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...
주님께서 칭찬해 주는 사람입니다. 우리는 다른 사람이 우리를 칭찬하게 할망정 우리 자신의 입으로는 우리를 칭찬하지 말아야 합니다 ( 잠언 27:2, 현대인의 성경 ). 주님이 인정하는 사람은 자기 자신을 칭찬하는 사람이 아니라 주님께서 칭찬해 주는 사람입니다 ( 고린도후서 10:18, 현대인의 성경 ). 죄가 있어서 벌을 받고 참으면 무슨 자랑거리가 되겠습니까 ? 그러나 선한 일을 하다가 고난을 받고 참으면 이것은 하나님 앞에서 칭찬을 받을 만한 일입니다 ”( 베드로전서 2:20, 현대인의 성경 ).