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...
간절한 마음과 달리 약한 육신은 ... 사도 베드로의 간절한 마음은 " 모든 사람이 주님을 버린다해도 저는 절대로 주님을 버리지 않겠습니다 " 와 " 내가 주님과 함께 죽는 한이 있더라도 절대로 주님을 모른다고 하지는 않겠습니다 " 였습니다 . 그러나 그의 약한 육신은 예수님이 붙잡히셨을 때 예수님을 버리고 도망쳐 버렸다가 예수님을 멀찍이 뒤따라 갔다가 예수님을 모른다고 3 번이나 부인한 것입니다 ( 마가복음 14:29, 31, 50, 54, 68, 70, 71, 현대인의 성경 ).