Teacher: Luke Dunnuck Series: Stand Alone |
Luke's Notes | |
Psalm 19:14 - 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
“I love the jelly doughnut’s here at Leavener”
“I love my new car”
“I love boxing and football”
“I love my job”
“I love this church”
“I love Rusty”
“I love my family”
“I love my kids”
“I looooove my wife”
“I love my brothers and sisters in Christ”
“I love Jesus”
“I love God”
I’m going to try to explain what “love” is, what it’s not, and again what it is. It seems the more I mature, ideas start to combine and simplify.
Example: Complexity is the enemy of security!
I John 14:19 - 19 We love, because He first loved us.
8 Types of Love According to the Ancient Greeks
1) Agape — Unconditional Love. First, we have agape love. ...
2) Eros — Romanic Love. Eros is named after the Greek god of love and fertility. ...
3) Philia — Affectionate Love. ...
4) Philautia — Self-love. ...
5) Storge — Familiar Love. ...
6) Pragma — Enduring Love. ...
7) Ludus — Playful Love. ...
8) Mania — Obsessive Love.
Agapeo: Verb, future, active, indicative, second person, singular
ἀγαπάω, I love (never of love between the sexes, but nearly always of the love of (the) God or (the) Christ to us, and of our love to Him and to our fellow creatures, as inspired by His love for us).
AGAPEO active
Luke 10:27 (NAS): You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself (Deuteronomy 6:5, Leviticus 19:18)
We can talk about AGAPE (N), but we live out AGAPAO (V) Agape
Galatians 5:6 (NAS): 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
Agape
Jude 20–21 (NAS): 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
AGAPAO
1 John 3:23 (NAS): 23 This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one
another, just as He commanded us.
Agapao
Galatians 5:14 (NAS): 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mark 12:30–31 (NAS): 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your
strength.’
31 “The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There
is no other commandment greater than these.”
Romans 13:8–10 (NAS): 8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one
another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9 For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall
not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it
is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of
the law. Romans 13:8–10 (NAS): 8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love
one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9 For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall
not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it
is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of
the law.
Galatians 5:14 (NAS): 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the
statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
1 John 4:8 (NAS): 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for
God is love.
1 Corinthians 13:8 (NAS): 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts
of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease;
if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
John 3:16 (NAS): 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have
eternal life.
John 3:19 (NAS): 19 “This is the judgment, that the Light has come into
the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their
deeds were evil.
2 Timothy 4:10 (NAS): 10 for Demas, having loved this present world, has
deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,
Titus to Dalmatia.
2 Peter 2:15 (NAS): 15 forsaking the right way, they have gone astray,
having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages
of unrighteousness;
John 12:43 (NAS): 43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the
approval of God.
Luke 11:43 (NAS): 43 “Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the
synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places.
Luke 16:13 (NAS): 13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate
the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the
other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
John 5:20 (NAS): 20 “For the Father loves (Phileo) the Son, and shows Him all
things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works
than these, so that you will marvel.
Matthew 5:46 (NAS): 46 “For if you love those who love you, what reward do
you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 6:24 (NAS): 24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate
the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and wealth.
Luke 6:32 (NAS): 32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?
For even sinners love those who love them.
Luke 7:42 (NAS): 42 “When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave
them both. So which of them will love him more?”
Luke 11:43 (NAS): 43 “Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the
synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places.
John 12:43 (NAS): 43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the
approval of God.
John 21:15 (NAS): 15 So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *said to
Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love (agapeo) Me more than these?”
He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love (phileo) You.” He *said to him,
“Tend My lambs.”
2 Timothy 4:10 (NAS): 10 for Demas, having loved this present world, has
deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to
Dalmatia.
2 Peter 2:15 (NAS): 15 forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having
followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of
unrighteousness;
1 John 2:15 (NAS): 15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If
anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Agape used apart
Matthew 24:12 (NAS): 12 “Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s
love will grow cold.
Revelation 2:4 (NAS): 4 ‘But I have this against you, that you have left your
first love.
Ephesians 5:2 (NAS): 2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and
gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant
aroma.
Philo God
Revelation 3:19 (NAS): 19 ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline;
therefore be zealous and repent.
John 5:20 (NAS): 20 “For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all
things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater
works than these, so that you will marvel.
John 11:3 (NAS): 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold,
he whom You love is sick.”
John 11:36 (NAS): 36 So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved John
16:27 (NAS): 27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved
Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.
John 20:2 (NAS): 2 So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other
disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “They have taken away the
Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him