4 KINDS OF LOVE

There are different kinds of Love, 4 kinds actually, and this man has exhibited one kind I will like you to identify which one after reading this message.

1. Eros

This is the physical, sensual love between a man & woman. Eros is the Greek term to describe erotic love. Within marriage, sex is used for emotional and spiritual bonding and for reproduction. It is a necessary part for a healthy marriage. Outside marriage it is not permitted.

2. Philia

This means close friendship or brotherly love in Greek. It is one of the four types of love in the Bible.

Philia and other forms of this Greek noun are found throughout the New Testament. Christians are frequently exhorted to love their fellow Christians:

Romans 12:10 (AMP)

Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another.

Philia describes the benevolent, kindly love that should practiced by people that makes one give, care and show concern for another person.

3. Storge

Storage is family love, the bond among mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers.

Many examples of family love are found in Scripture, such as the love and mutual protection among Noah and his wife, their sons and daughters-in-law in Genesis; the love of Jacob for his sons; and the strong love the sisters Martha & Mary in the gospels had for their brother Lazarus

The family was a vital part of ancient Jewish culture. In the Ten Commandments, God charges his people to:

Exodus 20:12 (NIV)

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

4. Agape

This is selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love, the highest of the four types of love in the Bible.

This Greek word and variations of it are found throughout the New Testament. Agape perfectly describes the kind of love Jesus Christ has for his Father and for his followers:

John 3:16

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

It is because of Agape Love that God gave his son to the world to come die for humanity

John 15:13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

It is Agape Love that made Jesus to sacrifice Himself on the cross for us. He had the choice to or not to, remember the garden of Gethsemane?

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