Eros: The original unreality and vanity that entered at the fall of man, and it holds all creation in bondage. (see Rom 8:19-21)
Eros is a Greek word for love meaning:
does not seek to be accepted by its object, but to gain possession of it
has an appetite or yearning desire that is aroused by the attractive qualities of its object
it is man-centered, self-centered love recognized by three manifestations – possess, acquire, and control
Agape: The exact opposite of Eros meaning to love unconditionally, intentionally, self-giving with no expectation of receiving something in return.
Me: As I looked into my own life to see if there was any Eros or Agape I soon realized that there was plenty of both. Most often we see a mixture of self love and selfless love in our lives. I’m no where near learning to live in Agape myself but simply knowing the difference has made a big impact on my life.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (17) For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Luke 10:27 He answered: 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 Love your neighbor as yourself.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
What is a friend?
Pick your favorite quote....why is it your favorite?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
DAVID HUME: Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
ECCLESIASTICUS 6:14: A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure.
EPICURUS: It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. -3rd century BCE
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE: It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
MARLENE DIETRICH: It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON: The only way to have a friend is to be one.
JESUS OF NAZARETH
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
John 21:5
He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?" "No," they answered.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
DAVID HUME: Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
ECCLESIASTICUS 6:14: A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure.
EPICURUS: It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. -3rd century BCE
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE: It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
MARLENE DIETRICH: It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON: The only way to have a friend is to be one.
JESUS OF NAZARETH
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
John 21:5
He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?" "No," they answered.
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