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...
지각이 없는 미련한 남자 지각이 없는 미련한 남자는 음란한 여자의 유혹에 넘어가 곧 그 여자를 따라갑니다 . 그것은 마치 소가 도살장으로 가는 것 같고 사슴이 올가미 속으로 뛰어들어가는 것 같습니다 . 그 결과 화살이 그의 심장을 꿰뚫고 말 것입니다 . 그는 세차게 그물을 향해 날아가면서도 자기 생명의 위험을 알지 못하는 새와 같은 자입니다 ( 참고 : 잠언 7:21-23, 현대인의 성경 ).