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...
우리 목사와 장로는 항상 진실해야 합니다. 만일 목사와 장로가 하나님의 진실한 일꾼이라면 사람들에게 영광을 얻든 수치를 당하든 , 욕을 얻어먹든 칭찬을 받든 , 심지어 사기꾼과 같은 취급을 받는다 할지라도 항상 진실할 것입니다 ( 고린도후서 6:4, 8, 현대인의 성경 ).