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...
뇌물을 요구하고 사리 사욕을 채우는 정치인과 함께 식사하게 될 때 가난한 사람을 학대하며 뇌물을 요구하고 사리 사욕을 채우는 정치인과 함께 식사하게 될 때 우리 앞에 앉은 자가 누구인지 주시해야 합니다 . 그가 베푼 것이 진수 성찬이라도 탐하지 말아야 합니다 . 아무리 입맛이 당겨도 절제해야 합니다 . 그 이유는 그 진수성찬이 우리를 속이는 미끼가 될 수도 있기 때문입니다 ( 잠언 23:1-3, 28:3; 미가 7:3, 현대인의 성경 ).