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...
둘중에 하나입니다 . 무엇이든지 내 눈이 원하는 것을 내가 금하지 아니할 정도로 ( 전도서 2:10) 안목의 정욕 ( 요한일서 2:16) 에 이끌려 보지 말아야 할 여자를 보던지 아니면 내 눈과 약속하여 처녀를 주목하지 않던지 ( 욥기 31:1) 둘 중에 하나입니다 . 우리는 우리의 눈을 통제해야지 우리 자신이 눈에 통제를 받으면 안됩니다 . ( 유진 피터슨의 " 물총새에 불이 붙듯 " 을 읽으면서 )