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...
질투와 미움은 이미 마음으로 상대방을 살인한 것이나 마찬가지인 것 같습니다. 살인적인 미움으로 동생 아벨을 죽인 형 가인 ( 창세기 4:8; 요한일서 3:12) 과 살인적인 미움으로 동생 야곱을 미워하여 죽이려고 결심한 형 에서 ( 창세기 27:41) 를 생각할 때 살인적인 질투로 다윗을 죽이려고 했던 사울 왕 ( 사무엘상 18:9) 이 생각납니다 . 이렇게 질투와 미움은 이미 마음으로 상대방을 살인한 것이나 마찬가지인 것 같습니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 5:28, 15:19; 갈라디아서 5:19-21; 요한일서 3:15).