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...
아첨하는 것은 그물을 치는 것입니다. 지금 내 이웃이 죄를 범하고 있는데 내가 그 이웃을 사랑으로 책망하기 보다 오히려 그 이웃에게 아첨을 하고 있다는 것은 그 이웃의 발 앞에 그물을 치므로 스스로 올무에 빠지게 만들고 있는 것입니다 ( 잠언 29:5, 6).