The Types of Love
In our language, we have only one word, love. In the Bible the original Greek words used for love were at least four different words and meanings.
The first kind of love used by many is "Pathos" It means passion, a physical lust. Let me tell you about this kind of love. Lust love cares only for its own desires, often hurting the one it uses for it's own pleasure. This love is lust towards another. When others use you for their own pleasure and then leave you. This is not a good love. Actually it is not even love as used in the Bible.
1 Thesalonians 4 :5 not in the passion of lust like heathen who do not know God;
The second word used for love is "Phileo". This kind of love is friendship, to be liked by another. To be approved of, gentle affection like a hug. It is a kind welcoming love, sometimes a gentle kiss, like on the cheek. Gentle words to make you feel good. Kind deeds, like making you tea and talking.
John 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
The third word for love is "philadelphia" like the city name. This is brotherly love. The Bible says we are to love our neighbors as our self, this is brotherly love. It is a love between brothers and sisters of kindness and good works. It is the kind of love shared by Christians together as one heart, in the family of God. Here is a Bible verse about this kind of love:
Rom 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
The forth kind of love is "agapao" love. This is God's love. Let me use a verse with this agapao love.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
It is a love that wants good towards another. It is a sacrificial love, putting the others needs first. This love does not take from another. It is a love given by God, that desires the very best for you, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly
These are at least four kinds of love. The first is what the people of lust say is love, but it is a destructive lust. The other words for love are good and should be received.
Gary
In everything I do
I will honor your name
No more will I live
The life of shame
You’re more than a father
And even a friend
Your love is eternal
Never coming to an end
The banquet of life
Is at the table
I’ll eat of the bread
That makes me able
The outside shell
You see right through
It contains the heart
One day will be new
What you have to offer
The price has been paid
You’ll keep knocking
til a decision is made
All around I’ve seen
Your chosen fall down
You’ve picked them up
And restored their crown
Everywhere I’ve searched
In all the wrong places
Worrying about all others’
And the look on their faces
Everything I do
Is a choice I make
Eternity in darkness
A chance I won’t take
So take my life
It’s all I can give
You’ve shed your blood
So that I may live
YAspen RoseY
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