Meaning of LOVE…..

The Four Types of Love:

  • Agape: The highest, most selfless form of unconditional love; it is the sacrificial love God has for people and the love believers are called to show others.
  • Phileo: Warm, affectionate friendship or brotherly love.
  • Eros: Romantic or passionate love.
  • Storge: Natural, familial love and loyalty.

 

Jesus personified the word — LOVE.
Want to truly understand love? Look at Jesus.

  • He was patient and kind.
  • He didn’t envy anything or anyone.
  • He emptied himself, humbling himself to the point of death on a cross for our salvation.
  • He didn’t follow his own desires, but instead followed the will of the Father, pouring himself out for all humankind.
  • From the cross, Jesus bled forgiveness, even for the people crucifying him.
  • He not only told the truth; he was/is the truth and always will be.
  • As we look at how he shepherded his disciples, we see his love, protection, trust, hope, and perseverance.
  • He asked God to send us the Holy Spirit to guide and help us.

 

With God, you can have/give Agape love, but with humans, you cannot do so.  God is trustworthy, humans are not in general.

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