2007-12-03 03:52:01 · 13 answers · asked by Dr. G™ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-12-03 03:57:37 · update #1
How strange it is for God to save the world in the way He did. God could have made it easy and just came with an army of angels and rule everyone and clean house. But God chose a way that meant that Jesus , Immanual Isiaah 7:14, would come and sacrifice Himself (Jesus) and take the burdens of all sin so that whom should ever believe in Him receives the Salvation of their soul and made new. God did this for people that did not accept Him first and then God searches the heart of man to reach them and make Himself known to them.
God would do this for a sinner and then take us in and put our sins as far as the East is from the West. Cleansing us from all our sins, wiped pure by the blood of the Lamb.
If we now could only be slow to anger and quick to listen. Give people the benefit of the doubt and not be so quick to classify others as lesser or of no worth. Once we can respect others for who (ever) they are believer or unbeliever alike, then we can see better to love them for them and be a better person to share our faith and love for our Lord and them.
To forgive others by remembering that we all fell short of God's glory and wanted our sins to not be held against us. We want /ed a clean slate and not to have to live under the eyes of others reminding us of our past transgressions. We are to be allowed to be a new person everyday for it is another chance to live life better.
2007-12-03 10:31:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dennis James 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The book of 1 John is really good at explaining agape love. In fact I just finished a set of sermons dedicated to agape love. The best verse to show you is 1 John 4:19. We learn how to have agape love because God first showed us agape love. This is echoed in Romans 5:6-8. We should have agape love as Jesus had agape love for us, 1 John 3:16.
2007-12-03 04:03:32 · answer #2 · answered by mlcros 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nope. enjoying it rather is data that that's genuine agape. That the inducement got here from interior. that distinctive distinctive characteristic IS that's very own advantages. in any different case jointly as credit is due for the best accomplished to others, the reason became into the credit won and not the affection felt.
2016-10-10 03:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by veve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Understanding it - living it daily - sharing it - and helping others to understand the source of this love.
When we forget about ourselves - put Christ's command to walk as servants first - and seek to help all those we encounter... we are well on our way!
1st Corinthians 13:4-8a Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail. Love is eternal.
We need to guard how we act at all times... and remain in the Fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.
Remember the source of this love:
1st John 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.
Peace.
2007-12-03 05:46:54 · answer #4 · answered by Depoetic 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For God so loved the world he sent his only begotten Son, so that whoever believed in him should not perish, but have life everlasting.
How great a love for the God of all creation to send his Son to die for all mankind, when with just a Word, he could have unraveled all of creation and started anew.
2007-12-03 06:39:37 · answer #5 · answered by heiscomingintheclouds 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pray for the unbelievers and sinners like Hosea does!
Hosea 9:14-16 (NIV) (the prophet is improvising a prayer to the LORD!!!...) Give them, O LORD— what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry. (And God rushes to answer him on the spot!!!) "Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious. Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. EVEN IF THEY BEAR CHILDREN, I WILL SLAY THEIR CHERISHED OFFSPRING."
God always answers our prayer if we ask him “according to his will”… even before we open our eyes!
Jeremiah 16:3-4 (NIV) For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters* (*babies) born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers: "They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like refuse lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth."
May God’s sadistic pleasure endure for ever and ever…! and all of God’s people say, “AMEN!!! and AMEN!!!” Any Christian of a sadistic orientation will find a real Paradise in Heaven!
2007-12-03 04:00:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
to give give give from the heart and to not expect to receive in return. Unconditional love to the max.
2007-12-03 03:55:36 · answer #7 · answered by Lucci 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Complete acceptance of the other person's path and current state, without judgment. (By acceptance I mean just that, not that you must conform to their beliefs or actions.) Just accept them where they are and love them as they are. It is about loving everyone where they are, not asking them to come to you to be loved. Jesus did so for MANY in the Bible, it was those who judged and condemned he criticized.
2007-12-03 04:04:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No man hath greater love than this, that a man would lay down his life for a friend.
2007-12-03 05:34:24 · answer #9 · answered by Caleb's Mom 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Thats when you see a girl that is so incredibly hot, you just stand there with your jaws agape. :^O
THAT is agape love. LOL.
2007-12-03 03:58:37 · answer #10 · answered by he_whose_name_must_not_be_spoken 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋