Agape is godly love, phileo is brotherly love, Storge is family love, Eros is sexual love, Eros is not used in the bible. Peter and his denying the Lord three times and he is asked by Jesus two times if he loves Him with Agape love. Peter responds with phileo love. The third time Jesus asked him if he loved him with phileo love. It grieved Peter that he asked him the third time with phileo rather than agape. Why is agape love so difficult for us?
Agape love is difficult for us. It does not come easily. God commands Agape love. Agape love does not change with feelings or depend on feelings. Agape love is a decision. God never command something of us that he will not see that we can accomplish it
Make Me A Servant
Make me a servant Lord, make me like you
For you are a servant, make me one, too.
Make me a servant, do what you must do
To make me a servant, make me like you.
To love my brother, to serve like you do.
I humble my spirit, I bow before yo.
And through my service, I'll be just like you.
So make me a servant, make me like you.
Open my hands Lord and teach me to share
Open my heart Lord and teach me to care,
For service to others is service to you.
Make me a servant, make me like you.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Serving God By Serving Others" sermon at New Life Christian Church in November 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Agape love is difficult for us. It does not come easily. God commands Agape love. Agape love does not change with feelings or depend on feelings. Agape love is a decision. God never command something of us that he will not see that we can accomplish it
Make Me A Servant
Make me a servant Lord, make me like you
For you are a servant, make me one, too.
Make me a servant, do what you must do
To make me a servant, make me like you.
To love my brother, to serve like you do.
I humble my spirit, I bow before yo.
And through my service, I'll be just like you.
So make me a servant, make me like you.
Open my hands Lord and teach me to share
Open my heart Lord and teach me to care,
For service to others is service to you.
Make me a servant, make me like you.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Serving God By Serving Others" sermon at New Life Christian Church in November 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Hebrews 4:11-13 God's Word: Produces faith, cleanses us, brings reconciliation, tells us how to be saved, blesses us, answers life's questions, solves life's problems, helps us weather life's storms, tells us what is right and wrong, produces fruit in our lives, will judge us.
Sacrificing himself for the chance to gain back a fearful, hopeless, unfocussed and prideful human race so that they could lived in His peace.
It is the act of giving. It is also unconditional not in terms of feelings or emotions but in God's perfectly ways of love.
John 13:34-35. Love One Another. I. WHAT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT “LOVING ONE ANOTHER” II. WHAT PETER TAUGHT ABOUT “LOVING ONE ANOTHER” III. WHAT PAUL TAUGHT ABOUT “LOVING ONE ANOTHER” IV. WHAT JOHN TAUGHT ON “LOVING ONE ANOTHER”
1. To love one another is a commandment – it is not optional!!!
2. Loving one another is of great importance to God and should be to us.
3. To love one another may take some work on our part.
4. If I am truly concerned about my eternal destiny, I will honor my Lord’s request.
5. We are motivated to love one another because of the great love that has been and is bestowed on us.
This is the greatest verse in the bible, it demonstrates the Love of God for man and how God was willing to give the very best thing he had to save us from our sins...
Hebrews 4:11-13 God's Word: Produces faith, cleanses us, brings reconciliation, tells us how to be saved, blesses us, answers life's questions, solves life's problems, helps us weather life's storms, tells us what is right and wrong, produces fruit in our lives, will judge us.
Sacrificing himself for the chance to gain back a fearful, hopeless, unfocussed and prideful human race so that they could lived in His peace.
It is the act of giving. It is also unconditional not in terms of feelings or emotions but in God's perfectly ways of love.
John 13:34-35. Love One Another. I. WHAT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT “LOVING ONE ANOTHER” II. WHAT PETER TAUGHT ABOUT “LOVING ONE ANOTHER” III. WHAT PAUL TAUGHT ABOUT “LOVING ONE ANOTHER” IV. WHAT JOHN TAUGHT ON “LOVING ONE ANOTHER”
1. To love one another is a commandment – it is not optional!!!
2. Loving one another is of great importance to God and should be to us.
3. To love one another may take some work on our part.
4. If I am truly concerned about my eternal destiny, I will honor my Lord’s request.
5. We are motivated to love one another because of the great love that has been and is bestowed on us.
This is the greatest verse in the bible, it demonstrates the Love of God for man and how God was willing to give the very best thing he had to save us from our sins...
John 13, Biblical love; Jesus in Control passion week; co-heirs with Christ; ...Valley Bible Fellowship
John 13, Jesus Controlled the Passion Week; We Are co-heirs With Christ; Humility; Foot Washing; Servanthood; Lifted Up His Heel; Receive Jesus; Love One Another; What is biblical love?
Consciousness, spirit, energy and how these translate to how we run our economy, the content in media -- a presentation delivered to The Philippine Buddhist Youth Camp 2012
Steve Munsey: 5 Comforting Bible VersesSteve Munsey
Pastor Steve Munsey knows that sometimes, life can be difficult for us. But we shouldn't despair! In this set of slides, he shares five of his favorite comforting bible verses.
In this message we look at what it means to abide in the Father's love. We discover eight outcomes of abiding in the Father's love and learn the importance of obedience and divine discipline to abide in the Father's love.
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True, crucial love looks like the Cross (Latin: crux). It consists of a vertical component (obedience to God in Christ) as well as horizontal component: self-sacrificially striving for another's ultimate good. We should love Jesus and love like Jesus because He first loved us
In times like these ones, we need to have a clear definition of what Love is and what is not.
Nothing better that the Bible to help us understand what love is.
In this lesson we examine what we are created in Christ Jesus for and what He expects from us. We use Ephesians 2:10 as base and then the book of Titus to show good works. Both audio and slides can be found together at www.cmcoc.org
Sermon by: Brian Birdow
Mark. 12:30 “And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. ”
Mark. 12:31 “And the second, like it, is this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." ”
God want to reveal his love to us and his eternal plan, so he give us the Bible, to allow us to understand his mind, and great commandment is the core of the Bible, so if we understand it and when we read the Bible we will have a deeper understanding, since great commandment is so important we’re going to have a deeper discussion about it
A357 Hate can stir up strife, but love can cover up all mistakes. hate, love...franktsao4
God says that hate can stir up disputes, and love can cover up all mistakes. Therefore, in God’s concept, hate and love are opposites. However, in today’s society, the word love can no longer find the original meaning of God, because God is Love, and it would be a big mistake if we think that the love of the world is the same as the love of God. In the discussion below, I divide love into verbs and nouns, because only through the verb of love can the noun of love be expressed. Because this nature of love does not exist in this world. Only when we do the actions of love that God wants us to do, can we show the name of love, that is, have a divine disposition. A357
Genesis 47:13-15 Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed." There are a number of reasons that money fails.
I beseech you – beg, urge, encourage, appeal
By the mercies of God – compassion
Present your bodies a living sacrifice – as opposed to a sacrifice of death
Holy, Acceptable to God – pure, without spot or blemish
Your reasonable service – since Christ died for us we should live our lives for him. 2 Corinthians 5:15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
John 3:16 is the most quoted and most remembered scripture from the bible.
Did you know that there are a number of other 3:16 verses that relate to and are very important to our spiritual lives and our living for Jesus?
Tonight we are going to look at some of those 3:16 scriptures.
Philippians 1:9-11 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Fear is common to all. We all fear something. Some fear is God given. Children come into this world with a fear of heights and of loud noises. Some fears are there to protect us from physical harm: snakes, darkness, suffocation, being burned, death, etc. In christians, most fear is a tool of satan
Brotherly love has amazed many people throughout the centuries. Love of the brethren is commanded by God. Brotherly love mus be worked at to achieve. problems in the church are either directly or indirectly connected to lack of love for one another. love is the key to a growing or even a surviving church.
Jesus makes it very clear that we need to forgive others in order to be forgiven ourselves by God. Forgiveness is a key to having successful relationships. we will look at nine roadblocks to forgiveness from the book, "From Anger to Intimacy"
in Galatians chapter 3 Paul contrasts salvation under the Law of Moses with the salvation we have through Jesus. Galatians 3:22-29 is full of truths regarding our true position as sons of our loving Father. We will look at 8 things which our faith in Christ will cause us to become.
We are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works. We are blessed for doing God's work. We are to speak and do. Faith without works is dead. Faith is shown by our works.
Jonah is a book about god's desire to save the lost and man's role in that. there are some great lessons taught in the book of Jonah. We will look at questions Jonah was asked in the book and ask those questions of ourselves.
we all need motivation at times. what motivates you? Paul said 5 things to the brethren at Rome to motivate them to continue their service no matter how great the suffering became. the good always outweighs the bad. the Holy Spirit intercedes for us. God's providence works for us. Judgment is on our behalf. the love of God is on our behalf.
Repentance is a change in your allegiance, your expectations, your values, your priorities, your mission and your morals. can you say there has been a change in your life since you met the Lord?
Isaiah 9:6-7 Jesus would be called or known as wonderful. Wonderful in His birth. Wonderful in His miracles. Wonderful in His teachings. Wonderful in His resistance to sin. Wonderful in His accomplishing His work. Wonderful in His fulfilling prophecies. Wonderful in His sacrifice. Wonderful in His resurrection. Wonderful is His Name.
Isaiah 9:6-7 Jesus would be called or known as Mighty God. Prophecies said he would be God. John said He was Creator and God. Jesus claimed to be God. Thomas said He was God. Paul said He was Creator. Paul called Him God. John said Jesus was the True God.
Isaiah 9:6-7 His name will be called or He would be known as counselor. He is a counselor who understands your struggles. He is a counselor who cares for you. He is a counselor who is committed to you.
I John 2:28-3:3 Tests for Christians. Do you abide in Christ? Do you practice righteousness? Who knows you? Are you a child of God? Are you pure, just as He is pure? What is your identity?
I John 4:1-6 tests for christians 3 - the test of false teaching. Bluffing your way. Do you confess the Son? Do you listen to the Son? Do you obey the Son? Do you pass the test?
Ephesians 3:14-21 How big is your God? The ability of my God is boundless. The ability of my God goes beyond my prayers. The ability of my God is beyond my ability to imagine. The ability of my God is manifested in the lives of His people. The ability of my God is seen through His glorious church. The ability of my God is eternal.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
2. John 21:15-17 So when they had eaten breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of
Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He
said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love
You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs." {16} He
said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of
Jonah, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes,
Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him,
"Tend My sheep." {17} He said to him the third
time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?"
Peter was grieved because He said to him the
third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to
Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I
love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.
3. • John 21:17 He said to him the third time,
"Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?"
Peter was grieved because He said to him
the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he
said to Him, "Lord, You know all things;
You know that I love You." Jesus said to
him, "Feed My sheep.
• Many people think that it grieved Peter
because Jesus asked him if he loved him
three times and that it reminded him of his
denial of Jesus three times.
• THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IS
ONLY SEEN IN THE GREEK
4. John 21:15-17
"Simon, son of Jonah, do you love (AGAPE) Me
more than these?"
He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love
(PHILEO) You."
{16} He said to him again a second time, "Simon,
son of Jonah, do you love (AGAPE) Me?"
He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love
(PHILEO) You."
{17} He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of
Jonah, do you love (PHILEO) Me?"
Peter was grieved because He said to him the third
time, "Do you love (PHILEO) Me?"
And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You
know that I love (PHILEO) You." Jesus said to him,
"Feed My sheep.
5. Why was it so
hard for Peter to
simply say that he
loved Jesus with
the word agape?
7. A. EROS – NOT IN THE BIBLE
• Sexual Love
• Self-Fulfilling Love
• Selfish Love
8. B. STORGE – FAMILY LOVE
• 2 Tim. 3:1-5 But know this, that in the last
days perilous times will come: [2] For men
will be lovers of themselves, lovers of
money, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
[3] unloving, unforgiving, slanderers,
without self-control, brutal, despisers of
good, [4] traitors, headstrong, haughty,
lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
[5] having a form of godliness but denying
its power. And from such people turn away!
9. B. STORGE – FAMILY LOVE
• Romans 1:28-32 And even as they did not like to
retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over
to a debased mind, to do those things which are
not fitting; [29] being filled with all
unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy,
murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are
whisperers, [30] backbiters, haters of God, violent,
proud, boasters, inventors of evil things,
disobedient to parents, [31] undiscerning,
untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;
[32] who, knowing the righteous judgment of God,
that those who practice such things are deserving
of death, not only do the same but also approve of
those who practice them.
10. C. PHILEO - FRIEND
• Be nice to me & I'll be nice to you - 18 times in N. T.
• IN A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION
– (Mat 10:37) “He who loves father or mother more
than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves
son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of
Me.
– (Luke 20:46) “Beware of the scribes, who desire
to go around in long robes, love greetings in the
marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues,
and the best places at feasts,
• IN A POSITIVE CONOTATION
– (John 11:36) Then the Jews said, “See how He
loved him!”
– PHILADELPHIA, translated brotherly love 5 times
11. D. AGAPE – Godly Love
• I love you no matter what you do
• In our study of Godly Love (Agape) we
will see why it was so difficult for Peter
to use that word with Jesus
12. II. WE USE "LOVE" TO EASILY
• I love ice cream,
• I love baseball,
• I love my dog/cat,
• I love springtime,
• I love my wife,
• I love God,
• We use the same word without qualification
to describe how we feel about a multitude of
things.
13. • Our use of the word betrays the kind of love
we have…
– I love ice cream - because of the way it
makes me feel
– I love baseball - because of the way it
makes me feel
– I love my dog/cat - because of the way it
makes me feel
– I love springtime - because of the way it
makes me feel
– I love my wife - because of the way she
makes me feel
– I love God - because of the way He makes
me feel
14. II. WE USE "LOVE" TO EASILY
• If our feelings ever change then our
relationship changes
• If Jesus had simply asked Peter, "Do
you love me," it would have been no
more of a problem for him than for us
to say we love our pet.
• But Jesus asked peter to confirm an
"agape" love for Him and Peter could
not do it.
16. A. AGAPE LOVE IS SACRIFICIAL
• (Gal 2:20) “I have been crucified with
Christ; it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I
now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself for me.
• Agape love is to be totally given over to
someone or something.
17. B. AGAPE LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL
• Agape love is lavished on others without any thought
of whether they deserve or are worthy of the love.
– GOD'S LOVE FOR US - (Rom 5:8) But God demonstrates
His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
– OUR LOVE FOR ENEMIES - (Luke 6:27-32) "But I say to
you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who
hate you, {28} "bless those who curse you, and pray for
those who spitefully use you. {29} "To him who strikes you
on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who
takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. {30}
"Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes
away your goods do not ask them back. {31} "And just as
you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
{32} "But if you love those who love you, what credit is
that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
18. B. AGAPE LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL
• We can agape our enemies regardless of
how we feel. If they are hungry, we can feed
them; if they thirst we can give them a drink
(Rom. 12:20-21).
• We can choose to seek the betterment and
welfare of others regardless of how we feel.
19. C. AGAPE LOVE IS BENEFICIAL
• (Eph 5:25-28) Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ also loved the church and
gave Himself for her, {26} that He might
sanctify and cleanse her with the washing
of water by the word, {27} that He might
present her to Himself a glorious church,
not having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing, but that she should be holy and
without blemish. {28} So husbands ought
to love their own wives as their own
bodies; he who loves his wife loves
himself.
20. D. AGAPE LOVE IS INFLUENTIAL
• (John 13:34-35) "A new commandment
I give to you, that you love one another;
as I have loved you, that you also love
one another. {35} "By this all will know
that you are My disciples, if you have
love for one another."
21. E. AGAPE LOVE IS ESSENTIAL
• (1 Cor 13:1-3) Though I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels, but have not
love, I have become sounding brass or a
clanging cymbal. {2} And though I have the
gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge, and though I
have all faith, so that I could remove
mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
{3} And though I bestow all my goods to
feed the poor, and though I give my body to
be burned, but have not love, it profits me
nothing.
22. F. AGAPE LOVE IS EXPERIENTIAL
• (1 Cor 13:4-8) Love suffers long and is kind;
love does not envy; love does not parade
itself, is not puffed up; {5} does not behave
rudely, does not seek its own, is not
provoked, thinks no evil; {6} does not
rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
{7} bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things. {8}
Love never fails.
23. G. AGAPE LOVE IS EXCEPTIONAL
• (1 Cor 13:8-13) Love never fails. But whether there
are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are
tongues, they will cease; whether there is
knowledge, it will vanish away. {9} For we know in
part and we prophesy in part. {10} But when that
which is perfect has come, then that which is in
part will be done away. {11} When I was a child, I
spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought
as a child; but when I became a man, I put away
childish things. {12} For now we see in a mirror,
dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part,
but then I shall know just as I also am known. {13}
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but
the greatest of these is love.
24. H. AGAPE LOVE IS A DECISION AND
A COMMITMENT, NOT A FEELING
• It proceeds from the one giving the
love without respect to the
attractiveness of the one loved.
• Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His
own love toward us, in that while we
were still sinners, Christ died for us.
25. IV. WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF
AGAPE LOVE?
• (1 Th 4:9) But concerning brotherly love
you have no need that I should write to you,
for you yourselves are taught by God to
love one another;
• (1 John 4:19) We love Him because He first
loved us.
• (Rom 5:5) Now hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured
out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was
given to us.
26. CONCLUSION
• (1 Pet 4:8) And above all things have
fervent love for one another, for "love will
cover a multitude of sins.“
• (1 Cor 13:4-8) Love suffers long and is
kind; love does not envy; love does not
parade itself, is not puffed up; {5} does
not behave rudely, does not seek its own,
is not provoked, thinks no evil; {6} does
not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the
truth; {7} bears all things, believes all
things, hopes all things, endures all
things. {8} Love never fails.
27. CONCLUSION
• Jesus is asking you if you have agape
love for Him
• Can you say you have agape love for
Him?
• What about your love for your mate, your
parents, your child, your neighbor, your
friends, your relatives etc.
• Is your love based on how you feel or a
commitment that you made?