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...
삼 삼 삼한 베드로? 예수님을 세 번 부인했고 ( 누가복음 22:56-61), 예수님에게 세 번 사명의 말씀을 받은 베드로에게 ( 요한복음 21:15-17) 주님께서는 환상을 통하여 세 번 말씀하시므로 ( 사도행전 10:9-16) 베드로는 " 하나님은 사람을 차별하지 않으시고 어느 민족이든지 하나님을 두려운 마음으로 섬기고 옳은 일을 하는 사람은 누구나 다 받아 주신다는 것을 내가 분명히 깨 " 닫게 되었습니다 (34-35 절 , 현대인의 성경 ). 왜 베드로는 이렇게 세 가지 일들이 세 번씩이나 일어났어야 할까요 ? 한 번씩만 일어나면 안되었을까요 ?