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...
시어머니와 며느리와의 갈등으로 인한 며느리의 상처와 아픔과 고통도 심각하지만 어머니와 자녀와의 관계에서 상처입은(입는) 자녀들이 참 많은 것 같습니다. 그런데 부모는 상처입은 자녀를 어떻게 위로할 줄을 모르는 것 같습니다. 어쩌면 부모는 자녀가 상처를 입은 줄도 모르고 있는 것 같습니다. 그러면 그 자녀는 누구에게 위로를 받아야 하는 것인가요? https://youtu.be/IsdadHeYTnU