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...
진정한 교회 성장? 진정한 교회 성장은 사람의 속임수나 간사한 유혹에 빠져 온갖 교훈의 파도에 이리저리 밀려 다니는 영적 어리아이가 많은 것이 아니라 비록 소수라 할지라도 하나님의 아들이신 예수 그리스도를 믿고 아는 일에 하나가 되어 그리스도의 완전하신 충만에까지 이르는 성숙한 사람들이 점진적으로 증가하는 것이라 생각합니다 ( 참고 : 에베소서 4:12-14, 현대인의 성경 ).