 부끄럽게 만들므로 나의 비위를 거슬렸다면 나는 그 사람에게 어떻게 해야 하는 것일까요 ? 은혜를 호의로 갚는 것은 좋은 일이지만 호의를 오해하여 수치를 준다는 것은 나쁜 일입니다 ( 참고 : 사무엘하 10:2-6, 현대인의 성경 ).