I whole heartily concur-we did not choose Christ-He chose US and the "sensual love is none other than Eros and Porneia "love"-erotic and Porneia [guess you know where we getthat word from?]
(agapē)
There are several words translated into English as "love" from Koinē Greek.
philia - devoted friendship
storgē- strong, loyal family love (cf. Rom. 12:10)
eros - sexual love
mania - obsessive love
lodos - playful love
pragma - long term love
agapē -
Agapē was a rarely used root in classical Greek. The NT authors took this known but unused term and filled it with new meaning. It came to denote God's self-giving, no-strings-attached, covenant love. It is theologically parallel to the Hebrew hesed
The Septuagint (LXX) chose agapē to translate several Hebrew words for "love." The LXX was the Bible for the early church. This root becomes the one used for theological discussion. Paul highlights this term in his writings. It was the love of God and Christ which was the main theological assertion of all his theology. His beautiful discussion on "love" in 1 Corinthians 13 is a classic!
God's love for mankind is fully seen in His sending Jesus (cf. John 3:16; Rom. 5:8; 2 Cor. 5:21). This love is mandated in the Great Commission of the early church (cf. Matt. 28:18-20; Luke 24:46-47; Acts 1:8). The letter of 1 John fully developes this evangelistic mandate into the life of the local church (esp. 1 John 4).
Self-giving love becomes the marker of true, mature Christianity. The influence of the Fall (cf Genesis 3) is fully reversed in NT salvation.
agapao = to regard with favour, to make much of a thing or a person, on principle. The cause or ground of No. 2.
2. phileo = to kiss, to be fond of, having regard to feeling as distinct from principle. The demonstration of No. 1. Hence No. 2 is never used of man's love to God : this is always No. 1. Both words are used of God's love to man. No. 2 is used of the Lord's love for Lazarus (Joh_11:3; Joh_11:36) but not in v . Joh_11:5, where the sisters are included.
2. THE NOUN.
1. agape . No. 2 below, was the common word used by the Greeks, for love; and even this is far lower than the N.T. philadelphia ( = love of the brethren). Agape is spontaneous love, irrespective of "rights". The word was supposed to be peculiar to the N.T., but it is found in the Papyri .
2. philanthropia = philanthropy, or love of man, which did not go beyond giving man his "rights", among the Greeks. It is used in a higher sense in Tit_3:4; occurs elsewhere only in Act_28:2. Cp. the Adverb philanthropos (Act_27:3, "courteously").
3. THE ADJECTIVE.
agapetos = beloved. The word used of the Lord Jesus by the Father. See Mat_3:17; Mat_12:18; Mat_17:5. Mar_1:11; Mar_9:7. Luk_3:22; and in Mar_12:6. Luk_20:13, by Himself. A special epithet of the Saints in the Epistles.
keep up the good work brother
Johann.
To the trenches Johann its the final hour of a battle that has long raged throughout the world .
Its not new , BUT IT SURE HAS GROWN massive and it will only get worse in this world with whatever time we have left .
A love of delusion has been even since the days of the apostles . But its now waxed massive .
And now the delusion is unifying the secular world with all religions to unite as one under what they think ,
KEY WORD is THINK , IS LOVE . This love is a love that all who are of the world can and do and will unite under .
Its a love that truly is lust . IT cometh not of GOD . But beware it . FOR IT DOES make mention
of doing good to humanity . It will say do good to the poor , love your neighbor as yourself .
BUT if we examine what they mean by LOVE your neighbor as yourself , It simply means
ACCEPT THEM , accept their sins , just unify as one . THEY actually think its love
to accept the SIN as well as the sinner of said sin. Homosexuality is a huge example of what i mean .
THOUGH it be NOT the only SIN nor the only one they now accept and call love .
And worse , many within christendom have bought into the ideal
that LOVE MEANS , overlooking errors and faults within a person . Just overlook it , dont correct it .
Now in time that becomes this , THEY NO LONGER EVEN SEE IT AS SIN .
THEY then begin to embrace it as love and all the while , TRUTH becomes very hated .
This idea that seeker friendly brought into churches was the demise and destruction of them all .
Cause if sin and error is not corrected within the church
THE SIN AND ERROR BECOMES THE NORM , BECOMES ACCEPTED and TRUTH becomes hated more than ever .
AND THIS is exactly what is happening .