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What is Love?
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Jvn said:
Love based only on physical attraction and emotion is not love at all. What is appealing and feelings are extremely variable...there for awhile, then flee away.
God is love, so love is a blessing from God and He is a God of passion, so physical attraction and emotion would come into play. However, love is also a lifetime committment that promises faithfulness even when the emotional aspect may not be as apparent.
Love is more about character and supportive relationship.
Love isn't just words, it is love displayed through hearty, sincere action! 1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Speak LOVE only when it is TRUE!
Do a Bible Word Search on love, will be an enlightening treasure hunt! Start with the 2 Greatest Commandments!
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I fall like a sparrow and fly like a kite
i belive its more emotions and physical attraction. God blesses our lives with people to love and cherish but love is where no matter what you want that person to have the best they can and you will be there no matter what.
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HumbleBee said:Love based only on physical attraction and emotion is not love at all. What is appealing and feelings are extremely variable...there for awhile, then flee away.
God is love, so love is a blessing from God and He is a God of passion, so physical attraction and emotion would come into play. However, love is also a lifetime committment that promises faithfulness even when the emotional aspect may not be as apparent.
Love is more about character and supportive relationship.
1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Speak LOVE only when it is TRUE!
Do a Bible Word Search on love, will be an enlightening treasure hunt! Start with the 2 Greatest Commandments!
Tell it!!
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Maccie
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Well, it all depends on what you mean by love!
There are three words in the NT used for our English word 'love'. English is sometimes a very poor language!
Agape love is used of God's love to men - pure, undemanding, unselfish. It is also used for our love towards God, our love for our enemies. Unfortunately, our love rarely meets God's standards here! There is absolutely no 'self love' involved in agape love.
Philo love is brotherly love, strong affection, the sort we have towards family, and really close friends.
Eros is sexual love, and mainly depends on chemistry between two people.
Married love is probably a mixture of all three, in varying amounts, depending on the time of day, length of the marriage and age of the two people concerned!!!
'Tough love' I think is probably a sort of agape love, mixed with a strong affection.
There is a very interesting intechange of the words for love in John 21:15-17, where Jesus asks Peter if he (Peter) loves him, when they are on the shore, after the resurrection.
The first two times Jesus asks Peter "Do you love me?" he uses agape love. Peter replies "You know that I love you" - philo love. In other words, do you, Peter, love me with a pure love, with no 'self' in it? Peter knows that he has let Jesus down (when Jesus was being tried) and says he has a strong brotherly affection for him.
The third time Jesus asks Peter "Do you love me with a strong brotherly affection?" Peter says "You know that I love you with a deep brotherly affection". And Peter is upset - I think because he knows he let Jesus down, and cannot honestly say now that he loves him with the pure, self-sacrificing love that Jesus asks for.
Of course, Peter is re-instated, and works for Jesus with true agape love. But I think agape love grows as we mature in our Christian faith, it grows deeper and more self-sacrificing. New Christians are bubbling over with love for Jesus, as new lovers are for each other. But just as marriages mature, hopefully, into a deep, lasting love relationship, so does our love for God.
There are three words in the NT used for our English word 'love'. English is sometimes a very poor language!
Agape love is used of God's love to men - pure, undemanding, unselfish. It is also used for our love towards God, our love for our enemies. Unfortunately, our love rarely meets God's standards here! There is absolutely no 'self love' involved in agape love.
Philo love is brotherly love, strong affection, the sort we have towards family, and really close friends.
Eros is sexual love, and mainly depends on chemistry between two people.
Married love is probably a mixture of all three, in varying amounts, depending on the time of day, length of the marriage and age of the two people concerned!!!
'Tough love' I think is probably a sort of agape love, mixed with a strong affection.
There is a very interesting intechange of the words for love in John 21:15-17, where Jesus asks Peter if he (Peter) loves him, when they are on the shore, after the resurrection.
The first two times Jesus asks Peter "Do you love me?" he uses agape love. Peter replies "You know that I love you" - philo love. In other words, do you, Peter, love me with a pure love, with no 'self' in it? Peter knows that he has let Jesus down (when Jesus was being tried) and says he has a strong brotherly affection for him.
The third time Jesus asks Peter "Do you love me with a strong brotherly affection?" Peter says "You know that I love you with a deep brotherly affection". And Peter is upset - I think because he knows he let Jesus down, and cannot honestly say now that he loves him with the pure, self-sacrificing love that Jesus asks for.
Of course, Peter is re-instated, and works for Jesus with true agape love. But I think agape love grows as we mature in our Christian faith, it grows deeper and more self-sacrificing. New Christians are bubbling over with love for Jesus, as new lovers are for each other. But just as marriages mature, hopefully, into a deep, lasting love relationship, so does our love for God.
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What is true love and how do you know when you have found it?
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Well said.Maccie said:
To answer Jvn's question directly - love is a blessing from God, and also a choice - but not based on physical attraction and emotions. "Love" based on physical attraction is lust; "love" based on emotion is emotion.Jvn said:
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