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...
아무것도 아니면서 대단한 사람이나 되는 것처럼 생각하지 마십시다! 스스로 자기 자신을 속이는 자는 자기 자신이 아무것도 아니라는 사실을 모르고 자기 자신이 대단한 사람이나 되는 것처럼 말하고 행동합니다 . " 아무것도 아니면서 대단한 사람이나 되는 것처럼 생각한다면 그것은 자기를 속이는 것입니다 "( 갈라디아서 6:3, 현대인의 성경 ).