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...
그 누구보다도 성실하고 하나님을 경외하는 사람이어야 합니다. 느헤미야는 예루살렘 성벽 건축 공사를 마치고 성문을 단 다음에 자기 동생 하나니와 지휘관 하나냐에게 예루살렘을 다스릴 책임을 맡게 하였는데 하나냐는 그 누구보다도 성실하고 하나님을 두려워하여 ( 경외하는 ) 사람이었습니다 ( 느헤미야 7:1-2, 현대인이 성경 ). 저는 이 말씀을 묵상할 때 주님의 교회에서 책임을 맡은 교회 지도자들은 그 누구보다도 성실하고 하나님을 경외하는 사람이어야 한다는 교훈을 받습니다 .