Agape_Love

Agape Love AGAPE LOVE (1 CORINTHIANS CH. 13) Reflective Paper New Testament Survey What is love' I remember a time when “I love you” was the hardest phrase to say to the person you really had feelings for because you knew when you said those words it would change the course of your relationship forever. But what is the true meaning of love' “The dictionary defines love as a feeling of strong personal attach-ment induced by sympathetic understanding or by ties of kindred; ardent affection for one’s children; man’s adoration for God; strong liking; fondness; good will, al love of learning; love of country.” (Bell, pg. 10) According to Bell all of these definitions convey the outward appearance of love. He says that when looking at love that we need to take an inventory of our feeling to find out if we are truly displaying the type of love that God calls agape love. Bell says we need to ask ourselves the following questions: Do I return love' In any relationship love is a two way street. A marriage or relationship will not last very long if only one person is showing love and the other is love, god, person, time, things, relationship, know, because, work, without, true, says, just, first, even, christian, christ, change, take, spirit, sometimes, should, said, return, pg, personal, out, one, must, make, let, free, doing, bell, behavior