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Christ`s Glorious Character: Agape - Love.

Marilyn C

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Agape -  LOVE

Our word, `love` can mean many things, `I love chocolate, I love my cat, I love my children, etc.` However in Greek the word `love` has specific words for a variety of meanings.

-         Phileo, love of a friend,

-         Eros, romantic love.

-         Agape, moral love.

`Agape` in relation to God`s Love is not of feelings but of the will. We see God`s love in the `giving of Himself` out to another.

`For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son....`(John 3: 16)

Then the Son gave of Himself out to others.

`Christ....gave Himself a ransom for all...` (1 Tim. 2: 6)

Christ gave of His Holy Spirit to the believers to make them like Himself, with His divine nature, His pure, holy, character.  By Christ`s divine power we -

`....may be partakers of the divine nature....` (2 Peter 1: 4)

 

Christ`s agape love can be seen -

-         To those in need by His great goodness. 

-         To those hurting by His great compassion.

-         To those who are sinners by His great mercy. 

-         To those who are downtrodden by His great gentleness.

 

Christ revealed to mankind God`s great love that was not based on feelings, emotion or partiality. He even said to those who killed Him -

`Father forgive them, for they do not know what they do.` (Luke 23: 34)

 

It is only through Christ`s great love that we can love not only one another but those who persecute us.

`Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God......In this the love of God was manifested towards us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him...

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.` (1 John 4: 7 - 11)

 

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existential mabel

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son....`(John 3: 16)

God did his 'bit' he loved the world, note that it says, loved and not loves. it is our free will choice to chose whether to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. when we believe and trust in the finished work of the cross and that we of ourselves cant save ourselves by doing good works and being a good person. yes these are 'good things' but they dont save us. its Christs blood atonement at Calvary that saves us Nothing that we can do in ourselves. we are saved to good works but we dont do good works to get saved or to stay saved 

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Then the Son gave of Himself out to others.

`Christ....gave Himself a ransom for all...` (1 Tim. 2: 6)

Christ gave of His Holy Spirit to the believers to make them like Himself, with His divine nature, His pure, holy, character.  By Christ`s divine power we -

`....may be partakers of the divine nature....` (2 Peter 1: 4)

 

once we chose to accept the free gift of Salvation, then we are Eternally secure in Christ and when we die (those who have accepted the free gift of Salvation) we go to heaven. but unless we accept this free gift then when someone dies they will go straight to hell. it makes no difference if you are a good person and has done lots of good works, it counts for nothing and why is this? because you are trying to do your own salvation. and you havent trusted the finished work of Jesus Christ

Marilyn C

Marilyn C 8,971

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Hi mabel,

How great to read of the Saviour`s free gift of salvation. Thank you for presenting it so clearly. It is a wonderful encouragement in these dark days of gloom and grief.

Marilyn.

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