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...
막돼먹은 남편, 지혜로운 아내? 가정 안에서 말을 붙여 볼 수도 없을 정도로 막돼먹은 나발과 같은 남편으로 인해 위기가 왔을 때 아비가일처럼 지혜로운 아내는 이 위기 상황을 어떻게 처리해야 할지 빨리 생각하고 행동으로 옮겨야 합니다 ( 참고 : 사무엘상 25:17, 현대인의 성경 ).