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...
아버님의 명령과 어머님의 가르침 아버님의 명령을 지키며 어머님의 가르침을 저버리지 않고 부모님의 명령과 가르침을 우리 마음에 새기고 깊이 간직하길 원합니다 . 부모님의 명령과 가르침은 우리가 다닐 때에 우리를 인도하며 밤에는 우리를 보호하고 낮에는 우리에게 조언을 해 줄 것입니다 . 부모님의 명령은 등불이며 가르침은 빛이요 , 부모님의 교육적인 책망은 생명의 길입니다 ( 잠언 6:20-23, 현대인의 성경 ).