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...
친구의 진실한 책망은 귀합니다. 맞대 놓고 책망하는 것이 숨은 사랑보다 낫습니다 ( 잠언 27:5, 현대인의 성경 ). 친구의 진실한 충고는 아름다운 것입니다 (9 절 , 현대인의 성경 ). 친구는 상처를 주어도 신실한 우정의 표현이지만 원수는 입을 맞춰도 조심해야 합니다 (6 절 , 현대인의 성경 ).