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...
우리는 세상 사람들의 길을 따르지 말아야 합니다 . 우리는 세상 사람들의 길을 따르지 말아야 합니다 . 그들의 풍습은 헛된 것입니다 . 그들이 만든 우상들은 들판의 허수아비처럼 말도 못하고 걸어다니지도 못하므로 사람이 운반해 주어야 합니다 . 그러므로 우리는 그런 것들을 두려워하지 말아야 합니다 . 그것들은 화를 주거나 복을 주지 못합니다 ( 참고 : 예레미야 10:2-5, 현대인의 성경 ).