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...
다른 교훈에 집착하지 못하게 해야 합니다. 그리스도 예수님의 종들은 성도들로 하여금 믿음으로 구원을 받는 하나님의 계획을 아는 데 아무런 도움을 주지 못하고 무가치한 변론만 일으키는 다른 교훈에 집착하지 못하게 해야 합니다 ( 디모데전서 1:3-4, 현대인의 성경 ).