Link: The Eternal Essence of a Relationship - Love
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Main Challenge: Love needs to be central to everything we do
Originally I was going to title this message: 50+ Shades of Love, because I believe that books/movies like 50 Shades of Grey demonstrate that world has a warped understanding of love and we in the church have allowed that warped understanding to creep into our understanding as well. Which leads me to my intro questions:
- Do we really understand love?
- How do you define it?
A good portion of my message is taken from the book Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham, Jr. In the book he sheds light on how fiction (myth) skews and impacts our understanding of love. What follows is an outline from the book...I would encourage you to listen to the message and take your own notes.
The Cupid Myths
Myth 1: Love is a random force
Myth 2: Love is an overwhelming force
Myth 3: Love is an uncontrollable force
Myth 4: Love is a sensual force
The result of this understanding: Love does not translate
A Biblical understanding of Love: "Love is an act of the will accompanied by emotion that leads to action on behalf of its object."
The Biblical Model of Love is volitional
The Biblical Model of Love is transferable
The Biblical Model of Love is secure
The Biblical Model of Love satisfies
Application or So What?
"If you want to know whether or not someone truly loves God, watch what he or she does."
When individuals encounter Christians they should feel love, because we understand the Biblical Model of Love. When we have a Biblical understanding of Love the so what will be easy...love should be the driving essence of everything we do...read 1 Corinthians 13...
Blessings,
PT
