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John 15:14
"No longer do I call you slaves,
for the slave does not know what
his master is doing; but I have
called you friends, for all things
that I have heard from My Father
I have made known to you.
John 15:15
"You did not choose Me but I
chose you, and appointed you
that you would go and bear fruit,
and {that} your fruit would
remain, so that whatever you ask
of the Father in My name He
may give to you.
John 15:16.
"This I command you, that you
love one another.
John 15:17
THREE KINDS OF LOVE:
1. AGAPE - UNMERITED LOVE
AGAPE IS THE LOVE A
MOTHER HAS FOR HER NEW
BORN CHILD
"Can a woman forget her
nursing child And have no
compassion on the son of her
womb? Even these may
forget, but I will not forget you.
Isaiah 49:15
It is the love that motivates
God to provide for everyone
on the planet no matter what
their spiritual condition is.
"But I say to you, love your
enemies and pray for those who
persecute you,
Matthew 5:44
so that you may be sons of your
Father who is in heaven; for He
causes His sun to rise on the evil
and the good, and sends rain on
the righteous and the
unrighteous.
Matthew 5:45
It is the love that filled God’s
heart when He sent His own
Son to die for us even when
we were His enemies.
For if while we were enemies we
were reconciled to God through
the death of His Son, much
more, having been reconciled,
we shall be saved by His life.
Romans 5:10
TO BE GIVEN, AGAPE
REQUIRES ONLY ONE
PERSON.
EVEN IF IT IS NEVER
RETURNED IT IS STILL LOVE.
AGAPE - IN ALL ITS WONDER -
DOES NOT CREATE A
RELATIONSHIP.
AGAPE MUST BE GIVEN TO
CREATE A FRIENDSHIP.
BUT AGAPE DOES NOT
CAUSE A FRIENDSHIP.
THE GREEK WORD FOR
FRIENDSHIP IS PHILEO.
THREE KINDS OF LOVE:
1. AGAPE - UNMERITED LOVE
John 15:12
"Greater love (agapao) has no one
than this, that one lay down his life
for his friends (philos).
John 15:13
"You are My friends (philos) if you
do what I command you.
John 15:14
"No longer do I call you slaves, for
the slave does not know what his
master is doing; but I have called
you friends (philos) , . . . .
John 15:15
PHILEO DESCRIBES THE LOVE
OF PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY ARE
THE OBJECTS OF LOVE (AGAPE)
BUT RESPOND TO BEING LOVED
BY LOVING IN RETURN.
WE ARE TO LOVE (AGAPE)
EVERYONE - INCLUDING OUR
ENEMIES.
WE MUST NOT - ACTUALLY
CANNOT - LOVE (PHILEO)
ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE
(PHILEO) US IN RETURN.
THIS IS BECAUSE PHILEO
DESCRIBES A RELATIONSHIP
AND NOT A CONDITION OF THE
HEART.
WE PUT OURSELVES IN GREAT
DANGER SPIRITUALLY,
EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY
WHEN WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A
FRIENDSHIP (PHILEO) WITH THOSE
WHO DO NOT YET SHARE THAT
FRIENDSHIP (PHILEO) WITH US.
THIS IS BECAUSE PHILEO IS A
CONVENANT LOVE BASED ON
MUTUAL COMMITMENT.
IT REQUIRES TWO HEARTS WHO
AGAPE EACH OTHER.
WHEN GOD TELLS US TO LOVE
EVERYONE HE IS NOT TELLING
US WE ARE TO EXTEND THE
COVENANT OF FRIENDSHIP TO
EVERYONE.
TO AGAPE IS NEVER WRONG.
TO GIVE TO OTHERS WHAT IS
TO BE ONLY GIVEN WHEN
PHILEO EXISTS ALWAYS
DAMAGES BOTH PEOPLE.
THREE KINDS OF LOVE:
1. AGAPE - UNMERITED LOVE