Living a Life ofLOVENew Series

Ephesians 5:2

“It’s In You!”Today’s Topic

4 types of love in the first century

1. Storge-natural affection2. Philia-affection between friends3. Eros-erotic affection4. Agape- self-giving affection

People conceived and brought into life by God don’t make a practice of sin. How could they? God’s seed is deep within them, making them who they are. It’s not in the nature of the God-begotten to practice and parade sin. (1 Jn 3:9 Message)

Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that. (Eph 5:1-2 Message)

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Other Agape features as seen in Jesus

1. Is not afraid to make itself vulnerable2. Helps others and seeks their highest good.3. Values others as worthy ends in themselves,and does not merely use them as a means to an end.4. Not merely emotional, but devotional