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...
만일 내가 내 이웃과 다툴 만한 문제가 있으면 ... 만일 내가 내 이웃과 다툴 만한 문제가 있으면 우리 둘 사이에 조용히 해결하고 상대방의 비밀을 누설하지 말아야 한다 . 그렇지 않으면 그 말을 듣는 사람이 나를 부끄럽게 할 것이며 내 평판이 좋지 않을 것이다 ( 참고 : 잠언 25:9-10, 현대인의 성경 ).