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1 | "An eye for an eye" relevant now? how? | Luke 6:38 | Tenmakk | 217271 | ||
So you mean the actual act is the love? I would think that "one lay down his life" 'because' of the love. because of the love that he felt. It moved him so much that he would sacrifice his life for something. Butterflies are about infatuation; a romantic thing that happens before true love. It seems like you're saying that scriptural love is without feeling. The glossary of my Bible (Methodist if that means anything) is the only place I can look that clearly defines love. I'm assuming the glossary isn't considered the word of God, but both definitions of love start out as "a deep affection." "to have a deep affection for someone or something." |
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2 | "An eye for an eye" relevant now? how? | Luke 6:38 | DocTrinsograce | 217308 | ||
Hi, Brad... I appreciate Sister Azure's post. You asked, "So you mean the actual act is the love?" Good question. Let me see if I can clarify: No, the actual acts are not love. Instead, what I am asserting is that love itself is always active. To the point where the Bible knows nothing of love that does not give rise to action. In theology we speak of love as being one of God's communicable attributes. In other words, it is an attribute that we can -- to a limited, finite, and incomplete fashion -- share with Him. (As opposed, for example, to God's eternalness, independence, unchangeableness, etc.) Wayne Grudem defines God's love simply as meaning "that God eternally gives of Himself to others. This definition understands love as self-giving for the benefit of others." That attribute is exhibited between the Members of the Trinity, as well as being exhibited to mankind. If you think about it, even the way we use the word in common parlance carries some of this idea. Imagine if when I fell in love with my wife, I had not told her. Does love not profess itself? Imagine if I had not turned to her over all other women. Does love have divided loyalties? Imagine if I had not offered to marry her. Does love not commit itself? Think about it, and you will see that thinking of love disconnected from acts. In Him, Doc |
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3 | "An eye for an eye" relevant now? how? | Luke 6:38 | Tenmakk | 217311 | ||
I think I understand it better. Then it would mean that love is almost more powerful than what i was saying earlier because if you don't do anything with it, then whatever you are feeling is less than "love." so then Biblical love expands on "worldly" love into something so powerful that it causes us to act on it? | ||||||
4 | "An eye for an eye" relevant now? how? | Luke 6:38 | DocTrinsograce | 217316 | ||
Dear Brad, We are getting much closer! :-) I would have left out the causal connection. Love is such a powerful thing that it includes the action. The emotional component may come and go, but the actions are not dependent on the emotion. You might even think of the emotion as inconsequential. Note that I am not saying that emotions are unimportant. We are emotional beings. However, our emotions are never to be the basis on which we do things. Instead, we do things thoughtfully in the light of God's commands, His purposes, and His nature. Yes, love is a wondrous attribute of our Lord. In Him, Doc |
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