3. 4 types of love in the first century
1. Storge-natural affection
2. Philia-affection between friends
3. Eros-erotic affection
4. Agape- self-giving affection
4. People conceived and brought into life by
God don’t make a practice of sin. How
could they? God’s seed is deep within
them, making them who they are. It’s not
in the nature of the God-begotten to
practice and parade sin. (1 Jn 3:9 Message)
5. Watch what God does, and then you do it, like
children who learn proper behavior from their
parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep
company with him and learn a life of love.
Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not
cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order
to get something from us but to give everything
of himself to us. Love like that.
(Eph 5:1-2 Message)
7. Other Agape features as seen in Jesus
1. Is not afraid to make itself vulnerable
2. Helps others and seeks their highest good.
3. Values others as worthy ends in themselves,
and does not merely use them as a means to an end.
4. Not merely emotional, but devotional
