Author	Thread: The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love
Streetevangelist520^ View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 2 Jun, 2023 06:14 PM The scripture i'm going to use for this discussion is 1 Cor 13. There are four different types of love in Scripture: 1.Eros refers to sexual love within a godly covenant Christian marriage. 2. Storge refers to family relationships and obligations. 3. Phileo refers to love among friends, as close as brothers or sisters. 4. Agape is a totally unselfish love that comes from God alone-- the type of that chooses to continue selflessly loving someone even when he or she makes it difficult. Christ's sacrifice and His love model what it means to choose to love. What love do we need to base our relationships on, Christ's agape love demonstrates this and we need to base our love on His agape love not our flawed human love and base our foundations of our relationship with Jesus and others on His love that is unconditional. I pray that this teaching will be a blessing to you all in Jesus' name. Post Reply
Moonlight7 View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 2 Jun, 2023 06:19 PM Amen Ministry is more than just book smarts. Some Men don't know how to witness. Think the Lord I have had Holy Spirit filled Men Bible teachers. Who are wonderful in people skills. I'm not a Teacher but I can Post on forums. :⁠-⁠) Post Reply
Moonlight7 View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 2 Jun, 2023 06:20 PM " Thank" the Lord !! Post Reply
LittleDavid View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 2 Jun, 2023 06:54 PM Evangelist, Are you aware the Greek word “agape” is used in the Septuagint for II Samuel 13:1,15 ? The passage speaks to the erotic love Amnon had for his half-sister Tamar. Check it out. As you might recall, Amnon “agaped” Tamar before he raped her. Did you learn about the “4 loves” from CS Lewis’s book “The Four Loves“? I mention this because here is yet another case of ignoring context and a failure to check out our teachers. A words range of meaning is often determined by its usage in the context in which it occurs Post Reply
Streetevangelist520^ View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 2 Jun, 2023 06:59 PM I never heard of C.S Lewis the four loves before littledavid. Maybe i'll check it out. Post Reply
LittleDavid View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 2 Jun, 2023 07:08 PM Please use caution. Although CS Lewis is a classical writer some of his theology is fraught with error, for example the agape error as mentioned. Nevertheless, his writings have contributed many intriguing and thoughtful insights. I think I have all his books and recommend most of what he writes. He’s very good with logic and Christian apologetics . Post Reply
Streetevangelist520^ View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 3 Jun, 2023 11:48 AM And i got this information from my Dr. David Jeremiah study in the NKJV Littledavid and He is a solid bible teacher too. Post Reply
Moonlight7 View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 3 Jun, 2023 11:51 AM I like Dr David Jeremiah. Some Men could learn from him for sure! Lol Post Reply
LittleDavid View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 3 Jun, 2023 01:10 PM David Jeremiah was generally a good teacher but he has slipped into some error. Here’s some helpful comments by Mechelle Lesley: I have not read any of David Jeremiah’s books nor listened to more than a few excerpts from his sermons, so I suppose it is possible his materials themselves, especially older ones, may be OK, doctrinally. I would, however, urge caution and careful discernment should you decide to use any of his materials. That being said, while David Jeremiah, generally speaking, has a reputation for preaching and teaching sound doctrine, at least in the past, he is not someone I would recommend due to his extremely poor discernment. Over the past several years, David Jeremiah has been associating and partnering with a variety of popular false teachers and engaging in questionable practices: In 2012, he went on Trinity Broadcasting Network’s Praise-A-Thon to help raise money for the indisputably Word of Faith television network. He had all kinds of laudatory words for Paul Crouch and TBN, and his remarks about stewardship, sowing and reaping, etc., were worrisome at best. Jeremiah has engaged in the same unethical practice as Mark Driscoll and others of buying his way onto the best seller lists. Jeremiah has partnered with Catholic mystic, Roma Downey, writing a companion book to her A.D. miniseries. (This article also asserts that Jeremiah has connections to T.D. Jakes {modalist, Word of Faith} and Jesse Duplantis {Word of Faith, New Apostolic Reformation}. I don’t doubt the author, but I have not been able to find those connections through my own research. T.D. Jakes was a consultant on Roma Downey’s The Bible miniseries, so it’s possible they know each other through her.) Last year, Jeremiah joined with Word of Faith heretics Kenneth Copeland, Paula White, and Jan Crouch in laying hands on, and praying for, Donald Trump. In May, Jeremiah will be sharing the stage with Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen at the Jumpstart conference. UPDATE: “Due to other conflicts” Jeremiah will no longer be appearing at the Jumpstart conference. A reader shared with me this email she received from Turning Point ministries: In the same way I do not recommend female authors and teachers who preach to men because they are living in ongoing, unrepentant sin (1 Timothy 2:12), I cannot recommend a pastor or teacher (male or female) who is living in ongoing, unrepentant sin by partnering with and endorsing false teachers regardless of how sound his own doctrine might be. Scripture is very clear that this is forbidden: Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works. 2 John 9-11 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, 18 and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Additionally, it is dangerous to fellowship with false teachers because they can corrupt even sound theology. Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 Post Reply
Streetevangelist520^ View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 3 Jun, 2023 01:14 PM Thanks for letting me know about this littledavid. We certainly need to use more discernment than ever. Post Reply
LittleDavid View Profile History	The four different types of love according to scripture and why we need to base our relationships on Christ's agape love Posted : 3 Jun, 2023 01:16 PM Be sure and follow the instructions of the Apostle Paul. Just because a man sounds good doesn’t mean he’s impeccable Post Reply

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