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...
우리는 슬퍼하며 애통하며 울어야 합니다. 우리가 하나님을 가까이 할 때 하나님도 우리를 가까이 하실 것입니다 . 그 때에 우리는 우리의 과거의 잘못을 깨끗이 씻고 우리가 두 마음을 품은 죄를 회개하며 마음을 정결하게 해야 합니다 . 우리는 슬퍼하며 애통하며 울어야 합니다 . 우리의 웃을 애통으로 , 우리의 즐거움을 근심으로 바꿔야 합니다 ( 야고보서 4:8-9, 현대인의 성경 ).